Ralf Rangnick is a well-known football manager in the professional ranks in Germany.
In 1983, he began his career as a coach at the collegiate level.
Ralf experienced his first victory in the sport for the first time when he was 25 years old.
He manages the Austrian national team and remains a well-known figure in the football management industry.
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Ralf Rangnick Biography
He was born in 1958, in Germany. Ralf Rangnick is a popular man in German football.
In the early 1980s, while playing for Ulm 1846, Rangnick was allowed to coach the club’s youth team.
At Viktoria Backnang, he moved from player to player-coach.
Rangnick’s first encounter with Dynamo Kyiv’s Valeriy Lobanovskyi’s team in 1984 was an eye-opening experience.
While still a member of TSV Lippoldweiler, Rangnick continued to play and coach for the team. In 1985.
After quitting as a player, he returned to VfB Stuttgart as manager of the amateur team he had formerly played for.
His zodiac sign is Cancer, according to astrologers.
Professional Career
Rangnick’s debut game as head coach was at Ulm, a German football club. Greuther Fürth defeated Ulm by 2-0 in that match.
In 1998, they crowned league champions. Rangnick was able to adjust well to life in the 2. Bundesliga, his highest level of competition to date, and Ulm made a strong push for promotion.
Because of his pioneering work in Germany in implementing the strategy of shifting the entire defense towards the ball when playing defense, he became known as a “professor.”
In 1998, Ralf Rangnick explained this “pressure” on television.
On the other hand, while he was away for the winter break, he signed a contract to transfer to the top division with VfB Stuttgart for the upcoming season.
The fact that this was intended to remain a secret until the end of the season.
The leak resulted in widespread criticism, which became even more prevalent as the team lost ground in the standings.
By the end of March, Rangnick resigned from his role.
He worked for some time at Manchester United before revealing to join the Austria national team.
On May 3, 1999, Ralf was in charge for Stuttgart’s final five matches.
His career ended with a defeat at the hands of SpVgg Unterhaching, 2-0.
When Ralf Rangnick got sacked, Ulm was in fifth place in the standings.
During the first few years of the 1990s, Rangnick coached both the amateur and youth teams at Stuttgart.
In 1995, he moved to Reutlingen 05, which competes in the Regionalliga Süd.
He led the team to a fourth-place finish in his first season with the club, and they got off to a strong start in the next season as well, with the club deep in the thick of the promotion push by the time Christmas rolled around.
However, Rangnick would not finish the season with the squad since, in January of 1997, he returned to play for his previous club, Ulm.
When Rangnick departed the club, Reutlingen was in fifth place in the standings.
On May 23, 2001, Rangnick took over as head coach of Hannover 96, which competed in the second division of the German football league.
On July 30, 2001, he played his first game, which ended in a draw against Union Berlin (1–1).
His first year in charge was a smashing success as the team cruised to the league title and earned a promotion to the Bundesliga.
Their first season back at the top level saw them finish in 11th place, but their play deteriorated in the second half of the 2003–04 season.
Rangnick was let go after a loss to Borussia Monchengladbach by the score of 0–1 in March that year.
When he was fired, Hannover was in 15th position in the league. At the end of the season, Rangnick had a record of 44 victories, 22 draws, and 32 defeats.
Rangnick was appointed the head of German Bundesliga side Schalke 04 on September 28, 2004.
He got the role after Jupp Heynckes resigned just a few weeks into the 2004–05 season.
Ralf Rangnick had previously been passed over for the position of assistant coach for the Germany national team, which went to Joachim Low instead.
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As a result of the club’s performance in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Rangnick was allowed to compete in European competition again.
His debut came in the first round of the UEFA Cup. Schalke triumphed 4–0 against Metalurgs Liepājas.
He was their leader when they advanced through the group stage, but Shakhtar Donetsk eliminated them in the knockout rounds.
However, Rangnick led the club to the final of the DFB-Pokal, where Bayern Munich defeated them by a score of 2–1 in the championship game.
In addition, Bayern would finish ahead of Rangnick’s team in the league, while Schalke finished in second place.
Ralf Rangnick Wife
Gabriele Lamm-Rangnick is the wife of football manager Ralf Rangnick.
Ralf is not currently dating anyone as of May 2022.
He does not appear to have any previous relationships recorded in our database.
Rangnick was appointed the sporting director for both clubs owned by the popular brand ‘The Red Bull.’
In February 2015, he announced he would take over as head coach in Leipzig for the following year.
Alexander Zorniger, the current head coach of RB Leipzig, tendered his resignation immediately due to this development.
Achim Beierlorzer was appointed as the replacement. He will serve till the end of the season.
Ralf is one of the most popular and wealthiest Association Football Players today.
He is also one of the richest football managers. Ralf Rangnick has a net worth of $1.5 million.
