Gert Engels

Gert Engels

Personal information
Full name	Gert Josef Arthur Engels
Date of birth	(1957-04-26) 26 April 1957 (age 66)
Place of birth	Düren, West Germany
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1975	SG Düren 99
1975–1978	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1978–1980	SV Baesweiler 09
1980–1990	SG Düren 99
Managerial career
1998	Yokohama Flügels
1999	JEF United Ichihara
2000–2003	Kyoto Purple Sanga
2004–2008	Urawa Reds (assistant)
2008	Urawa Reds
2011–2013	Mozambique
2018	Vissel Kobe (assistant)
2019–2020	Kyoto Sanga (assistant)
2020–2021	INAC Kobe Leonessa (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gert Engels (born 26 April 1957) is a German football manager and former player. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He most recently coached Nadeshiko League club INAC Kobe Leonessa.

In 2018, Engels received the German Football Ambassador Award for sporting and social commitments abroad. ^[4] He was succeeded in 2019 by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. ^[5]

Playing career

Engels commenced his professional playing career with SG Düren 99 and later joined Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Niederau. In Mönchengladbach he was part of the team that won the German Championships of 1976 and 1977.

Coaching career

In 1990, Engels moved to Japan to work as a coach. His first stop was in Ibaraki with Prima Aseno FC, the club that later became Mito HollyHock. He also coached at Takigawa Dai Ni High School in Kobe before he joined the Yokohama Flügels as a member of the coaching staff in 1993.

Shortly before the Flugels folded and were partly absorbed into today's Yokohama F. Marinos - some of the players joined Yokohama Marinos, and the F was added in remembrance of Flugels - he was made manager there for a brief period. He held that position also briefly with JEF United Chiba before taking over the reins at Kyoto Purple Sanga.

In Kyoto he returned the club, that was relegated after the previous season, into the J1 League and even led it to a win in the Japanese cup competition, the Emperor's Cup in 2002, defeating the fancied Kashima Antlers 2–1 in extra time. After three years there he was fired when the club started poorly into the new season.

At the start of 2004 he was assistant coach with Urawa Red Diamonds, initially under head coach Guido Buchwald and later Holger Osieck, winning the AFC Champions League in 2007. When Osieck was sacked after only two matches of the new J.League season on 16 March 2008, Engels was appointed his successor. He was fired by Urawa Reds on 26 November 2008.

On 12 October 2011, he became new manager of the Mozambique national team. He ended his time there in 2013. ^[6]

Managerial statistics

^[7]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Yokohama Flügels	1998	1998	9	7	0	2	077.78
JEF United Ichihara	1999	1999	15	4	2	9	026.67
Kyoto Purple Sanga	2000	2003	99	53	7	39	053.54
Urawa Reds	2008	2008	32	15	8	9	046.88
Total			155	79	17	59	050.97

Honors

• Emperor's Cup: 1998, 2002
• Nadeshiko League runner-up: 2020

References

1. "Football Commentary: Gert Engels - Manager for Hire". soccerphile. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
2. "Reds to dismiss German manager Engels". Associated Press. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
3. "ゲルト・エンゲルス コーチ、監督就任について [ 浦和 ] （08.03.16） Coach Gert Engels, director for the office [Urawa]". jsgoal.jp (in Japanese). 16 March 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
4. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche, German Football Ambassador Awards | DW | 9 May 2018 , retrieved 18 February 2021
5. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche, Jürgen Klopp wins German Football Ambassador award 2019 | DW | 15 May 2019 , retrieved 18 February 2021
6. "Düren: Der Dürener Gert Engels tritt als Nationaltrainer Mosambiks zurück". 12 June 2013.
7. J.League Data Site (in Japanese)

External links

• Gert Engels manager profile at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)
• Gert Engels at WorldFootball.net