1986–1987 Rot-Weis Oberhausen Height 1.88 m | Years Team Role Football player Name Ralf Loose Manages SC Preusen Munster | |
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Date of birth (1963-01-05) 5 January 1963 (age 53) Similar People Pavel Dochev, Peter Nemeth, Florian Fromlowitz, Volker Oppitz, Markus Weinzierl | ||
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Ralf Loose (born 5 January 1963) is a German football coach and former player. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team.
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Playing career
Loose played as a sweeper between 1981 and 1986 for Borussia Dortmund, and also for a year for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. Between 1987 and 1994 he was at Fortuna Düsseldorf. He has also been captain for the Germany national under-21 football team.
Managing career
Between 1996 and 1998 Loose was the coach for the Liechtenstein Under-18s team. On 1 July 1998, he was appointed to Liechtenstein national team manager. Ralf held this position until 29 July 2003. On 1 July 2004 he became coach at a regional team Sportfreunde Siegen. After a brief spell with FC St. Gallen he returned to Sportfreunde Siegen. Ralf Loose replaced Rainer Hörgl as coach at FC Augsburg in October 2007. Loose was sacked in April 2008 after a dismal season that has left Augsburg teetering close to relegation. He was appointed as manager of Dynamo Dresden in April 2011. He earned promotion in his first season, after a playoff victory over VfL Osnabrück, but was sacked in December 2012 after a poor start to the 2012–13 season.
