Rainer_Widmayer

Rainer Widmayer

Rainer Widmayer

German footballer (born 1967)

Rainer Widmayer (born 2 April 1967) is a German football manager and former player. During his playing career, he played mostly in the lower divisions, except his final season, during which he played in the 2. Bundesliga for SSV Ulm. As manager, he has been assistant manager of Swiss clubs FC St. Gallen and Grasshopper Club Zürich. In Germany, he assistant managed Hertha BSC and the reserves and professional squad of VfB Stuttgart. After Markus Babbel was sacked as manager of Hertha BSC, Widmayer was appointed caretaker of the Berlin club.[1] Several days later, having completed his duties of caretaker, Widmayer left Hertha altogether.[2] In 2012 Widmayer was assistant coach of Markus Babbel for TSG Hoffenheim.[3] In January 2021, Widmayer became assistant coach of the new head coach of Schalke 04, Christian Gross.[4] In 2022, he was assistant coach of Greuther Fürth and in October he was the interim manager for one game.[5]

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  1. [1]
    "Hertha BSC stellt Cheftrainer Markus Babbel frei" [Hertha BSC releases manager Markus Babel] (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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    "Skibbe voller Tatendrang" [Skibbe full of zest] (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Freistellung Hoffenheim" [exemption Hoffenheim] (in German). TSG Hoffenheim. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Rainer Widmayer joins the coaching team". Schalke 04. 1 January 2021.
  5. [5]
    "„Nicht so, wie wir uns das vorstellen"". sgf1903.de (in German). Greuther Fürth. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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