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Lorenz-Günther Köstner

Lorenz-Günther Köstner
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Köstner at a press conference with Wolfsburg in 2010.
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-01-30) 30 January 1952 (age 65)
Place of birth Wallenfels, West Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
FC Wallenfels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1971 Bayern Hof
1971–1973 VfB Helmbrechts
1973–1975 Borussia Mönchengladbach 29 (3)
1975–1977 Bayer Uerdingen 50 (7)
1977–1981 Arminia Bielefeld 98 (7)
National team
1972–1975 West Germany Amateur 11 (0)
Teams managed
1982–1986 Bayern Hof
1986–1989 SSV Reutlingen
1989 SC Freiburg
1989–1991 Hessen Kassel
1991–1994 Stuttgarter Kickers
1994–1997 SpVgg Unterhaching
1997–1998 1. FC Köln
1998–2001 SpVgg Unterhaching
2002–2004 Karlsruher SC
2005–2006 1899 Hoffenheim
2006–2007 Rot-Weiss Essen
2009–2010 VfL Wolfsburg II
2010 VfL Wolfsburg
2010–2012 VfL Wolfsburg II
2012–2013 VfL Wolfsburg
2014 Fortuna Düsseldorf
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Lorenz-Günther Köstner (born 30 January 1952) is a retired German footballer who is now a football manager who last managed Fortuna Düsseldorf. Following the sacking of Armin Veh on 25 January 2010, he was named interim manager of VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2010.

Between July 1982 and June 1990, Köstner was head coach of Bayern Hof, Reutlingen 05, SC Freiburg, and Hessen Kassel. Then Köstner became assistant coach with VfB Stuttgart.

Köstner was head coach of Rot-Weiss Essen between November 2006 and May 2007.

Köstner had three spells as head coach of VfL Wolfsburg. The first spell happened between December 2008 and January 2010, the second spell happened between July 2010 and October 2012, and the final stint happened between December 2012 and June 2013. In between the stints, Köstner was head coach on two occasions. In the first occasion, Köstner replaced Armin Veh and was named interim head coach until the end of the season on 25 January 2010.Steve McClaren eventually replace Veh as head coach. For the second stint, Köstner became interim head coach when Wolfsburg sacked Felix Magath on 25 October 2012.Dieter Hecking eventually replaced Magath. Köstner then continued in his role as the reserve team head coach until June 2013.Valérien Ismaël replaced Köstner as the reserve team head coach.

Köstner became manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf on 30 December 2013.


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