Alexandré Pölking

Alexandré Pölking
Pölking with Bangkok United in 2018
Personal information
Full name Alexandré Pölking
Date of birth (1976-03-12) 12 March 1976 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul,[2] Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Công An Hà Nội (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 VfB Fichte Bielefeld 59 (15)
2003–2004 Arminia Bielefeld 37 (13)
2004–2005 SV Darmstadt 98 28 (5)
2005–2006 Olympiakos Nicosia 22 (4)
2006 APOEL 6 (0)
2007 Olympiakos Nicosia 10 (0)
Total 162 (37)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Al Ain (assistant)
2010 FK Baku (assistant)
2011 Golden Arrows (assistant)
2012–2013 Thailand (assistant)
2012 Thailand U23
2013 Army United
2014 Suphanburi
2014–2020 Bangkok United
2020–2021 Ho Chi Minh City
2021–2023 Thailand
2022 Thailand U23 (interim)
2024– Công An Hà Nội
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Thailand (as manager)
AFF Championship
Winner 2020
Winner 2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandré Pölking (born 12 March 1976), sometimes known simply as Mano, is a Brazilian football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội.

Playing career

He started his career in his ancestral country of Germany, playing for VfB Fichte Bielefeld, Arminia Bielefeld and SV Darmstadt 98. In 2005, he moved to Cyprus where he played for Olympiakos Nicosia and APOEL.

Managerial career

Pölking was the assistant of German manager Winfried Schäfer since 2008 at Al Ain FC and FC Baku. In 2012, Alexandré Pölking came to Thailand to be the assistant of Schäfer who was appointed as the national head coach of Thailand national team in June 2011. In 2013, Pölking was appointed by the Army United as the head coach. He finished his first season as the manager with sixth place at the final standing.

In 2014, Pölking moved to Suphanburi. He was later sacked by the club after 12 games of Thai Premier League. Pölking has become the head coach of Bangkok United in the second leg of a 2014 season. He made the debut for Bangkok United with 3–0 win over his former club Army United on 25 June 2014.

Thailand

Pölking was appointed as the national head coach of Thailand national team, as announced by the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) on 28 September 2021. Pölking replaced Japanese coach Akira Nishino, who was sacked in July after the War Elephants were eliminated in the qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Polking's first task was the 2020 AFF Championship in December 2021.[3] Between 5 December 2021 and 1 January 2022, Polking accomplished the very task as he led the War Elephants to win 6–2 on aggregate after being held to 2–2 second-leg draw by Indonesia's Garuda, making Thailand reign the AFF Championship for the sixth time.[4] In 2022, Pölking managed the Thai side to defend the title in the 2022 AFF Championship as he led the team to win 3-2 on aggregate against Vietnam, Pölking became the fourth manager, after Peter Withe, Radojko Avramović and Kiatisuk Senamuang, to successfully defend the AFF Championship title, the first being on the 2020 edition.[5] In the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, he became manager of U-23 team and he led the team to the men's football final,[6] but lost 0-1 against the host Vietnam.[7]

Công An Hà Nội

On 23 May 2024, Pölking was appointed as the head coach of V.League 1 side Công An Hà Nội, signing a two-year contract with the club.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 9 November 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Thailand U23 23 June 2012 3 July 2012 5 2 1 2 040.00
Army United 31 October 2012 30 November 2013 34 14 9 11 041.18
Suphanburi 2 January 2014 12 May 2014 14 6 3 5 042.86
Bangkok United 25 June 2014 18 October 2020 221 126 43 52 057.01
Ho Chi Minh City 1 December 2020 28 September 2021 12 4 2 6 033.33
Thailand 28 September 2021 22 November 2023 37 21 8 8 056.76
Thailand U23 11 April 2022 24 May 2022 6 4 0 2 066.67
Cong An Ha Noi 23 May 2024 Present 14 7 2 5 050.00
Total 343 184 68 91 053.64

1 A win or loss by the penalty shoot-out is regarded as the draw in time.

Honours

Manager

Thailand

Thailand U23


Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Datencenter: Spieler*innen: Alexandré Pölking" [Data centre: Players: Alexandré Pölking] (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB). Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Mano Pölking: Profile". worldfootball.net. HeimSpiel Medien. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Polking appointed as national coach". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Thailand capture sixth Suzuki Cup". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "FIFA President sees Thailand retain the ASEAN Football Federation Cup in Bangkok". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Polking appointed to take charge of SEA Games side". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Vietnam erupts in celebration as SEA Games hosts win football gold". The Times of India. 22 May 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  8. ^ "CLB CAHN chính thức bổ nhiệm HLV Mano Polking thay thế "cò" Tiến Đại" (in Vietnamese). VOV. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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