 Kramer as a coach ofFortuna Düsseldorf in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1972-05-03)3 May 1972 (age 53)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Memmingen,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1990 | FC Memmingen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | FC Memmingen | 75 | (8) |
| 1993–1995 | Bayern Munich II | 27 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | TSV Vestenbergsgreuth | 39 | (1) |
| 1996–1999 | SC Weismain | 82 | (3) |
| 1999–2001 | 1. FC Nürnberg II | 40 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 | Greuther Fürth II | 27 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | 1. SC Feucht | 26 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 | Greuther Fürth II | 52 | (14) |
| Total | 368 | (33) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Greuther Fürth II | ||
| 2005 | Greuther Fürth II | ||
| 2005–2009 | Greuther Fürth U-19 | ||
| 2009–2011 | Greuther Fürth II | ||
| 2011–2012 | TSG Hoffenheim II | ||
| 2012 | TSG Hoffenheim (caretaker) | ||
| 2012–2013 | TSG Hoffenheim II | ||
| 2013–2015 | Greuther Fürth | ||
| 2015 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 2016–2017 | Germany U19 | ||
| 2017–2018 | Germany U20 | ||
| 2018–2019 | Germany U18 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| 2022 | Schalke 04 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frank Kramer (born 3 May 1972) is a former Germanfootball player and coach who last managedSchalke 04.
From 1990 to 2005 he played as semi-professional forFC Memmingen,Bayern Munich II,TSV Vestenbergsgreuth,SC Weismain,1. FC Nürnberg II,Greuther Fürth II (two spells) and1. SC Feucht.
Kramer had three stints as Greuther Fürth II manager before moving toTSG Hoffenheim.[1] At the club, Kramer had two stints as TSG Hoffenheim II manager.[1] In between stints, Kramer was interim manager of the first team after the sacking ofMarkus Babbel.[2]
Greuther Fürth appointed Kramer as manager on 12 March 2013.[3]
He was sacked on 23 February 2015.[4]
On 14 April 2015, it was announced that Kramer would be taking over as manager ofFortuna Düsseldorf from the beginning of the 2015–16 season.[5] He had his first training session on 20 June 2015.[6] He was sacked on 22 November 2015.[7]
He was appointed as the head coach of theGermany U19 national team on 23 August 2016.[8] In the following years, he also managed the U20- and U18 squad.
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Kramer was appointed head of the youth academy atFC Red Bull Salzburg.[9]
Kramer became manager ofBundesliga clubArminia Bielefeld on 2 March 2021, succeedingUwe Neuhaus. He signed a contract until 2023.[10]After a devastating record of six losses in seven games, Kramer was sacked on 20 April 2022.[11]
He took overSchalke 04 in June 2022.[12] After Schalke was second to last in the table after ten matchdays and a subsequent 5–1 defeat against1899 Hoffenheim in theDFB-Pokal, Kramer was sacked on 19 October 2022.[13]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Greuther Fürth II | 11 February 2004[1] | 30 June 2004[1] | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 041.67 |
| Greuther Fürth II | 25 May 2005[1] | 30 June 2005[1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 000.00 |
| Greuther Fürth II | 1 July 2009[1] | 30 June 2011[1] | 64 | 28 | 11 | 25 | 043.75 |
| TSG Hoffenheim II | 1 July 2011[1] | 2 December 2012[1] | 53 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 045.28 |
| TSG Hoffenheim | 3 December 2012[2] | 18 December 2012[1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 000.00 |
| TSG Hoffenheim II | 18 December 2012[1] | 11 March 2013[1] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Greuther Fürth | 12 March 2013[3] | 23 February 2015[4] | 71 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 038.03 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 20 June 2015[5][6] | 22 November 2015[7] | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 020.00 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2 March 2021 | 20 April 2022 | 44 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 022.73 |
| Schalke 04 | 7 June 2022 | 19 October 2022[13] | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 016.67 |
| Total | 276 | 100 | 71 | 105 | 036.23 | ||
