 Lőw withParis Saint-Germain in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zsolt Lőw[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Újpest | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Újpest | 97 | (6) |
| 2002–2005 | Energie Cottbus | 79 | (5) |
| 2005–2006 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | TSG Hoffenheim | 39 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Mainz 05 | 29 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | →Mainz 05 II | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 259 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Hungary U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2002–2008 | Hungary | 25 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2025 | RB Leipzig (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zsolt Lőw (born 29 April 1979) is a Hungarian professionalfootball coach and former player.
He previously served as an assistant manager atBundesliga clubBayern Munich underThomas Tuchel, whom he also assisted atChelsea andParis Saint Germain.[2]
In his playing career, Lőw played forÚjpest,Energie Cottbus,Hansa Rostock,Hoffenheim, andMainz 05 from 2009 until 2011, under coachThomas Tuchel.[3]
Lőw started his coaching career a year later, in 2012, as assistant coach ofPeter Zeidler atRed Bull Salzburg's farm teamFC Liefering. WhenAdi Hütter joined Salzburg as coach in 2014, Lőw became his assistant until Hütter left for Bern. Salzburg won the Austrian double with the2014–15 Austrian Football Bundesliga, and2014–15 Austrian Cup. Lőw, at the same time, joinedRB Leipzig, as one of the assistants toRalf Rangnick. When Leipzig was promoted to the Bundesliga, Rangnick stopped being coach and hiredRalph Hasenhüttl as coach who continued to work with Lőw as his assistant. Leipzig finished as runner up in2016–17 Bundesliga. The following season Leipzig dropped out of theChampions League and continued in theEuropa League. After beating heavyweightsNapoli andZenit Saint Petersburg, they lost againstMarseille in the quarter-finals.[4]
In July 2018, when Hasenhüttl decided to leave Leipzig, Lőw left to joinThomas Tuchel as an assistant atParis Saint Germain.[5][6]
In December 2020, PSG sporting directorLeonardo terminated Tuchel's contract.[7] Tuchel's staff, including Lőw, were let go as well.[7] Lőw went with Tuchel when the German was hired byPremier League clubChelsea the following month.[8] He was in charge of Chelsea's Club World Cup semi-final as Tuchel was isolating after a positiveCOVID-19 test.
Lőw left Chelsea after Tuchel was dismissed as head coach. In March 2023, shortly after the latter had been appointed head coach ofBayern Munich, Lőw joined him as an assistant.[9] Later that year, on 20 September, he managed Bayern'sChampions League opening match againstManchester United, leading the team to a 4–3 victory in the absence of head coach Tuchel, who was suspended.[10]
In March 2025, he was named the new interim head coach ofRB Leipzig, until the end of the season.[11][12] His debut ended with a 3–1 defeat againstVfB Stuttgart in the2024–25 DFB-Pokal on 2 April 2025.[13] He debuted in the2024–25 Bundesliga with a 3–1 victory overTSG Hoffenheim at theRed Bull Arena on 5 April 2025.[14] On 4 May 2025, Leipzig drew withFC Bayern Munich (3–3). In an interview with Nemzeti Sport, Lőw said that he would have been happy with a draw before the match.[15]
In an interview published inKicker,Péter Gulácsi goalkeeper of Leipzig andHungarian national football team, praised Lőw for bringing new energy into the team.[16][17]
He was elected to be a member of the presidency of theHungarian Football Federation on 9 May 2025.[18]
Reference:[2]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Újpest | 1998–99[19] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000[20] | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 30 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2000–01 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 28 | 1 | – | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 37 | 5 | – | 37 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 97 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 6 | ||||
| Energie Cottbus | 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 33 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | 2. Bundesliga | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 4 | ||
| 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 79 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | 84 | 5 | |||
| Hansa Rostock | 2005–06 | 2. Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2006–07 | Regionalliga Süd | 11 | 0 | — | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | 2. Bundesliga | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 43 | 0 | |||
| Mainz 05 | 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 255 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 269 | 13 | ||
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| RB Leipzig (interim) | 30 March 2025 | 30 June 2025 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 025.00 |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 025.00 | ||
Újpest
1899 Hoffenheim
Mainz 05
