Max Merkel

Max Merkel
Merkel in 1968
Personal information
Date of birth	(1918-12-07)7 December 1918
Place of birth	Vienna, Republic of German-Austria
Date of death	28 November 2006(2006-11-28) (aged 87)
Place of death	Putzbrunn, Germany
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1937	Rapid Wien	1	(0)
1937–1942	Wiener SC
1942–1944	Luftwaffen SV Markersdorf
1945–1946	Wiener SC
1946–1954	Rapid Wien	145	(7)
International career
1939	Germany	1	(0)
1952	Austria	1	(0)
Managerial career
1954–1955	HBS Craeyenhout
1955–1956	Netherlands
1956–1958	Rapid Wien^[1]
1958–1961	Borussia Dortmund
1961–1966	TSV 1860 Munich
1967–1969	1. FC Nürnberg
1969–1971	Sevilla FC
1971–1973	Atlético Madrid
1974–1975	TSV 1860 Munich
1975–1976	FC Schalke 04
1976–1977	FC Augsburg
1981–1982	Karlsruher SC
1983	FC Zürich
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Max Merkel managerial positions

Netherlands national football team – managers

Van Hasselt (1905–08)

Chadwick (1908–13)

Hogan (1910)

Bradshaw (1913)

Hunter (1914)

Reynolds (1919)

Warburton (1919–23)

Waites (1921)

Glendenning (1923)

Townley (1924)

Bollington (1924)

Glendenning (1925–40)

Kaufman (1946)

Carver (1947–48)

Sneddon (1948)

Kaufman (1949)

Van der Leck (1949–54)

Kaufman (1954–55)

Donenfeld (1955)

Merkel (1955–56)

Müller (1956)

Donenfeld (1956–57)

Hardwick (1957)

Schwartz (1957–64)

Neville (1964–66)

Keßler (1966–70)

Fadrhonc (1970–74)

Michels (1974)

Knobel (1974–76)

Zwartkruis (1976–77)

Happel (1977–78)

Zwartkruis (1978–81)

Baan (1981)

Rijvers (1981)

Baan (1981)

Rijvers (1981–84)

Michels (1984–85)

Beenhakker (1985–86)

Michels (1986–88)

Libregts (1988–90)

De Ruiter^c (1990)

Beenhakker (1990)

Michels (1990–92)

Advocaat (1992–94)

Hiddink (1994–98)

Rijkaard (1998–2000)

Van Gaal (2000–02)

Krol^c (2002)

Advocaat (2002–04)

Van Basten (2004–08)

Van Marwijk (2008–12)

Van Gaal (2012–14)

Hiddink (2014–15)

Blind (2015–17)

Grim^c (2017)

Advocaat (2017)

Koeman (2018–20)

Lodeweges^c (2020)

De Boer (2020–21)

Van Gaal (2021–22)

Koeman (2023–)

SK Rapid Wien – managers

Schönecker (1910–25)

Willmott (1925–26)

Bauer (1926–36)

Nitsch (1936–45)

Pesser (1945–53)

Uridil (1953–54)

Hierländer (1954–55)

Gernhardt (1955)

Wagner (1955)

Beranek (1956)

Wagner (1956)

Merkel (1956–58)

Kumhofer (1958–59)

Körner (1959–66)

Vytlačil (1966–68)

Decker (1968)

Vytlačil (1968–69)

Rappan (1969–70)

Springer (1970–72)

Körner (1972)

Hložek (1972–75)

Pecanka (1975)

Binder and Körner (1975–76)

Brzeżańczyk (1976–77)

Körner (1977–78)

Schlechta (1978–79)

Skocik (1979–82)

Nuske (1982)

Barić (1982–85)

Marković (1985–86)

Barić (1986–88)

Kaipel (1988)

Marković (1988–89)

Krankl (1989–92)

Starek (1992–93)

Baumgartner (1993–94)

Dokupil (1994–98)

Weber (1998–00)

Dokupil (2000–01)

Persidis (2001)

Matthäus (2001–02)

Hickersberger (2002–05)

Zellhofer (2006)

Pacult (2006–11)

Barisic (2011)

Schöttel (2011–13)

Barisic (2013–16)

Büskens (2016)

Čanadi (2016–17)

Djuricin (2017–18)

Kühbauer (2018–21)

Hofmann (2021)

Feldhofer (2021–22)

Barisic (2022–23)

Klauß (2023–)

Borussia Dortmund – managers

Kuzorra (a.i.) (1935–36)

Thelen (1936)

Swatosch (1936–39)

Sevcic (1939)

Thelen (1946)

Fabra (1946–48)

Havlicek (1948–50)

Kretschmann (1950–51)

Schmidt (1951–55)

Schneider (1955–57)

Tauchert (1957–58)

Merkel (1958–61)

Eppenhoff (1961–65)

Kwiatkowski (1964)

Multhaup (1965–66)

Murach (1966–68)

Pfau (1968)

Schneider (1968–69)

Lindemann (1969–70)

Bracht (1970)

Witzler (1970–71)

Burdenski (1972)

Brüggemann (1972)

Michallek (1972–73)

Kurrat (1973)

Bédl (1973–74)

Kurrat (1974)

Knefler (1974–76)

Buhtz (1976)

Rehhagel (1976–78)

Rühl (1978–79)

Maslo (1979)

Lattek (1979–81)

Bock (a.i.) (1981)

Zebec (1981–82)

Feldkamp (1982–83)

Witte (a.i.) (1983)

Maslo (1983)

Witte (a.i.) (1983)

Tippenhauer (1983)

Franz (1983–84)

Konietzka (1984)

Saftig (a.i.) (1984)

Ribbeck (1984–85)

Csernai (1985–86)

Saftig (1986–88)

Köppel (1988–91)

Hitzfeld (1991–97)

Scala (1997–98)

Skibbe (1998–2000)

Krauss (2000)

Lattek (a.i.) (2000)

Sammer (2000–04)

Van Marwijk (2004–06)

Röber (2006–07)

Doll (2007–08)

Klopp (2008–15)

Tuchel (2015–17)

Bosz (2017)

Stöger (2017–18)

Favre (2018–20)

Terzić (2020–21)

Rose (2021–22)

Terzić (2022–24)

Şahin (2024–)

TSV 1860 Munich – managers

Spiksley (1913)

Braumüller (1919–25)

Breunig (1925–28)

Kohn (1928–30)

Breunig (1930–34)

Rechenmacher (1934–35)

Prokoph (1935–36)

Braumüller (1936–37)

Schäfer (1937–38)

Tillmann (1938–39)

Eckhardt (1939–40)

Schmeifler (1940–41)

Schäfer (1941–45)

Goldbrunner (1945–46)

Ertl (1946)

Schäfer (1946–51)

Molzer (1951–52)

Harthaus (1952–53)

Schäfer (1953–56)

Hipp (1956–61)

Merkel (1961–66)

Weber (1966–67)

G. Baumann (1967)

Sing (1967–68)

Pilz (1968–69)

Langner (1969)

Binder (1969–70)

Tilkowski (1970–72)

Schwartz (1972–73)

Gutendorf (1974)

Merkel (1974–75)

Lucas (1975–78)

Krautzun (1979)

A. Baumann (1979–80)

Rühl (1980–81)

Halama (1981–82)

Kremer (1982)

Schumm & Schwarzhuber (1982)

Beer (1983)

Patzke (1983–84)

Popescu (1984)

Beer (1984)

Halama (1984–86)

D. Kurz (1986)

Jusufi (1986–87)

Zander (1987)

Klimaschefski (1987–88)

W. Bierofka (1988–90)

Wettberg (1990–92)

Lorant (1992–2001)

Pacult (2001–03)

Götz (2003–04)

Vanenburg (2004)

Bommer (2004)

Maurer (2004–06)

Schachner (2006–07)

M. Kurz (2007–09)

Wolf (2009)

Lienen (2009–10)

Maurer (2010–12)

Schmidt (2012–13)

Funkel (2013–14)

von Ahlen (a.i.) (2014)

Moniz (2014)

von Ahlen (2014–15)

Fröhling (2015)

Möhlmann (2015–16)

D. Bierofka (2016)

Bushuev (a.i.) (2016)

Runjaić (2016)

D. Bierofka (a.i.) (2016)

Pereira (2017)

D. Bierofka (2017–19)

Beer (a.i.) (2019)

Köllner (2020–23)

Gorenzel (a.i.) (2023)

Jacobacci (2023)

Schmöller (a.i.) (2023–24)

Giannikis (2024–)

1. FC Nürnberg – managers

Spiksley (1913–14)

Kürschner (1921–22)

Spiksley (1927)

Michalke (1927–28)

Konrád (1930–32)

Schaffer (1932–35)

Michalke (1935–36)

Orth (1936–39)

Riemke (1939–41)

Schmidt (1941–45)

Michalke (1946–47)

Schmitt (1947–49)

Schmidt (1950–52)

Riemke (1952–54)

Binder (1955–60)

Widmayer (1960–63)

Csaknády (1963–64)

Baumann (1964–65)

Csaknády (1965–66)

Vincze (1966)

Merkel (1967–69)

Körner (a.i.) (1969)

Klötzer (1969–70)

Barthel (1970–71)

Mihajlović (1971)

Langner (1971)

Čajkovski (1971–73)

Tilkowski (1973–76)

Buhtz (1976–78)

Kern (1978)

Gebhardt (1978–79)

Vliers (1979)

Gebhardt (1979–80)

Heese (1980–81)

Popp (1981)

Hoffmann (1981)

Elzner (1981)

Klug (1981–83)

Kröner (1983)

Popp (1983)

Höher (1984–88)

Gerland (1988–90)

Lieberwirth (1990)

Haan (1990–91)

Entenmann (1991–93)

Renner (1993–94)

Zobel (1994)

Sebert (1995)

Gerland (1995–96)

Entenmann (1996–97)

Magath (1997–98)

Reimann (1998)

Brunner (1998)

Rausch (1998–2000)

Brunner (a.i.) (2000)

Augenthaler (2000–03)

Wolf (2003–05)

Lieberwirth (a.i.) (2005)

Meyer (2005–08)

von Heesen (2008)

Oenning (2008–09)

Hecking (2009–12)

Wiesinger (2012–13)

Reutershahn (2012–13)

Prinzen (a.i.) (2013)

Verbeek (2013–14)

Prinzen (a.i.) (2014)

Ismaël (2014)

Weiler (2014–16)

Schwartz (2016–17)

Köllner (2017–19)

Schommers (a.i.) (2019)

Čanadi (2019)

Mintál (a.i.) (2019)

Keller (2019–20)

Wiesinger (a.i.) (2020)

Klauß (2020–22)

Weinzierl (2022–23)

Hecking (a.i.) (2023)

Fiél (2023–24)

Klose (2024–)

Sevilla FC – managers

Valenzuela (1908–10)

Eizaguirre (1910–17)

Brand (1917–21)

Ostos (1921–23)

O'Hagan (1923–24)

Villagrán (1924–27)

Hertzka (1927–30)

Quirante (1930–33)

Encinas (1933–36)

Brand (1939–41)

Santos (1941–42)

Brand (1942)

O'Connell (1942–45)

Encinas (1945–47)

Caicedo (1947–48)

Encinas (1948–49)

Campanal (1949–53)

Herrera (1953–56)

Campanal (1957)

Grech (1957)

Villalonga (1957–58)

Kálmár (1958)

Ipiña (1958–59)

Campanal (1959)

Encinas (1959)

Miró (1959–61)

Villalonga (1961)

Barrios (1961–63)

Busto (1963)

Bumbel (1963–64)

Daučík (1964–65)

Eizaguirre (1965–66)

Arza (1966)

Barinaga (1966)

Arza (1966–67)

Barrios (1967)

Arza (1967–69)

Merkel (1969–71)

Villalonga (1971)

Georgiadis (1971–1972)

Villalonga (1972)

Buckingham (1972)

Arza (1972–73)

Artigas (1973)

Happel (1973)

Bedoya (1973–74)

Buqué (1974)

Olsen (1974–76)

Carriega (1976–79)

Muñoz (1979–81)

Cardo (1981–86)

Wallace (1986–87)

Azkargorta (1987–89)

Ortega (1989)

Olsen (1989)

Cantatore (1989–91)

Espárrago (1991–92)

Bilardo (1992–93)

Aragonés (1993–95)

Toni (1995)

Juan Carlos (1995–96)

Camacho (1996–97)

Bilardo (1997)

Rubio (1997)

Miera (1997)

Juan Carlos (1997–98)

Castro Santos (1998–99)

Alonso (1999–2000)

Juan Carlos (2000)

Caparrós (2000–05)

Ramos (2005–07)

Jiménez (2007–10)

Álvarez (2010)

Manzano (2010–11)

Marcelino (2011–12)

Míchel (2012–13)

Emery (2013–16)

Sampaoli (2016–17)

Berizzo (2017)

Montella (2017–18)

Caparrós^c (2018)

Machín (2018–19)

Caparrós^c (2019)

Lopetegui (2019–22)

Sampaoli (2022–23)

Mendilibar (2023)

Alonso (2023)

Flores (2023–24)

Gª Pimienta (2024–)

Atlético Madrid – managers

Ansoleaga (1921–22)

Iturbe (1922–23)

Hayes (1923–24)

Olalquiaga (1924–25)

Pentland (1925–26)

de Miguel (1926–27)

Ruete (1927)

Pentland (1927–29)

Romo (1929–30)

Jeny (1930–32)

Barroso (1932)

Harris (1932–33)

Anatol (1933)

Arteaga (1933)

Pentland (1933–35)

Marculeta^c (1935)

Samitier (1935–36)

Navarro (1938)

Quirante (1939)

Zamora (1939–40)

Lafuente (1940)

Zamora (1940–46)

Vidal (1946–47)

Taioli (1948–49)

Herrera (1949–53)

Colón (1953)

Díaz (1953–54)

Quincoces (1954–55)

Barrios (1955–57)

Daučík (1957–59)

Villalonga (1959–61)

Tinte (1961–63)

Escudero (1963)

Barinaga (1963–64)

Bumbel (1964–65)

Balmanya (1965–66)

Glória (1966–68)

González Pérez (1968–69)

Domingo (1969–72)

Merkel (1972–73)

Lorenzo (1973–74)

Aragonés (1974–78)

Núñez (1978)

Aragonés (1978)

Szusza (1978–79)

Aragonés (1979–80)

Jayo (1980)

Domingo (1980)

García Traid (1980–81)

Carriega (1981)

García Traid (1981–82)

Aragonés (1982–86)

Miera (1986)

Jayo (1986–87)

Aragonés (1987)

Menotti (1987–88)

Ufarte (1988)

Briones (1988)

Maguregui (1988)

Briones (1988)

Atkinson (1988–89)

Addison (1989)

Briones (1989)

Clemente (1989–90)

Briones (1990)

Peiró (1990)

Ovejero^c (1990)

Ivić (1990–91)

Aragonés (1991–93)

Ovejero^c (1992)

Pastoriza (1992–93)

Heredia (1993)

J. Pereira (1993)

Heredia (1993)

Cruz (1993)

Romero (1994)

Ovejero (1994)

D'Alessandro (1994)

Maturana (1994)

D'Alessandro (1994–95)

Basile (1995)

Aguiar^c (1995)

Antić (1995–98)

Sacchi (1998–99)

Aguiar^c (1999)

Antić (1999)

Ranieri (1999–00)

Antić (2000)

Zambrano (2000)

Alonso (2000–01)

Cantarero (2001)

Aragonés (2001–03)

Manzano (2003–04)

Ferrando (2004–05)

Bianchi (2005)

Murcia (2006)

Aguirre (2006–09)

Resino (2009)

Denia^c (2009)

Flores (2009–11)

Manzano (2011)

Simeone (2011–)

FC Schalke 04 – managers

Ludewig (1925–27)

Wieser (1928–29)

Otto (1929–30)

Sobottka (1930–31)

Sauerwein (1931–32)

Otto (1932–33)

Schmidt (1933–38)

Faist (1938–42)

Kuzorra (1946–47)

Schäfer (1947–48)

Langl (1948)

Swatosch (1948–49)

Szepan (1949–54)

Frühwirth (1954–59)

Lengyel (1959–60)

Gawliczek (1960–64)

Langner (1964–67)

Marotzke (1967)

Brocker (1967–68)

Gutendorf (1968–70)

Čendić (1970–71)

Horvat (1971–75)

Merkel (1975–76)

Rausch (1976–77)

Maslo (1977–78)

Horvat (1978–79)

Lóránt (1979)

Schwager (1979–80)

Jusufi (1980–81)

Assauer (a.i.) (1981)

Held (1981–83)

Sundermann (1983)

Assauer (a.i.) (1983)

Ferner (1983–86)

Schafstall (1986–87)

Franz (1987–88)

Ferner (1988–89)

Kremers (a.i.) (1989)

Neururer (1989–90)

Fischer (a.i.) (1991)

Ristić (1991–92)

Fischer (a.i.) (1992)

Lattek (1992–93)

Schulte (1993)

Berger (1993–96)

Neu (a.i.) (1996)

Stevens (1996–2002)

Neubarth (2002–03)

Wilmots (a.i.) (2003)

Heynckes (2003–04)

Achterberg (a.i.) (2004)

Rangnick (2004–05)

Reck (a.i.) (2005–06)

Slomka (2006–08)

Büskens (a.i.) (2008)

Rutten (2008–09)

Büskens (a.i.) (2009)

Magath (2009–11)

Eichkorn (a.i.) (2011)

Rangnick (2011)

Eichkorn (a.i.) (2011)

Stevens (2011–12)

Keller (2012–14)

Di Matteo (2014–15)

Breitenreiter (2015–16)

Weinzierl (2016–17)

Tedesco (2017–19)

Stevens (a.i.) (2019)

Wagner (2019–20)

Baum (2020)

Stevens (a.i.) (2020)

Gross (2020–21)

Grammozis (2021–22)

Büskens (a.i.) (2022)

Kramer (2022)

Kreutzer (a.i.) (2022)

Reis (2022–23)

Kreutzer (a.i.) (2023)

Geraerts (2023–)

FC Augsburg – managers

Erhardt (1969–70)

Lechner (1970–71)

Čendić (1971)

Schwarzhuber (1971–73)

Beljin (1973–75)

Kottmann (1975)

Menne (1975–76)

Merkel (1976–77)

Olk (1977–78)

Schuhmann (1978)

Sterzik (1978)

Cieslarczyk (1979)

Schuhmann (1979–80)

Elzner (1980–81)

Schuhmann (1981)

Baldauf (1981–84)

Sauter (1984–86)

Schuhmann (1986–88)

Haller (1989)

Hartwig (1989)

Schatzschneider (1989–90)

Fuchs (1990)

Veh (1990–95)

Wettberg (1995–96)

Riedl (1996)

Müller (1997–98)

Riedl (1998)

Schwickert (1998–99)

Higl (1999)

Schuhmann (1999)

Boysen (2000)

Lettieri (2000–02)

Middendorp (2002–03)

Veh (2003–04)

Hörgl (2004–07)

Loose (2007–08)

Fach (2008–09)

Luhukay (2009–12)

Weinzierl (2012–16)

Schuster (2016)

Baum (2016–19)

Schmidt (2019–20)

Herrlich (2020–21)

Weinzierl (2021–22)

Maaßen (2022–23)

Thorup (2023–)

Karlsruher SC – managers

Hipp (1952–53)

Moser (1953)

Patek (1953–56)

Janda (1956–59)

Frühwirth (1959–62)

Sommerlatt (1962–65)

Schneider (1965)

Roth (1965–66)

Frantz (1966–67)

Gawliczek (1967–68)

Widmayer (1968)

Termath (1968)

Baluses (1968–71)

Baas (1971–73)

Rühl (1973–77)

Hoss (1977)

Schafstall (1977–78)

Baureis (1978)

Krafft (1978–81)

Merkel (1981–82)

Franz (1982–83)

Strehlau (1983)

Olk (1983–85)

Buchmann (1985–86)

Schäfer (1986–98)

Berger (1998)

Ulrich (1998–99)

Löw (1999–2000)

Kuntz (2000–02)

Pezzaiuoli (2002)

Köstner (2002–04)

Fanz (2004–05)

Becker (2005–09)

Kauczinski (2009)

Schupp (2009–10)

Kauczinski (2010)

Rapolder (2010–11)

Scharinger (2011)

Kauczinski (2011)

Andersen (2011–12)

Kauczinski (2012–16)

Oral (2016)

Kwasniok (a.i.) (2016)

Slomka (2017)

Meister (2017)

Bajramović / Eichner (2017)

Schwartz (2017–20)

Eichner (2020–)

FC Zürich – managers

Winkler (1920–22)

Studnicka (1922–24)

Studnicka (1928–29)

Konrád (1930–31)

Schopf (1931–32)

Jiszda (1934–35)

Eckl (1935–36)

Oersi (1936–37)

Böhm (1937–40)

Barras (1940–42)

Sobotka (1942–43)

Minelli (1943–46)

Iseli (1946–48)

Lohrmann (1948–53)

Friedl (1953–55)

Müller (1955–57)

Molina & Barras (1957–58)

Rappan (1958–59)

Barras (1959–60)

Wurzer (1960–62)

Maurer (1962–66)

Kubala (1966–67)

Brodmann (1967)

Mantula (1967–69)

Gawliczek (1969–70)

Schwanner (1970–71)

Konietzka (1971–78)

Čajkovski (1978–80)

Sing & Martinelli (1980)

Jeandupeux (1980–83)

Glättli (1983)

Merkel (1983)

Kuhn (1983)

Kodric (1983)

Kuhn (1983–84)

Ježek (1984–86)

Stessl (1986–87)

Konietzka (1987–88)

Bongartz (1988–89)

Iselin (1989)

Neumann (1989–91)

Jara (1991–94)

Houghton (1994–95)

Ponte (1995–2000)

Gress (2000–01)

Bregy (2001–03)

Grüter (2003)

Favre (2003–07)

Challandes (2007–10)

Fischer (2010–12)

Gämperle (2012)

Fringer (2012)

Meier (2012–15)

Rizzo (2015)

Hyypiä (2015–16)

Forte (2016–18)

Magnin (2018–20)

Rizzo (2020–21)

Breitenreiter (2021–22)

Foda (2022)

Colatrella^c (2022)

Henriksen (2022–24)

Ural^c & Romano^c (2024)

Moniz (2024–)

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