Wolfgang Frank

Wolfgang Frank

Personal information
Full name	Wolfgang Frank
Date of birth	21 February 1951
Place of birth	Reichenbach an der Fils, West Germany
Date of death	7 September 2013 (aged 62)
Place of death	Mainz, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	TSV Schlierbach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
0000–1971	VfL Kirchheim/Teck
1971–1973	VfB Stuttgart	55	(23)
1973–1974	AZ Alkmaar	22	(4)
1974–1977	Eintracht Braunschweig	106	(52)
1977–1980	Borussia Dortmund	34	(10)
1980–1982	1. FC Nürnberg	20	(4)
1982–1984	FSV Bad Windsheim
Total		215	(89)
National team
1972–1977	West Germany B	6	(3)
Teams managed
1984–1988	FC Glarus
1989–1990	FC Aarau
1991–1992	FC Wettingen
1992–1993	FC Winterthur
1994–1995	Rot-Weiss Essen
1995–1997	1. FSV Mainz 05
1997–1998	FK Austria Wien
1998–2000	1. FSV Mainz 05
2000	MSV Duisburg
2002–2004	SpVgg Unterhaching
2004–2005	FC Sachsen Leipzig
2005–2006	FC Farul Constanţa
2006–2007	Kickers Offenbach
2008	Wuppertaler SV Borussia
2008–2009	SV Wehen Wiesbaden
2010–2011	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
2011–2012	K.A.S. Eupen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Wolfgang Frank (21 February 1951 – 7 September 2013) was a German football manager and player.^[1][2]

Frank was born in Reichenbach an der Fils, and made a total of 215 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals. For the Germany national football B team, he scored three goals in six games.

As a manager, Frank was at the helm of 16 different clubs and led Rot-Weiss Essen to the 1994 DFB-Pokal final, only to lose 3–1 to SV Werder Bremen at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.

Frank died in Mainz, aged 62.

References

1. "Frank, Wolfgang". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 10 May 2011.
2. "Klopp-Lehrmeister erliegt Krebsleiden" (in German). Bild.de. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.

External links

• Wolfgang Frank profile at Fussballdaten