David Wagner (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 19, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Geinsheim am Rhein, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Huddersfield Town (head coach) | ||
| 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 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 76 | (21) |
| 2002–2004 | TSG Weinheim | ||
| 2004–2005 | Germania Pfungstadt | ||
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Germany-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | United States | 8 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2015 | Borussia Dortmund II | ||
| 2015– | Huddersfield Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Wagner (born October 19, 1971) is a German-American soccer coach and former professional player, who is the current manager of Football League Championship side Huddersfield Town in England.
Wagner grew up in Germany and made his professional debut with Eintracht Frankfurt in 1990 and played as a forward for several clubs in the first and second divisions of German soccer. The son of an American father and German mother, Wagner played for the United States national team, earning 8 caps between 1996 and 1998.
On the recommendation of Wagner's Schalke 04 teammate Thomas Dooley, also a German of American descent playing for the US national program, Steve Sampson brought Wagner into the US national team in 1996 despite never having seen him play. Wagner had a U.S. passport, but had played for Germany’s U-18 and U-21 teams. This gave him additional credibility with Sampson but posed a problem as he could be considered ineligible to play for the United States.
In April 1997, after Canada lost to the U.S. in a World Cup qualifying match in which Wagner played, the Canadian Soccer Federation complained to FIFA that Wagner should be ineligible to play for the U.S. based on his appearances for Germany's youth teams. On May 2, 1997, FIFA announced that Wagner was eligible to play for the U.S. because his games with the German teams were exhibitions, not official matches.
Wagner was appointed as Borussia Dortmund II manager with effect from July 1, 2011. He left the role on November 1, 2015, amidst rumors that he was going to join Jürgen Klopp's backroom staff at Liverpool. However, on November 5, 2015, he was appointed head coach of Huddersfield Town following the departure of Chris Powell. Wagner brought Christoph Bühler, who also left Borussia Dortmund on November 1, 2015, with him as his assistant.
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