| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wolfgang Frank | ||
| Date of birth | (1951-02-21)21 February 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Reichenbach an der Fils, West Germany | ||
| Date of death | 7 September 2013(2013-09-07) (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Mainz, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TSV Schlierbach | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1971 | VfL Kirchheim/Teck | ||
| 1971–1973 | VfB Stuttgart | 55 | (23) |
| 1973–1974 | AZ Alkmaar | 22 | (4) |
| 1974–1977 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 106 | (52) |
| 1977–1980 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | (10) |
| 1980–1982 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 20 | (4) |
| 1982–1984 | FSV Bad Windsheim | ||
| Total | 215 | (89) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1977 | West Germany B | 6 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984–1988 | FC Glarus | ||
| 1989–1990 | FC Aarau | ||
| 1991–1992 | FC Wettingen | ||
| 1992–1993 | FC Winterthur | ||
| 1994–1995 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| 1995–1997 | Mainz 05 | ||
| 1997–1998 | Austria Wien | ||
| 1998–2000 | Mainz 05 | ||
| 2000 | MSV Duisburg | ||
| 2002–2004 | SpVgg Unterhaching | ||
| 2004–2005 | FC Sachsen Leipzig | ||
| 2006 | Farul Constanța | ||
| 2006–2007 | Kickers Offenbach | ||
| 2008 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia | ||
| 2008–2009 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | ||
| 2010–2011 | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
| 2011–2012 | Eupen | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wolfgang Frank (21 February 1951 – 7 September 2013) was a Germanfootballmanager and player.[1][2]
Frank was born inReichenbach an der Fils, and made 215 appearances in theBundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals. For theGermany national football B team, he scored three goals in six games.
As a manager, Frank was at the helm of 16 clubs and ledRot-Weiss Essen to the1994 DFB-Pokal final, only to lose 3–1 toSV Werder Bremen at Berlin'sOlympic Stadium.
In his final year as a player, Frank trained as a teacher in sport and religion. He was inspired byArrigo Sacchi's A.C.Milan and introduced the 4-4-2 system to Germany at a time when German teams played with a sweeper.[citation needed] Inspired by how Sacchi had got his team to press, marking space rather than individual players, Frank introduced this advanced tactical thinking into German football. He is credited with inspiring a renaissance in the Bundesliga which has inspired a new generation of managers such asJürgen Klopp andJoachim Löw.
Frank died inMainz, aged 62.
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