Werner Bürger
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Werner Bürger | ||
Date of birth | 23 April 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Konstanz | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965 –1978 | FC Konstanz | ||
1978–1979 | SC Pfullendorf | ||
Teams managed | |||
2008–2011 | Heart of Midlothian (Assistant Manager) | ||
2015–2016 | MTK Budapest (Assistant Manager) | ||
2016–2017 | DAC Dunajská Streda (Assistant Manager) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Werner Bürger (born 23 April 1958) is a German football coach. He played for FC Konstanz and SC Pfullenforf. With both teams he had appearances in the German Cup (Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Homburg). At the age of 28 he became Coach in Romanshorn Switzerland. His actuell Club is FC DAC 1904 in Slovakia Fortuna Liga (1. League). He was previously a coach at MTK Budapest, where he reached the qualifiers for Europa League against Vojvodina Novisad (Serbia).
In 2008, he became head coach under manager Csaba Laszlo at Hearts of Midlothian in the Scottish Premier League. In 2009 Hearts reached the Europa League Play Off games against Dinamo Zagreb.
Before he was Technical Director at FC Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Between 2000 - 2002 he was Coach of FC Kreuzlingen Switzerland. During his time with Red Star Zurich ( 1997 - 1999) he reached the semifinal of the Swiss cup. He also had a period of working for the German Football Association DFB and their under-15 to under-19 youth setup.