Gerardo Seoane
Seoane in 2022
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Seoane Castro[1]
Date of birth (1978-10-30) 30 October 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Luzern, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach (manager)
Youth career
1986–1990 FC Rothenburg
1990–1995 Luzern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Luzern 39 (2)
1997–1998 Sion 13 (1)
1998–2002 Deportivo La Coruña B 91 (24)
1999–2000 → Bellinzona (loan) 9 (0)
2002–2004 Aarau 62 (4)
2004–2006 Grasshoppers 48 (4)
2007–2010 Luzern 74 (2)
Total 336 (37)
International career
1997–1999 Switzerland U21[2] 18 (3)
Managerial career
2013 Luzern (interim)
2014–2018 Luzern II
2018 Luzern
2018–2021 Young Boys
2021–2022 Bayer Leverkusen
2023– Borussia Mönchengladbach
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerardo Seoane Castro (born 30 October 1978) also known as Gerry Seoane, is a Swiss professional football coach and former player, who is the current manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Managerial career

Seoane was appointed manager of reigning Swiss Super League champions Young Boys on 2 June 2018.[3] Seoane, aged 39, was considered a surprise pick to succeed Adi Hütter as coach, despite guiding FC Luzern to third place in the Super League in his first full management job.[3] Upon taking the role as Young Boys manager, Seoane pledged to continue with Hütter's playing style and keep the backroom staff in place.[3]

In his first season in charge, he guided the club to their 13th league title and helped the club qualify to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in club history.[3][4] In his second season, Seoane led the club to a domestic double, delivering their 14th league title (their third in a row) and seventh cup title and first in over 30 years.[5]

In May 2021, it was announced that Seoane would coach Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[6] In the 2021–22 season, he led Bayer Leverkusen to finish third in the Bundesliga, to be their best finish in seven seasons. However, he was sacked on 5 October 2022, due to his Leverkusen's poorest season start since their promotion in 1979.[7] Leverkusen had won only one game, drawn two, and lost five games, resulting in only five points in their first eight games. In June 2023, he was named the new head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach, starting from the 2023–24 season.[8]

Personal life

Seoane was born in Luzern, Switzerland to Galician parents and holds both Swiss and Spanish citizenship.[9] In addition to German, he is also fluent in Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Galician.[10]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 March 2024[11]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Luzern (interim) 4 April 2013 8 April 2013 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Luzern 5 January 2018 2 June 2018 17 10 4 3 26 17 +9 058.82
Young Boys 2 June 2018 30 June 2021 148 97 27 24 323 166 +157 065.54
Bayer Leverkusen 1 July 2021 5 October 2022 56 26 10 20 114 81 +33 046.43
Borussia Monchengladbach 1 July 2023 present 28 9 9 10 53 47 +6 032.14
Total 250 142 50 58 517 313 +204 056.80

Honours

Manager

Young Boys

Individual

References

  1. ^ Rial, S. G. (11 February 2009). "Emigrantes de primera en Suiza". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Gerardo Seoane". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "HOW YOUNG BOYS SHOOK THEIR NEARLY-MEN TAG TO LIFT THE TITLE AND MAKE THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE". These Football Times. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Club facts: Young Boys". UEFA. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. ^ "FC Basel 1893 1:2 BSC Young Boys". Football.ch (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Seoane wird Cheftrainer – Wolf kehrt zum DFB zurück". bayer04.de (in German). Bayer Leverkusen. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ^ "End of the road for Gerardo Seoane as coach of Bayer Leverkusen". Bundesliga. 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Gerardo Seoane is Borussia's new head coach – restructure of the sporting management". borussia.de. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Fussball: FCL-Trainer Gerardo Seoane: «Ich atme 24 Stunden Fussball". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Gerardo Seoane: Sprach-Talent und Offensiv-Liebhaber". bayer04.de (in German). Bayer Leverkusen. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  11. ^ Gerardo Seoane coach profile at Soccerway
  12. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". The Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband – Statistik und Resultate". football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Super League: Kevin Mbabu élu joueur de l'année". RTSSport.ch (in French). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Super League: Jean-Pierre Nsame élu meilleur joueur 2019". RTSSport.ch (in French). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach – current squad
2023–24 Bundesliga managers
Gerardo Seoane managerial positions
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