Rainer Widmayer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 April 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Sindelfingen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1993 | 1. FC Pforzheim | ||
| 1993–1994 | TSF Ditzingen | ||
| 1994–1995 | VfR Pforzheim | ||
| 1995–1997 | SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg | 62 | (6) |
| 1997–1999 | SSV Ulm | 50 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001 | VfB Stuttgart II (caretaker) | ||
| 2011 | Hertha BSC (caretaker) | ||
| 2022 | Greuther Fürth (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rainer Widmayer (born 2 April 1967) is a German football manager and former player. During his playing career, he played mostly in the lower divisions, except his final season, during which he played in the 2. Bundesliga for SSV Ulm. As manager, he has been assistant manager of Swiss clubs FC St. Gallen and Grasshopper Club Zürich. In Germany, he assistant managed Hertha BSC and the reserves and professional squad of VfB Stuttgart. After Markus Babbel was sacked as manager of Hertha BSC, Widmayer was appointed caretaker of the Berlin club.[1] Several days later, having completed his duties of caretaker, Widmayer left Hertha altogether.[2] In 2012 Widmayer was assistant coach of Markus Babbel for TSG Hoffenheim.[3] In January 2021, Widmayer became assistant coach of the new head coach of Schalke 04, Christian Gross.[4] In 2022, he was assistant coach of Greuther Fürth and in October he was the interim manager for one game.[5]
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- 1967 births
- People from Sindelfingen
- Footballers from Stuttgart (region)
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- 1. FC Pforzheim players
- TSF Ditzingen players
- VfR Pforzheim players
- SSV Ulm 1846 players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- German football managers
- Hertha BSC managers
- VfB Stuttgart II managers
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth managers
- Bundesliga managers
- 2. Bundesliga managers
- Living people
- 20th-century German sportsmen