Frank Bernhardt

For the American businessman and politician from New York, see Frank X. Bernhardt.

Frank Bernhardt

Personal information
Full name	Frank Bernhardt
Date of birth	(1969-08-26) 26 August 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bangladesh Police (technical director)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2001–2002	FC St. Pauli U19 (assistant)
2002–2004	FC St. Pauli II (assistant)
2004–2006	FC St. Pauli II
2007–2012	Estonia U19
2007–2012	Estonia U21
2012–2013	Kalev Tallinn
2014–2015	Azerbaijan (technical director)
2015–2017	Malaysia U23
2018–2019	Nomme Kalju U21
2020–2021	UiTM F.C.
2023	Kelantan (technical director)
2023	Kelantan
2024–2025	Yangon United
2025–	Bangladesh Police (technical director)

Frank Bernhardt (born 26 August 1969) is a German professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Malaysia Super League club Kelantan He managed Estonian Meistriliiga team JK Tallinna Kalev from December 2012 ^[1] until the end of 2013. ^[2] From February 2014 until December 2015, Bernhardt worked as technical director for the Azerbaijan Football Federation.

On 9 December 2015, he was appointed by the Football Association of Malaysia to be the head coach of the Malaysia national under-23 football team. ^[3] He was removed from the position in March 2017, after the appointment of new FAM president Tunku Ismail Idris. ^[4] On 21 February 2025, he was appointed technical director of Bangladesh Premier League club Bangladesh Police FC. ^[5]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 23 June 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
FC St. Pauli II		29 March 2004	30 June 2006	78	34	14	30	043.59
Estonia U19		15 February 2007	7 March 2012	49	10	7	32	020.41
Estonia U21		15 February 2007	31 December 2012	43	8	8	27	018.60
Kalev		4 December 2012	31 December 2013	38	11	4	23	028.95
Malaysia U23		7 December 2015	25 March 2017	2	0	1	1	000.00
Kalju (U21)		7 August 2018	30 November 2018	14	1	2	11	007.14
UiTM		27 December 2019	31 March 2021	19	6	3	10	031.58
Kelantan		9 April 2023	24 June 2023	9	1	0	8	011.11
Yangon United		9 February 2024	1 July 2024	0	0	0	0	!—
Career Total				252	71	39	142	028.17

References

1. "Frank Bernhardt saab Tallinna Kalevi peatreeneriks" [Frank Bernhardt set to be the manager of Tallinna Kalev] (in Estonian). postimees.ee. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
2. "Ametlik: Bernhardtist saab Kalevi peatreener" [Official: Bernhardt will be the manager of Kalev] (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
3. "FAM appoint Frank Bernhardt as new Malaysia U23 head coach". Fourth Official. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
4. "TMJ sacking me as U22 coach isn't a surprise - Frank Bernhardt". ESPN. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
5. "পুলিশ এফসির দায়িত্বে জার্মান কোচ ফ্র্যাঙ্ক বার্নহার্ড". OffsideBangladesh (in Bengali). 15 February 2025. Archived from the original on 23 February 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2023.