Holger Fach

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Holger Fach (born September 6, 1962 in Wuppertal) is a German football manager and former player.

Between 1981 and 1998, Fach played 416 Bundesliga games for Fortuna Düsseldorf, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Uerdingen, Bayer Leverkusen and 1860 München. He scored 67 goals during this period, and won the German Cup with Borussia M'gladbach in 1995. Between 1988 and 1989 he earned five caps for the national team.

After retiring as a player, Fach was appointed to coach the amateur team at Borussia Mönchengladbach, and after a short intermezzo at Rot-Weiss Essen, on September 21, 2003, he became head coach for M'gladbach. On June 5, 2005 he became the new manager for VfL Wolfsburg, but after a weak first half of the season was fired on December 19, together with team-manager Thomas Strunz.

In January 2007, Fach took the reins of second division outfit of SC Paderborn 07 (being fired midway through his second season). On 18 April 2008, he took over as manager of another second-tier side, FC Augsburg.

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