Andreas Menger

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Andreas Menger
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Menger in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-09-11) 11 September 1972 (age 50)
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1987 Tennis Borussia Berlin
1987–1991 SSV Reutlingen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1994 SSV Ulm 20 (0)
1994–1997 SpVgg Fürth 97 (0)
1997–1999 1. FC Köln 41 (0)
1999–2000 MSV Duisburg 12 (0)
2001–2005 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 (0)
Total170(0)
Managerial career
2011–2016 VfB Stuttgart (goalkeeping coach)
2018–2021 1. FC Köln (goalkeeping coach)
2022– Hertha BSC (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andreas Menger (born 11 September 1972) is a German former professional footballer who is goalkeeping coach of Hertha BSC.

Menger was born in West Berlin. A goalkeeper, played in German professional football between 1997 until 2005. [1] But merely in his first season at the Cologne side he assured a regular spot. After the Billy Goats relegated, he had only eight appearances. In winter of the 1998–99 season, he was transferred to MSV Duisburg. While playing twelve times with the Zebras, he never played in one game when he was under contract for Frankfurt. Nevertheless, the executives were convinced of his abilities and from 2005 to 2011 he was the goalkeeping coach of the eagles, after splitting his duties between being a stand-by goalkeeper and coaching the keepers.

In July 2011, Menger became new goalkeeping coach of VfB Stuttgart. [2] On 8 January 2013, Menger extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart until June 2016. [3] Since January 2018, Menger has been the goalkeeping coach of 1. FC Köln. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andreas Menger" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Changes afoot: Menger goalkeeper trainer". VfB Stuttgart . 17 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Menger and Papadopoulos sign long-term extensions". VfB Stuttgart . 8 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bade-Nachfolger schon da". Express (Cologne newspaper) . 2 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2018.[ permanent dead link ]


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