Niko Bungert

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Niko Bungert
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Personal information
Full name Niko Bungert
Date of birth (1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Bochum, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Mainz 05 (staff)
Youth career
1989–1996 VfB Günnigfeld
1996–2004 SG Wattenscheid 09
2004–2005 Schalke 04
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2006 Schalke 04 II 25 (4)
2006–2008 Kickers Offenbach 52 (1)
2008–2019 Mainz 05 198 (9)
2010–2016 Mainz 05 II 4 (1)
International career
2008 Germany U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Mainz 05 (assistant)
2021 Mainz 05 (assistant)
2024 Mainz 05 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Niko Bungert (born 24 October 1986) is a retired German footballer who played as a defender. [1] [2]

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He was also a member of the German U-21 team. He was part of the Schalke youth team that won the Youth DFB-Pokal in 2005.

Career

Coaching career

After Bungert chose to hang up his boots after the 2018-19 season, he joined Mainz 05 as part of a trainee program to work at the club. [3] At the end of November 2019, Bungert joined newly appointed head coach Achim Beierlorzer's staff, where he would act as assistant coach. [4] He returned to his trainee program in July 2020. [5]

On August 15, 2021, Bungert had to step in as deputy assistant coach ahead of a match against RB Leipzig, as head coach Bo Svensson's two assistants were both in COVID-19 quarantine. Mainz sensationally won 1-0 with a reserve team, as a large part of the squad was in quarantine. [6] In November 2021, Bungert became the club's first ever Club Ambassador. [7]

On January 1, 2024, Bungert was again promoted to the role of assistant coach, this time under Jan Siewert. [8] After the end of the season, Mainz announced that Bungert would not be an assistant coach in the new season and would take on another, unnamed, role at the club. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bungert, Niko" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Niko Bungert vom 1. FSV Mainz 05 beendet Karriere am Saisonende, bundesliga.com, 23 March 2019
  3. ↑ Niko Bungert vom 1. FSV Mainz 05 beendet Karriere am Saisonende, bundesliga.com, 22 March 2019
  4. ↑ Achim Beierlorzer neuer Trainer beim 1. FSV Mainz 05, bundesliga.com, 18 November 2019
  5. ↑ Bungert scheidet aus dem Mainz-Trainerteam aus, kicker.de 3 July 2020
  6. ↑ Darum will Bungert kein Trainer werden!, bild.de, 18 November 2021
  7. ↑ Niko Bungert erster Vereins-Botschafter!, bild.de, 17 November 2021
  8. ↑ SÖREN HARTUNG UND NIKO BUNGERT NEUE CO-TRAINER BEI DEN PROFIS, mainz05.de, 1 January 2024
  9. ↑ JESPERSEN: EHRLICHKEIT ALS PRÄGENDE EIGENSCHAFT SEINES CHEFS, mainz05.de, 19 July 2024
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