Years Team Role Football player Height 1.83 m | Name David Wagner | |
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Date of birth (1971-10-19) October 19, 1971 (age 44) Place of birth Geinsheim am Rhein, West Germany Team coached Borussia Dortmund II (Manager, since 2011) | ||
David Wagner (born October 19, 1971) is a football manager and former professional player, who is currently the head coach of Premier League club Huddersfield Town.
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- Playing career
- Managerial career
- Huddersfield Town
- Managerial statistics
- As a player
- As a manager
- References
Wagner grew up in Germany and made his professional debut with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1990 and played as a forward for several clubs in the first and second divisions of German football. The son of an American father and German mother, Wagner played for the United States national team, earning eight caps between 1996 and 1998.
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Playing career
On the recommendation of Wagner's Schalke 04 teammate Thomas Dooley, also an American of German descent playing for the US national program, Steve Sampson brought Wagner into the United States national team in 1996 despite never having seen him play. Wagner had a United States passport, but had played for Germany’s U-18 and U-21 teams. This gave him additional credibility with Sampson but posed a problem as he could be considered ineligible to play for the United States.
In April 1997, after Canada lost to the United States in a World Cup qualifying match in which Wagner played, the Canadian Soccer Federation complained to FIFA that Wagner should be ineligible to play for the United States based on his appearances for Germany's youth teams. On May 2, 1997, FIFA announced that Wagner was eligible to play for the United States because his games with the German teams were exhibitions, not official matches.
Managerial career
Wagner was appointed as Borussia Dortmund II manager with effect from July 1, 2011. He left the role on November 1, 2015, amidst rumors that he was going to join Jürgen Klopp's backroom staff at Liverpool.
Huddersfield Town
On November 5, 2015, he was appointed head coach of Huddersfield Town following the departure of Chris Powell. Wagner brought Christoph Bühler, who had left Borussia Dortmund on November 1, 2015, with him as his assistant.
In the summer of 2016, Wagner brought in 13 players from across the continent, including Danny Ward, Chris Löwe, and Aaron Mooy. Wagner took his players on a bonding tour of Sweden, where they had to survive with only basic equipment for a few days. The team's success in the early 2016–17 season was largely accredited to the squad's tight bond, something that Wagner claimed was a direct result of this Sweden trip. A few weeks later, they visited Austria and kept two clean sheets in matches against Bundesliga sides Werder Bremen and FC Ingolstadt 04.
After an unbeaten start to the 2016–17 season, Huddersfield were top of the table at the start of September, including a win at St James' Park against Newcastle United.
On May 29, 2017, Huddersfield secured promotion to the Premier League for the 2017–18 season, following a (0–0 draw, 4–3 on penalties) victory in the play-off final against Reading.
On June 30, 2017 Wagner signed an improved two-year contact.
Managerial statistics
As of match played September 23 2017As a player
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