Merlin Polzin

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Merlin Polzin
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-11-07) November 7, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Team information
Current team
 Hamburger SV (interim manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Bramfelder SV
Managerial career
2024– Hamburger SV (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Merlin Polzin (born 7 November 1990) is a German football manager. He is the interim manager of Hamburger SV.

Career as manager

Merlin Polzin was born in Hamburg and grew up in Bramfeld, Hamburg-Wandsbek. [1] He had played football at local club Bramfelder SV since his childhood and was promoted to the first team in 2009, in which he played in the sixth and fifth division. Polzin retired in 2011. [2]

In the same year, he joined the youth academy of Hamburger SV and was an assistant coach there. Later, Polzin moved to Osnabrück to go to the Universität Osnabrück to graduate as a teacher for German and sports. [1]

When Daniel Thioune was appointed head coach of the first team of VfL Osnabrück in the 3. Liga, Polzin became his assistant manager. [3] The club from Osnabrück was promoted to 2. Bundesliga in 2018-19 season and secured the stay in the league in 2019-20 season. Afterwards, Thioune was appointed new manager of Hamburger SV and Polzin returned to his former club as assistant manager. [4] Before the end of the 2020–21 season Thioune was sacked, but Polzin remained in the coaching staff at the club and was also the assistant of the new manager Tim Walter. [5]

Tim Walter was sacked in February 2024 and Polzin was inserted as caretaker in the 2–2 draw against Hansa Rostock. [6] After the appointing of Steffen Baumgart, he again became the assistant manager of HSV. [7] In November 2024, he took over the caretake role again. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vieira Heine, Luis (12 August 2020). "Merlin Polzin: Ein HSV-Fan als Co-Trainer: "Eine richtig geile Sache"". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Merlin Polzin verlängert Vertrag beim HSV". Hamburger SV (in German). 27 January 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Koch, Julian (4 October 2017). "Joe Enochs um 2 Uhr freigestellt – Thioune übernimmt vorerst". liga3-online.de (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  4. ↑ ""Es geht ums Machen, nicht ums Reden"". Hamburger SV (in German). 6 July 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "HSV komplettiert Trainerteam". Hamburger SV (in German). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Rostocks Joker Gudjohnsen sticht sofort, aber Glatzel rettet Polzin das Debüt". Kicker (in German). 17 February 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "HSV verpflichtet Steffen Baumgart". Hamburger SV (in German). 20 February 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "HSV stellt Steffen Baumgart frei". hsv.de. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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