Reiner Hollmann

Reiner Hollmann
Personal information
Date of birth 30 September 1949(1949-09-30)
Place of birth Walsum, West Germany
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1973 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 91 (9)
1973–1984 Eintracht Braunschweig 272 (26)
Total 363 (35)
National team
1970–1972 West Germany Amateur 13 (1)
Teams managed
1992–1993 Carl Zeiss Jena
1993–1994 Galatasaray
1994–1995 1. FC Saarbrücken
1995–1997 Al-Ahly
1997–1998 Carl Zeiss Jena
Al-Nasr SC
Al Shabab
Al-Wahda Club
Al-Ahli
2008 El Zamalek
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Reiner Hollmann (30 September 1949) is a German former football player[1] and now manager.

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Footballer

Before coming to Duisburg, Hollmann was in the youth section of Eintracht Duisburg. He played from 1970 to 1984 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and Eintracht Braunschweig in 350 games in the Bundesliga scoring 33 goals.[2]

He took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[3][4]

Coach

After his playing career, Hollmann worked as football coach. His greatest success as a coach was winning the Turkish Super Cup and the Turkish League with Galatasaray for the 1993–94 season. Further coaching positions were, amongst other clubs, 1. FC Saarbrücken, FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Al-Ahly Cairo.[5]

For several years he has been in the United Arab Emirates where he worked with Al Nasr, Al Shabab (Dubai) and Al-Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi).[6]

Trivia

In 1977, Hollmann was playing for Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern against Eintracht Braunschweig. When protesting against a penalty kick he thought it was not justified, the referee unintentionally knocked him unconscious, and Hollmann woke up in the ambulance.

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