Rainer Kraft (soccer coach)
| Rainer Kraft | ||
 Rainer Kraft as coach of VfL Kirchheim in 2011
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | July 30, 1962 | |
| place of birth | Stuttgart , Germany | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| TSV Reichenbach | ||
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| FC Unterheimbach | ||
| 2005-2008 | VfR Aalen (assistant coach) | |
| 2005-2008 | VfR Aalen II | |
| 2008-2009 | Stuttgarter Kickers (Assistant Trainer) | |
| 2009 | Stuttgart Kickers | |
| 2009-2010 | Esteghlal Tehran (Assistant Trainer) | |
| 2010-2011 | VfL Kirchheim | |
| 2012 | 1. FC Normannia Gmuend | |
| 2013– | VfR Aalen II | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Rainer Kraft (born July 30, 1962 in Stuttgart ) is a German football coach .
Career
As an active player, Kraft played together with Edmund Becker in the Baden Association League at TSV Reichenbach . Edmund Becker brought him in the 1996/97 season as a physiotherapist and rehab trainer for the second team of Karlsruher SC . From 1997 to 2001 the sports teacher held the same position at VfB Stuttgart .
Rainer Kraft began his coaching career with FC Unterheimbach . In 2005 he moved to VfR Aalen in the then third-class regional league, where he worked under head coach Frank Wormuth as assistant coach of the first team and as head coach of the second team playing in the association's league. Wormuth's successor as head coach, Edgar Schmitt , also retained his strength as assistant coach. In 2007 Kraft acquired the DFB football instructor license. With the qualification for the newly established 3rd division for the 2008/09 season, he gave the training of the second team to Petar Kosturkow and concentrated on his work as an assistant coach. Together with Schmitt, he was given leave of absence from the Aalen team in August 2008, after which the duo took over the team from league rivals Stuttgarter Kickers in September 2008 . After the resignation of Edgar Schmitt, Rainer Kraft was promoted to head coach of the Kickers on April 14, 2009. After relegation to the Regionalliga Süd at the end of the season, his contract was not extended and he was replaced by Dirk Schuster .
A short time after his resignation from the Stuttgarter Kickers, Kraft accepted an offer from the Iranian club Esteghlal Teheran to look after the team as Erich Rutemöller's assistant in the Iranian Pro League .
In the 2010/11 season, Kraft was the head coach of the football top division VfL Kirchheim . On January 10, 2012, he signed a contract as a coach at 1. FC Normannia Gmünd until June 30, 2013. However, after the Normannia relegated from the league at the end of the season due to the poorer goal difference, the contract was prematurely terminated in summer 2012.
During the preparation for the 2013/14 season, he was part of the coaching staff of third division SV Wehen Wiesbaden for a short time as a rehabilitation and fitness trainer , before Kraft returned to VfR Aalen in July 2013, which has meanwhile been promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga . There he became head of the youth training center and as such also coach of the club's second team. In the 15 games of the first half of the season he was able to achieve ten wins with the team in the association league and first place in the table with a five point lead. In the second half of the season the team played weaker; after the last five defeats in a row, Kraft was replaced in May 2014 for the remaining five games by U16 coach Benjamin Götz, who ultimately achieved promotion to the league with the team. For the new 2014/15 season, Kraft took over the team again, but handed over the management of the young talent center to Götz.
Web links
- Rainer Kraft in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Rainer Kraft in the database of the Kickers Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ “I'm a soccer coach and that's only why I'm going to Iran” , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 20, 2009, accessed on October 5, 2009.
- ^ Rainer Kraft new FCN trainer , Schwäbische Post, January 11, 2012, accessed on January 13, 2012
- ↑ Kraft does not fit into the new concept , Schwäbische Post, June 15, 2012, accessed on June 15, 2012.
- ↑ Kraft takes over again , Schwäbische Post, June 17, 2014, accessed on July 17, 2014.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kraft, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |