Marco Rose

Marco Rose

Rose managing Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Leipzig, East Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	RB Leipzig (head coach)
Youth career
	Rotation Leipzig
1987–1995	VfB Leipzig
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	VfB Leipzig	57	(5)
2000–2002	Hannover 96	24	(0)
2002–2010	Mainz 05	150	(6)
2010–2011	Mainz 05 II	41	(1)
Total		272	(12)
Managerial career
2010–2012	Mainz 05 II (assistant)
2012–2013	Lokomotive Leipzig
2013–2015	Red Bull Salzburg (U16)
2015–2017	Red Bull Salzburg (U18)
2017–2019	Red Bull Salzburg
2019–2021	Borussia Mönchengladbach
2021–2022	Borussia Dortmund
2022–	RB Leipzig
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Rose (born 11 September 1976) is a German professional football manager who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and a former player who was a defender for Lokomotive Leipzig, Hannover 96 and Mainz 05.

He coached Mainz 05's second team, then Lokomotive Leipzig, before going through the ranks at Red Bull Salzburg. ^{[1] [2]} After winning the UEFA Youth League, he became the first-team manager in 2017, winning the Austrian Bundesliga in both of his seasons and the Austrian Cup for a double in 2019. He then managed in the German Bundesliga at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, where he won the DFB Pokal in 2023.

Playing career

Rose playing for Mainz 05 in 2006

The defender started his career at Rotation Leipzig, then joined Lokomotive Leipzig, later renamed VfB Leipzig. Rose played ten games in the second flight for VfB. In 2000, Rose joined Hannover 96. When Hannover reached promotion to the Bundesliga in 2002, Rose went to Jürgen Klopp's Mainz 05 on loan. When Mainz won promotion to the Bundesliga, they signed Rose permanently. Rose retired after 199 games for Mainz's first and second team. He scored seven goals, three of them in the Bundesliga.^{[ citation needed ]}

Coaching career

Early career

Rose started his career as assistant coach and player of Mainz's second team in the 2010–11 season. For the 2012–13 season, he joined Lokomotive Leipzig, but terminated his contract after one season.^{[ citation needed ]}

Red Bull Salzburg

Rose in 2017

Rose joined Red Bull Salzburg's U16 team in the 2013–14 season. When U18 coach Thomas Letsch joined FC Liefering, Rose succeeded him as U18 coach. The team won the Austrian U18 championship in his first season and the UEFA Youth League in April 2017 beating Benfica 2–1 in the final. ^[3]

For the 2017–18 season, Rose succeeded Óscar García as head coach of RB Salzburg. ^[4] In his first season, the team won the Austrian championship and reached the semi-finals of the Europa League, beating teams like Borussia Dortmund and Lazio. The final of the Austrian cup against Sturm Graz was lost. In the second season, RB Salzburg started the league with ten wins which broke the previous record of the league. In the Europa League, they reached the quarter final against Napoli. Rose never lost a home game during his tenure as head coach of Salzburg. ^[5]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

For the 2019–20 season, Rose joined Borussia Mönchengladbach. ^[6] In the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, he managed to reach the knockout stages. ^[7]

On 15 February 2021, Mönchengladbach announced that Rose would leave at the end of the season to join Borussia Dortmund. ^[8]

Borussia Dortmund

In the 2021–22 season, Rose led Borussia Dortmund to a second-place finish in the Bundesliga. After one season in charge, the club and Rose mutually agreed to part ways on 20 May 2022. ^{[9] [10]}

RB Leipzig

On 8 September 2022, Rose was appointed as new RB Leipzig head coach. ^[11] Two days later, he won his first match 3–0 against his former club Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. ^[12] On 3 June 2023, he won his first title at the club, after a 2–0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB-Pokal final. ^[13] A month later, on 28 July, he extended his contract until 2025. ^[14] In June 2024, he signed a one-year extension until 2026. ^[15]

Managerial style

Rose has described the basic ideas of his playing style as "emotionality, hunger and being active". "We want to be very active against the ball, sprint a lot. We want to win high balls and have short ways to the goal. We don't want to play high and wide, but fast, dynamic and actively forward." ^[16]

He has stated his preference for a 4–4–2 diamond, saying "I've always played a diamond when I've had the opportunity to do it, bringing in two strikers. Our system, even when we play with all three up front, is something like a diamond." ^[16] However he has also used 4–3–3 and 4–2–3–1 formations at Mönchengladbach. ^[16]

Personal life

Rose is a Christian, who joined the faith as an adult. ^[17] His grandfather, Walter Rose, was also a footballer and played once for the Germany national team in 1937. ^[18]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 January 2025^{[ citation needed ]}

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record								Ref.
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Lokomotive Leipzig	1 July 2012	1 June 2013	30	9	9	12	35	39	−4	030.00	[19]
Red Bull Salzburg	16 June 2017	30 June 2019	114	81	23	10	269	88	+181	071.05	[20]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 July 2019	30 June 2021	88	41	19	28	169	122	+47	046.59	[21]
Borussia Dortmund	1 July 2021	20 May 2022	55	36	4	15	106	74	+32	065.45	[22]
RB Leipzig	8 September 2022	Present	118	69	19	30	252	147	+105	058.47
Total			405	236	74	95	831	470	+361	058.27	–

Honours

Rose with Salzburg's Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup trophies in 2019

Player

Hannover 96

• 2. Bundesliga: 2001–02 ^[23]

Manager

Red Bull Salzburg Youth

• UEFA Youth League: 2016–17 ^[24]

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2017–18, 2018–19 ^[25]
• Austrian Cup: 2018–19 ^[26]

RB Leipzig

• DFB-Pokal: 2022–23 ^[27]
• DFL-Supercup: 2023 ^[28]

References

1. "Marco Rose" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
2. "Offiziell: Rose wird im Sommer Trainer in Gladbach" [Official: Rose becomes Gladbach manager in summer]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
3. "Unsere UEFA Youth League-Helden | UYL 2017 – Rückblick". Red Bull Salzburg (in German). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
4. "Rose wird Coach bei RB Salzburg – Co-Trainer ist 24" [Rose becomes RB Salzburg manager]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
5. "Werner glänzt für Leipzig gegen Gladbach" [Werner shines for Leipzig against Gladbach]. sport.orf.at (in German). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
6. "Offiziell: Rose wird im Sommer Trainer in Gladbach" [Official: Rose becomes Gladbach manager in summer]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
7. "Borussia Mönchengladbach lose to Real Madrid but go through to UEFA Champions League knockout stages". Bundesliga. December 2020.
8. "Rose agrees to BVB move". Borussia Dortmund. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
9. "BVB und Marco Rose gehen getrennte Wege". bvb.de (in German). 20 May 2022.
10. "Marco Rose: Borussia Dortmund sack head coach after one season in charge". Citi Sports Online. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
11. "Zurück im Heimatkosmos: Rose übbernimt RB Leipzig" [Back in the home cosmos: Rose takes over RB Leipzig]. Kicker (in German). kicker. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
12. "RB Leipzig see off Borussia Dortmund to get Marco Rose era off to a winning start". Bundesliga. 10 September 2022.
13. "Leipzig verteidigt gegen Frankfurt den Pokal". ZDF (in German). 3 June 2023.
14. "RB Leipzig and Marco Rose agree contract extension". RB Leipzig. 28 July 2023.
15. "Rose verlängert in Leipzig bis 2026" (in German). kicker. 19 June 2024.
16. Askew, Joshua (12 May 2020). "Marco Rose's Borussia Mönchengladbach". Holding Midfield. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
17. Müller, Achim (24 December 2019). "'Das ist mir etwas Heiliges' Rose spricht offen über Weihnachten und seinen Glauben" ["This is something holy for me" Rose openly talks about Christmas and his faith]. express.de (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
18. "Marco Rose: 5 things on Borussia Mönchengladbach's inbound new head coach". Bundesliga . Deutsche Fußball Liga. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
19. "1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
20. "FC Red Bull Salzburg: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
21. "Borussia Mönchengladbach: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
22. "Borussia Dortmund: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
23. "Bundesliga-Aufstieg 2002". Hannover 96 (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
24. "Youth Youth League 2016/2017 » Final". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
25. "ADMIRAL Bundesliga Tabelle". Bundesliga.at (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
26. "Austria » ÖFB-Cup 2018/2019 » Final". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
27. "Christopher Nkunku-inspired RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to win DFB Cup". Bundesliga. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
28. Lisjak, Mitja (12 August 2023). "Olmo s hat-trickom pokvaril veliki debi Kana pri Bayernu" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija . Retrieved 12 August 2023.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Marco Rose at Soccerway