Stephan Lerch

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Stephan Lerch
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Lerch in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-08-10) 10 August 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Darmstadt, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2010 FC Alsbach
Managerial career
2012–2013 FC Alsbach
2013–2015 VfL Wolfsburg II
2015–2017 VfL Wolfsburg (assistant)
2017–2021 VfL Wolfsburg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephan Lerch (born 10 August 1984) is a German football coach who was most recently the manager of Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg. [1]

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Coaching career

Lerch's first manager job, were at his former club FC Alsbach in 2012, where he also played from 2004 to 2010.

Lerch joined VfL Wolfsburg second team, where he was the team's head coach for two season, until he became assistant coach for the club's first team in the summer 2015.

In April 2017, he replaced his coach colleague German Ralf Kellermann as new head coach for VfL Wolfsburg. Kellermann were the team's head coach for about nine years until he became the new sporting director for the women's team. Since his election as new head coach, he qualified the team for the 2018 UEFA Women's Champions League Final in Kyiv. Wolfsburg was defeated 1–4 by Lyon. He has won the national league Frauen-Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal every year since his election in 2017. [2] [3] [4]

Coaching honors

VfL Wolfsburg

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References

  1. ↑ "Stephan Lerch Profile". vfl-wolfsburg.de. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dritter Titel perfekt: Der VfL Wolfsburg ist Deutscher Meister". dfb. 14 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Who will succeed Lyon? The road to Kyiv 2018". UEFA.com. 1 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Wolfsburg v Lyon: #UWCL final guide". UEFA.com. 29 April 2018.


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