Alexander Voigt

Alexander Voigt
Voigt in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-04-13) 13 April 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Cologne, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1985–1987 Eintracht Köln
1987–1998 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2005 1. FC Köln 194 (13)
2005–2006 Roda JC 17 (1)
2007 Carl Zeiss Jena 16 (3)
2007–2009 Borussia Mönchengladbach 39 (0)
2009 Greuther Fürth 9 (0)
2009–2010 FSV Frankfurt 30 (1)
2010–2012 Carl Zeiss Jena 57 (3)
2012–2013 Viktoria Köln 30 (0)
Total 392 (21)
International career
1997–1999 Germany U-21 8 (1)
2002 Germany Team 2006 1 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Viktoria Köln (assistant)
2015 Viktoria Köln (caretaker)
2015–2016 Sportfreunde Siegen (assistant)
2016 TV Herkenrath 09 (caretaker)
2016–2017 TV Herkenrath 09
2017–2018 Fortuna Sittard (assistant)
2018–2019 SSVg Velbert
2019–2020 Wuppertaler SV
2020 Wuppertaler SV
2021–2022 KFC Uerdingen 05
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Voigt (born 13 April 1978) is a German football manager and former player.[1]

Playing career

Born in Cologne, Voigt started his career with 1. FC Köln (1998–2005), where he also started to play when he was only nine years old. He also played in the Netherlands for Roda Kerkrade (2005–2006), before moving to FC Carl Zeiss Jena, where he played for only half a year.[2] In 2007, he joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, in winter 2009 he was released by the same club and moved on 12 January 2009 to SpVgg Greuther Fürth. On 15 June 2009, it was announced he would be released by Greuther Fürth[3] and one day later, on 16 June 2009, he signed a contract with FSV Frankfurt.[4] On 15 July 2010, he announced his return to Carl Zeiss Jena[5] but was sacked in March 2012 by the club.[1] In July 2012 he signed for Viktoria Köln.

Coaching career

In January 2014 Voigt was hired as assistant coach of FC Viktoria Köln. In the beginning of December 2014, Voigt was appointed caretaker manager after Claus-Dieter Wollitz was fired.[6] He left the club in the summer 2015 and became assistant manager of Sportfreunde Siegen.[7] He resigned in February 2016 due to disagreements.[8]

On 30 March 2016, Voigt was appointed caretaker manager of TV Herkenrath 09, who had made five promotions in a row in the past five seasons from Kreisliga A to Mittelrheinliga.[9] On 4 May 2016, he was confirmed as the permanent manager of the club after taking 13 out of 15 possible points, 4 wins and 1 draw, in five games and was therefore still unbeaten.[10]

After his experience at Herkenrath, Voigt went to the Netherlands, where he spent the 2017–18 season as an assistant to Sunday Oliseh and Cláudio Braga at Fortuna Sittard.[11] As runner-up of the Eerste Divisie, Fortuna succeeded in advancing into the Eredivisie. In the summer 2018, he was appointed manager of SSVg Velbert.[12] After a bad season and an even worse start to the 2019–20 season, Voigt was fired on 9 September 2019.[13]

As the successor to interim coach Karsten Hutwelker, Voigt took over Wuppertaler SV regional league team in 17th place in October 2019.[14] Due to the financial problems of the association, he held the office until his resignation within the winter break on a voluntary basis.[15] In July 2020 he returned as Wuppertaler SV manager,[16] but he was sacked in December 2020 with the club in 16th place in the Regionalliga West.[17]

On 8 November 2021, he became new manager of KFC Uerdingen 05 in the Regionalliga West.[18] He could not save the club from relegation to the Oberliga, but he remained at the club until he was sacked on 28 November 2022.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b "Alexander Voigt nicht mehr im FCC-Kader". FC Carl Zeiss Jena (in German). 13 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ Interview with Alexander Voigt Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Voigt verlässt die SpVgg Greuther Fürth" (in German). DFL. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Jena holt Alexander Voigt. Sport1.de". Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  5. ^ "3.Liga: Jena verpflichtet Alexander Voigt. FOCUS Online". Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  6. ^ Viktoria Köln stellt Trainer „Pele“ Wollitz frei, 4-liga.com, 6 December 2014
  7. ^ Voigt neuer Co-Trainer bei SFS, sportfreunde-siegen.de, 15 July 2015
  8. ^ Alexander Voigt räumt Co-Trainer-Posten bei den Sportfreunden Siegen, siegerlandkurier.de, 6 February 2016
  9. ^ Ex-Profi Voigt übernimmt Fünftligisten, koelnsport.de, 31 March 2016
  10. ^ TV Herkenrath verpflichtet Voigt für die nächste Saison, in-gl.de, 4 May 2016
  11. ^ Alexander Voigt nieuwe assistent-trainer bij Fortuna Sittard, sittard-geleen.nieuws.nl, 8 June 2017
  12. ^ Alexander Voigt wird neuer Trainer der Oberliga-Mannschaft, ssvg.de, 25 April 2018
  13. ^ SSVg beurlaubt Alexander Voigt, ssvg.de, 9 September 2019
  14. ^ Alexander Voigt ist neuer WSV-Trainer, wuppertaler-rundschau.de, 17 October 2019
  15. ^ ALEXANDER VOIGT VERLÄSST DEN WSV, wsv1954.de, 16 January 2020
  16. ^ Er ist wieder da: Alexander Voigt trainiert den WSV, die-stadtzeitung.de, 9 July 2020
  17. ^ "Wir mussten reagieren": Wuppertal entlässt Trainer Voigt, kicker.de, 3 December 2020
  18. ^ Alexander Voigt ist neuer Trainer des KFC, KFC Uerdingen 05, 8 November 2021
  19. ^ KFC trennt sich von Alexander Voigt, KFC Uerdingen 05, 28 November 2022

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