Michael Wimmer

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Michael Wimmer
FC Red Bull Salzburg gegen FK Austria Wien (2023-08-13) 32.jpg
Wimmer in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-06-18) 18 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Dingolfing, West Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
FC Dingolfing
SpVgg Landshut
0000–1999 1860 Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 SV Lohhof 30 (1)
2000–2002 Greuther Fürth II
2002–2005 FC Dingolfing
2006 FC Ismaning 9 (0)
2006–2010 FC Dingolfing
Managerial career
2010–2012 1. FC Nürnberg (academy)
2012–2013 1. FC Nürnberg II (assistant)
2013–2016 1. FC Nürnberg (U17)
2016–2017 1. FC Nürnberg (U16)
2017–2018 1. FC Nürnberg (U17)
2018–2019 FC Augsburg (assistant)
2019–2022 VfB Stuttgart (assistant)
2022 VfB Stuttgart (interim)
2023–2024 Austria Wien
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Wimmer (born 18 June 1980) is a German football coach who last managed Austrian Football Bundesliga club Austria Wien. [1]

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Career

Early career

In the summer of 2019 he became assistant coach of VfB Stuttgart. [2] On 11 October 2022, Wimmer took over as head coach of VfB Stuttgart on interim basis until December 2022. [3] [4] Wimmer finished his interim role with a record of four wins, one draw, and three losses. [5]

Austria Wien

He became the new head coach of Austria Wien on 3 January 2023. [6] His first match was a 3–1 win against Austria Klagenfurt. [7] On 21 July 2023, Austria Wien started the 2023–24 season with a 7–0 away victory over SV Spittal/Drau in the Austrian Cup. [8] On 13 May 2024, he was dismissed following a 4–0 home defeat against Wolfsberger AC with only one matchday remaining in the season during the relegation round, in which the club was in eighth place in the overall table. [9] [10]

In December 2024, Wimmer was identified as the leading candidate for the vacant manager's position at English League One club Bristol Rovers, [11] however the club were unable to secure a work permit to allow the appointment to go through. [12]

Career record

As of match played 28 May 2024
TeamFromToRecordRef.
GWDLWin %
VfB Stuttgart 10 October 20224 December 20228413050.00 [5]
Austria Wien 3 January 202313 May 202461271618044.26 [6] [7] [8]
Total69311721044.93—

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References

  1. 1 2 Michael Wimmer at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Tim Walter setzt auf Michael Wimmer". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Start of training". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Bruno Labbadia wird VfB-Cheftrainer". vfb.de. 5 December 2022.
  5. 1 2 "VfB Stuttgart — Trainer". kicker.de (in German). Olympia Verlag. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 Seliger, Marco (3 January 2023). "Das erwartet Michael Wimmer bei Austria Wien". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Austria Wien » Fixtures & Results 2022/2023". World Football. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Austria Wien » Fixtures & Results 2023/2024". World Football. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Austria stellt Michael Wimmer als Trainer frei" (in German). FK Austria Wien. 13 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Austria Wien trennt sich von Ex-VfB-Trainer" (in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung. 13 May 2024.
  11. ↑ Hargraves, Daniel (19 December 2024). "Exclusive: Bristol Rovers identify German coach as leading candidate for managerial vacancy". Bristol Post. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  12. ↑ Hargraves, Daniel (21 December 2024). "Bristol Rovers forced to seek managerial alternatives after unsuccessful appeal for German coach". Bristol Post. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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