Rainer Adrion
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-12-10) 10 December 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Stuttgart, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1973 VfB Stuttgart II
1973–1977 SpVgg Ludwigsburg
1977–1978 FV Zuffenhausen
1978–1982 VfB Stuttgart II
1980–1982 VfB Stuttgart 22 (0)
1982–1984 SpVgg Unterhaching
1984–1985 TSV 1860 München 7 (0)
1985–1988 FV Zuffenhausen
Managerial career
1988–1991 SpVgg Ludwigsburg
1991–1993 SpVgg Unterhaching
1993–1994 SSV Reutlingen
1994–1995 VfR Pforzheim
1996–1998 VfB Stuttgart (co-trainer)
1999 VfB Stuttgart (caretaker)
1999–2001 VfB Stuttgart II
2001–2002 SpVgg Unterhaching
2003 Stuttgarter Kickers
2004–2009 VfB Stuttgart II
2009–2013 Germany U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rainer Adrion (born 10 December 1953) is a German football manager and former defender.

Coaching career

Adrion was head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching on two occasions. The first stint was from July 1991 to May 1993 and the second stint was from September 2001 to April 2002.[2] Adrion went on to be the head coach at VfB Stuttgart II; managing them on three occasions. The first stint started in January 1996.[3] He was their head coach for them until he became head coach of the first team in December 1998. The third stint happened from June 2004[4] to June 2009 when he became the new head coach for the Germany U21 team.[5] Then Adrion was head coach of VfB Stuttgart from December 1998[6] to May 1999.[7] Adrion was winless in his last eight matches.[7] He had two wins during his tenure.[8] After his second spell at Unterhaching, Adrion became head coach at Stuttgarter Kickers from March 2003[9] to October 2003.[10] Adrion became the new head coach for the Germany U21 team in June 2009.[5] He was sacked in June 2013 after failing to get out of the group stage of the European Championship.[11]

Coaching record

As of 29 January 2014
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
SpVgg Unterhaching 1 July 1991[2] 10 May 1993[2] 77 34 24 19 044.16
VfB Stuttgart II 1 January 1996[3] 28 December 1998[6] 90 54 23 13 060.00
VfB Stuttgart 28 December 1998[6] 3 May 1999[7] 11 2 6 3 018.18 [8]
VfB Stuttgart II 1 July 1999 13 September 2001[12] 76 30 26 20 039.47
SpVgg Unterhaching 13 September 2001[12] 2 April 2002[13] 25 7 6 12 028.00 [14]
Stuttgarter Kickers 10 March 2003[9] 27 October 2003[10] 26 8 8 10 030.77
VfB Stuttgart II 16 June 2004[4] 1 June 2009[5] 174 70 46 58 040.23
Total 479 205 139 135 042.80 —

Personal

Adrin has two sons, Benjamin is a former footballer, currently journalist of the Magazin "VIVA St. Pauli" and his second son Nico is also professional footballer.

References

  1. ^ "Rainer Adrion". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "SpVgg Unterhaching" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "VfB Stuttgart II » Trainerhistorie" (in German). World Football. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Adrion löst Fanz ab". kicker (in German). 18 June 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "Adrion schon ab Juni dabei". kicker (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "VfB als deutsches Ajax". kicker (in German). 28 December 1998. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  7. ^ a b c "Stuttgart: Ralf Rangnick übernimmt Training". kicker (in German). 3 May 1999. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  8. ^ a b "VfB Stuttgart" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Adrion ist neuer Kickers-Trainer". kicker (in German). 10 March 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Kickers feuern Rainer Adrion". kicker (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  11. ^ "DFB trennt sich von Adrion, Hrubesch übernimmt". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 21 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Adrion wird Köstners Nachfolger" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Trainer Adrion muss seinen Hut nehmen". kicker (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  14. ^ "SpVgg Unterhaching" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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