Josef_Zinnbauer

Josef Zinnbauer

Josef Zinnbauer

German footballer and manager


Josef "Joe" Zinnbauer (born 1 May 1970) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Raja CA. He played as a midfielder.

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Playing career

Zinnbauer retired from playing after suffering a cartilage injury.[1]

Coaching career

Zinnbauer's coaching career started at VfB Oldenburg as head coach in 2005 and was there until 2010.[1] Then he became an assistant coach at Karlsruher SC.[1] He was head coach of Karlsruhe's reserve team from 27 March 2012 to 30 June 2012.[2] He started coaching the reserve team for Hamburger SV on 1 July 2014.[3] in the Regionalliga Nord.[4] The reserve team won 4–0 against Goslarer SC 08[5] in his first match as a head coach. He led the reserve team to eight wins in eight matches prior to becoming head coach of the first team on 16 September 2014.[4] He replaced Mirko Slomka, who was sacked the previous day.[6] His first match in–charge finished in a 0–0 draw against Bayern Munich.[7] He was sacked on 22 March 2015.[8] Peter Knäbel, the Sports Director for Hamburg, took over for the remainder of the season.[8]

Zinnbauer returned to the reserve team for the 2015/2016 season[9] and was there until he was hired by FC St. Gallen on 15 September 2015.[10]

On 10 December 2019, he was appointed as a head coach of a South African professional football club Orlando Pirates FC , Joe Received Orlando Pirates at 11th Position In ABSA and finished the league in 3rd as an achievement.[11] Exactly a year later in the Premier Soccer League coach Zinnbauer won his first title in South Africa. On 12 December 2020 Orlando Pirates became the champions of the MTN 8, after beating Bloemfontein Celtic in the final 2–1.

On 30 June 2022, Zinnbauer was hired by Lokomotiv Moscow in Russia.[12] He was dismissed on 8 October 2022 following fifth consecutive league loss by Lokomotiv.[13]

On 8 June 2023, Josef Zinnbauer was appointed as manager of Raja Club Athletic starting from the end of the 2022–23 season until June 2025. He became the first-ever German coach in the history of the club.[14][15]

Coaching statistics

As of 7 April 2024
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Honours

Manager

Raja CA


References

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  2. "Karlsruher SC II » Manager history". World Football. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
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  4. "Josef Zinnbauer named as new Hamburg coach". Deutsche Welle. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. "Hamburger SV II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  6. Hallam, Mark (15 September 2014). "Hamburg dismiss coach Mirko Slomka". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. "Djourou rettet zweimal gegen Müller". kicker (in German). 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  8. "HSV entlässt Zinnbauer - Knäbel übernimmt" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  9. "HSV.de - Joe Zinnbauer übernimmt wieder die U23". Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  10. Wolff, Sebastian (16 September 2015). "Zinnbauer verlässt HSV und geht zu St. Gallen" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  11. "Orlando Pirates appoint German Josef Zinnbauer as head coach". The South African. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. mlnadmin (8 June 2023). "Raja appoint Josef Zinnbauer as new manager". Morocco Latest News. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  13. Aamari, Oussama. "Raja CA Announces Josef Zinnbauer as New Head Coach". moroccoworldnews. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  14. "Karlsruher SC II » Fixtures & Results 2011/2012". World Football. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  15. "Hamburger SV". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  16. "Hamburger SV II". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  17. "St. Gallen entlässt Zinnbauer". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

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