Marcus Mann (footballer)

For the American basketball player, see Marcus Mann (basketball).

Marcus Mann
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-03-14) 14 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Leonberg, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hannover 96 (sporting director)
Youth career
0000–1995 SKV Rutesheim
1995–2002 Karlsruher SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Karlsruher SC II 85 (19)
2004–2006 Karlsruher SC 2 (0)
2006–2007 Darmstadt 98 31 (3)
2007–2009 Stuttgarter Kickers 66 (3)
2009–2011 1. FC Saarbrücken 61 (7)
2011–2014 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 72 (5)
2014–2016 1899 Hoffenheim II 38 (2)
Total 355 (39)
Managerial career
2016–2020 1. FC Saarbrücken (sporting director)
2019 1. FC Saarbrücken (interim manager)
2020–2021 1899 Hoffenheim (head of youth)
2021– Hannover 96 (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcus Mann (born 14 March 1984) is a German former footballer[1] and current sporting director of Hannover 96.

Club career

Mann began his career with Karlsruher SC, and broke into the first team in 2004, making two appearances in the 2. Bundesliga. He left the club in 2006, and spent the next two years in the Regionalliga Süd, playing for SV Darmstadt 98 and then Stuttgarter Kickers. In 2008, Kickers had qualified for the new 3. Liga, but were relegated after one season, so Mann moved on, joining 1. FC Saarbrücken. He helped the club win the Regionalliga West in his first season, and then establish themselves in the 3. Liga in his second. He signed for SV Wehen Wiesbaden in July 2011, where he spent three years before joining 1899 Hoffenheim II.

Coaching career

On 29 April 2016, Marcus Mann was introduced as sporting director at 1. FC Saarbrücken, after ending his active football career on 30 April 2016.[2] Following the sacking of Dirk Lottner in December 2019, Mann was caretaker manager of Saarbrücken for the last game of 2019, a 6–0 win against TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz.[3]

At the beginning of July 2020, Mann took up a post as head of sport at the youth department of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, where he had ended his playing career.[4] After one season at Hoffenheim, Mann was appointed sporting director of Hannover 96 in June 2021.[5] In December 2022, Mann extended his contract with Hannover until June 2027.[6]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Mann, Marcus" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Neue Kompetenzen beim FCS: David Fischer und Marcus Mann übernehmen leitende Funktionen" (in German). fc-saarbruecken.de. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Der FCS sucht weiter nach einem Trainer" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ Mann kehrt als NLZ-Leiter nach Hoffenheim zurück, kicker.de, 8 July 2020
  5. ^ Marcus Mann wird neuer 96-Sportdirektor, hannover96.de, 18 June 2021
  6. ^ 96-Sportdirektor Marcus Mann verlängert seinen Vertrag, hannover96.de, 23 December 2022


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