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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 December 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Tübingen, West Germany | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
TSG Balingen | |||
TuS Ergenzingen | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2011 | TSG Balingen | ||
2011–2013 | TSG Balingen II | ||
Managerial career | |||
2013–2014 | TSG Balingen | ||
2019 | VfB Stuttgart (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nico Willig (born 11 December 1980) is a German football coach who last was the caretaker manager of VfB Stuttgart.
Willig began his coaching career at TSG Balingen, where he was the manager for the 2013/14 season before leaving the club. In the summer of 2015, Willig then became manager of the under-19 team of Stuttgarter Kickers. [1] In January 2016, he moved to the youth department of VfB Stuttgart and became manager of the club's U16's. [2] A half year later, he was promoted to U17 manager, which he was until the summe 2018, where he took charge of the U19's. [3]
On 20 April 2019, Willig took over as Head coach of VfB Stuttgart on interim basis until the end of the 2018–19 Bundesliga season. [4]