Joshua Schirmer

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Joshua Schirmer
Personal information
Full name Joshua David Schirmer [1]
Date of birth (1981-08-14) 14 August 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2004 Tennessee Wesleyan University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Tokyo Hibernian
2007–2008 HKFC
2009–2012 Urawa Red Diamonds Amateur
2020–2023 Prague Raptors
Managerial career
2013–2016 Eastern Florida State College (assistant)
2016–2017 University of North Florida (women)
2018 Sparta Prague (women)
2018–2019 University of Massachusetts Lowell (women)
2020–2022 Sparta Prague (match analyst)
2022–2023 Orlando City (youth)
2023 Dynamic Herb Cebu
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:35, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Joshua David Schirmer (born 14 August 1981) is an American professional soccer manager and former player who last coached Dynamic Herb Cebu of the Philippines Football League. [1] He has also played club football in Hong Kong and Japan and coached in the Czech Republic, as well as various college teams in his home country.

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College career

Schirmer was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. [2] [3] He played college football for the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs and graduated in 2004, being a two-time NAIA Scholar All-American and a three-time member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. [4] [5]

Club career

Early club career

After graduating from college, Schirmer played professional football for HKFC for 1 season, [6] [3] before playing for the amateur team of J League team Urawa Reds for 5 years. [4] [7]

Prague Raptors

After a long break involved with coaching, Schirmer moved to the Czech Republic. While working as a video analyst for Sparta Prague, he played football for the Prague Raptors for three seasons before departing in early 2023. [3]

Coaching career

College experience

Schirmer left Urawa Reds in 2012, and became a coach in 2013, coaching a variety of teams in the American college system. He first worked as an assistant coach at Eastern Florida State College, [2] [8] [9] before getting his coaching job at University of North Florida. [6] In 2018, he again became coach of another women's team, this time the college team of University of Massachusetts Lowell. [4]

Sparta Prague and Orlando City

In 2018, Schirmer left the US temporarily to become an interim head coach at the women's team of Sparta Prague, where he won the title with them and subsequently guided them to the group stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League the following season. [4] [5] [10]

He returned to the club in 2020, working for three years as a match analyst for the men's team. [3] In 2022, he was supposed to join the technical development teams of Athletic Bilbao but could not make it as the candidate that was recommending him did not get elected as president. [11] he finally departed his job to work as a youth coach with MLS club Orlando City. [12]

Dynamic Herb Cebu

Departing Orlando City, Schirmer moved to the Philippines to become head coach of PFL club Dynamic Herb Cebu along with Mustafa Al-Saffar. [13] [7] He guided the club to its opening day win in the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara, a 2–0 win over UP, [14] [15] [16] and was in charge for the club's first-ever campaign in the AFC Cup. [12]

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  2. 1 2 Rosal, Glendale (10 August 2023). "American Joshua Schirmer is new Cebu FC head coach" . Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Hawaiian-born, Florida-raised Raptors midfielder who still dreams of football in Japan". Prague Raptors . 2 April 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Women's Soccer - Josh Schirmer". goriverhawks.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 "River Hawks Add Schirmer and Morrow to Staff". goriverhawks.com. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "UNF Soccer - Josh Schirmer". unfospreys.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Cebu FC inks Schirmer as new head coach". 10 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Local colleges: Titans' soccer assistant coach Schirmer nets honor". Florida Today . 19 January 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Former Titan drafted by Houston". Florida Today . 14 January 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Fotbalistky Sparty ukončily čtyřletou ligovou nadvládu Slavie". idnes.cz. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Martin, Iván (11 June 2022). "Y más nombres: Joshua Schirmer" . Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  12. 1 2 "JOSHUA SCHIRMER, Head Coach - Cebu FC". Cebu Football Club on Facebook. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Joshua Schrimer named Dynamic Herb Cebu FC head coach". pfl.org.ph. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "Uzoka double lifts Cebu over UP; Maharlika beats Dragons". pfl.org.ph. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Copa Paulino Alcantara: Cebu FC opens bid with 2-0 drubbing of UP". 23 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "Gentle Giants gift new coach first win". 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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