David Wagner (soccer)

David Wagner
Wagner as Schalke 04 manager in 2019
Personal information
Full name David Wagner[1]
Date of birth (1971-10-19) 19 October 1971 (age 52)[1]
Place of birth Frankfurt, West Germany[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
SV Geinsheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (0)
1991–1995 Mainz 05 94 (19)
1995–1997 Schalke 04 29 (2)
1997–1999 FC Gütersloh 49 (7)
1999 Waldhof Mannheim 5 (0)
1999–2002 Darmstadt 98 76 (21)
2002–2004 TSG Weinheim 23 (8)
2004–2006 Germania Pfungstadt 0 (0)
International career
1992 Germany U21 1 (0)
1996–1998 United States 8 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2015 Borussia Dortmund II
2015–2019 Huddersfield Town
2019–2020 Schalke 04
2021–2022 Young Boys
2023–2024 Norwich City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Wagner (born 19 October 1971) is a professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of EFL Championship club Norwich City.

Wagner grew up in West Germany. He made his professional debut with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1990 and played as a striker for several clubs in the first and second division of German football. Son of an American stepfather[2] and German mother, Wagner played for the United States national team, earning eight caps from 1996 until 1998.

From 2011 to 2015 Wagner managed Borussia Dortmund II. In November 2015 took the manager's position at Huddersfield Town, whom he led to the Premier League via the 2017 EFL Championship play-off final. He left Huddersfield in January 2019, and then had brief spells at Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and Swiss Super League club Young Boys.

  1. ^ a b c "Wagner: David Wagner: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll: Schalke-Trainer David Wagner gibt intime Einblicke über seine Mutter" (in German). 30 October 2019.