Alexander Straus

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Alexander Straus
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Straus with Angel City in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-10-20) 20 October 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Bergen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2010 Varegg
Managerial career
2010 Varegg
2013 Nest-Sotra (assistant)
2013–14 Nest-Sotra
2014–17 Strømsgodset (assistant)
2018 Sandviken
2018–2020 Norway U23
2019–2020 Norway U19
2020–2022 Brann
2022–2025 Bayern Munich
2025– Angel City
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Straus (born 20 October 1975) is a Norwegian football coach who has been the head coach of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Angel City FC since June 2025.

Career

He started his coaching career in Varegg. He was an active player in the same club.

Straus was wanted as assistant coach for Nest-Sotra in 2013. The club had at the time David Nielsen as head coach. And Straus accepted the job. The two coaches lead the club in their promotion to First Division from Second Division. After that, Nielsen was wanted as Ronny Deila's assistant in Strømsgodset, so Straus became the head coach for Nest-Sotra in their first season in First Division. [1]

In 2014, David Nielsen became the head coach for Strømsgodset. And again, Straus was wanted as assistant coach. Straus accepted the job. [2] In total, he worked for the club for 3.5 year, first as assistant coach, then as head of youth development. [3]

In 2018, Straus became the head coach for Sandviken in Toppserien. With Straus as coach, the team came to their first cup finale since 1995 and came fourth in the league.

The autumn 2018, Straus was hired as head coach for Norway women's national under-23 team. [4] From the Summer of 2019, he also became the coach for Norway national under-19 team. [5]

In September 2020 it became official that Straus again was going to be the head coach for Sandviken. [6] In 2021, the club won Toppserien for the first time, in addition to reaching the cup finale. Before the 2022 season, it was decided that Sandviken should be a part of SK Brann, and Straus, therefore, was Brann Kvinner's first head coach.

In June 2022, it became official that Straus was the new head coach for Bayern München. [7] During his time at the club, Bayern won three consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga titles and the 2024 DFB-Supercup. [8] [9]

On 18 April 2025, hours after announcing his departure from Bayern München at the end of the 2024–25 season, it was confirmed that Straus was to become head coach for National Women's Soccer League club Angel City FC, officially joining from 1 June. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Alexanders metode" (in Norwegian Bokmål). 25 November 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ↑ NIEMANN, OLA (12 September 2014). "Bergenseren som irriterer David Nielsen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Angeltveit, Ida Mjøs (30 November 2017). "Gir seg i Godset" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Straus ny U23-landslagstrener" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bergenser får ny landslagsjobb" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Johnsen, Jonas (7 September 2020). "(+) Alexander Straus presentert som Sandviken-trener". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Tørre, Michael (13 June 2022). "Alexander Straus klar for Bayern München" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Alexander Straus to leave FC Bayern Women". FC Bayern Munich. 17 April 2025. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "FCB Women celebrate third successive title after beating Freiburg". FC Bayern Munich. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Angel City Names Alexander Straus as Head Coach". Angel City FC. 17 April 2025. Archived from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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