:Wolfgang Rolff

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Wolfgang Rolff

| fullname =

| image = Wolfgang Rolff - SV Werder Bremen (1).jpg

| caption = Rolff with Werder Bremen in 2009

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|12|26}}

| birth_place = Lamstedt, West Germany

| height = 1.79 m

| currentclub = Laval United (manager)

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = TSV Lamstedt

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = OSC Bremerhaven

| years1 = 1979–1980

| clubs1 = OSC Bremerhaven

| caps1 = 35

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1980–1982

| clubs2 = Fortuna Köln

| caps2 = 75

| goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1982–1986

| clubs3 = Hamburger SV

| caps3 = 129

| goals3 = 24

| years4 = 1986–1989

| clubs4 = Bayer Leverkusen

| caps4 = 99

| goals4 = 9

| years5 = 1989–1990

| clubs5 = Strasbourg

| caps5 = 30

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 1990–1991

| clubs6 = Bayer 05 Uerdingen

| caps6 = 20

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1991–1994

| clubs7 = Karlsruher SC

| caps7 = 94

| goals7 = 14

| years8 = 1994–1995

| clubs8 = 1. FC Köln

| caps8 = 14

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 1995–1996

| clubs9 = Fortuna Köln

| caps9 = 16

| goals9 = 2

| totalcaps = 512

| totalgoals = 76

| nationalyears1 = 1983–1989

| nationalteam1 = West Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 37

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1997

| managerclubs1 = Hamburger SV (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 1997–1998

| managerclubs2 = SV Meppen

| manageryears3 = 1998

| managerclubs3 = VfB Stuttgart (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 1998

| managerclubs4 = VfB Stuttgart (caretaker)

| manageryears5 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs5 = Bayer Leverkusen (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs6 = Kuwait (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2004–2013

| managerclubs7 = Werder Bremen (assistant)

| manageryears8 = 2013

| managerclubs8 = Werder Bremen (caretaker)

| manageryears9 = 2014

| managerclubs9 = Azerbaijan

| manageryears10 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs10 = Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant)

| manageryears11 = 2015–2016

| managerclubs11 = Al-Salmiya SC

| manageryears12 = 2016

| managerclubs12 = Hannover 96

| manageryears13 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs13 = Shandong Luneng (assistant)

| manageryears14 = 2020–

| managerclubs14 = Laval

}}

Wolfgang Rolff (born 26 December 1959) is a German football manager and former player.{{Cite web| url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/rolffwolfgang/ | title = Wolfgang Rolff | language = de | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 24 January 2010}}

Playing career

Rolff played in 356 Bundesliga matches (47 goals) for Hamburger SV, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer 05 Uerdingen, Karlsruher SC and 1. FC Köln.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/rolffdata.html | title = Wolfgang Rolff - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 3 December 2015 | access-date = 15 December 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} He further took part in 126 2. Bundesliga matches (23 goals) for OSC Bremerhaven and SC Fortuna Köln, having a spell in France with RC Strasbourg for whom he scored four goals in 30 games in Ligue 2. In his years with his clubs, he won the Bundesliga title with Hamburg in 1983 and was part of the Hamburg side that clinched the European Cup against Juventus in Athens the same summer, five years later he won the UEFA Cup with Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1988.

Reputed as a tireless midfielder, Rolff debuted for West Germany in 1983 and was part of the UEFA Euro 1984 and the UEFA Euro 1988 squad of his nation. On both occasions he featured twice each in games of West Germany, making also two appearances for the West Germans in their runner-up campaign at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.{{FIFA player|57081|Wolfgang Rolff}} In total he played in 37 international matches until 1989.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rolff-intl.html | title = Wolfgang Rolff - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 3 December 2015 | access-date = 15 December 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

Coaching career

His former Hamburg teammate Felix Magath appointed Rolff as assistant at Hamburger SV in 1997. In 1998 Rolff took sole charge of SV Meppen for six months until the club's relegation from the 2. Bundesliga. He went on working as assistant to his former Karlsruhe manager Winfried Schäfer at VfB Stuttgart and was, shortly after, named caretaker manager of Die Schwaben. In 2000–01, he worked in the coaching staff of former Germany coach Berti Vogts during Vogts' reign as manager of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, also one of Rolff's ex-clubs. Subsequent to Vogts' departure from Leverkusen in 2001, Rolff worked as assistant to Vogts after Vogts had been hired to guide Kuwait. Rolff did not follow Vogts to Scotland, indeed, and was in July 2004 employed by SV Werder Bremen as assistant manager.{{Cite web | url = http://www.werder.de/team/trainer/rolff.php | title = Wolfgang Rolff | language = de | publisher = werder.de | access-date = 24 January 2010 | archive-date = 18 July 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060718184226/http://www.werder.de/team/trainer/rolff.php | url-status = dead }} After the sacking of Thomas Schaaf, Rolff, along with Matthias Hönerbach, was interim head coach from 15 May 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.de/thomas-schaaf-and-werder-bremen-part-ways/a-16813157|title=Thomas Schaaf and Werder Bremen part ways|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=15 May 2013|access-date=15 October 2014}} until 27 May 2013, when Robin Dutt became the new head coach.{{cite news|title=DFB erteilt Freigabe – Dutt neuer Werder-Trainer|url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/werder-bremen/article116556542/DFB-erteilt-Freigabe-Dutt-neuer-Werder-Trainer.html|access-date=27 May 2013|newspaper=Die Welt|date=27 May 2013|language=de}}

Coaching record

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rowspan="2"\| Team !rowspan="2"\| From !rowspan="2"\| To !colspan="9"\| Record
{{Tooltip\|M\|Matches managed}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}} !{{Tooltip\|Ref.\|Reference}}
SV Meppen \| 17 December 1997{{cite web\|title=SV Meppen » Manager history\|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/sv-meppen/9/\|website=kicker\|publisher=Kicker\|access-date=15 October 2014}} \| 30 June 1998 {{WDL\|17\|3\|3\|11\|for=15\|against=34\|diff=yes}} \| {{cite web\|title=SV Meppen\|url=https://www.kicker.de/sv-meppen/spielplan/2-bundesliga/1997-98\|website=Kicker\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=15 October 2014\|language=de}}
VfB Stuttgart \| 4 December 1998 \| 31 December 1998 {{WDL\|3\|1\|1\|1\|for=5\|against=6\|diff=yes}} \| {{cite web\|title=VfB Stuttgart\|url=https://www.kicker.de/vfb-stuttgart/team-trainer/bundesliga/2014-15\|website=Kicker\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=15 October 2014\|language=de}}{{cite web\|title=VfB Stuttgart\|url=https://www.kicker.de/vfb-stuttgart/spielplan/bundesliga/1998-99\|website=Kicker\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=15 October 2014\|language=de}}
Werder Bremen \| 15 May 2013 \| 27 May 2013 {{WDL\|1\|0\|0\|1\|for=2\|against=3\|diff=yes}} \| {{cite web\|title=Werder Bremen\|url=https://www.kicker.de/werder-bremen/spielplan/bundesliga/2012-13\|website=Kicker\|publisher=kicker\|access-date=15 October 2014\|language=de}}
colspan="3"\| Total {{WDLtot\|21\|4\|4\|13\|for=22\|against=43\|diff=yes}} !—

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!colspan="9"| Record

!{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

!{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

SV Meppen

| 17 December 1997{{cite web|title=SV Meppen » Manager history|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/sv-meppen/9/|website=kicker|publisher=Kicker|access-date=15 October 2014}}

| 30 June 1998

| {{cite web|title=SV Meppen|url=https://www.kicker.de/sv-meppen/spielplan/2-bundesliga/1997-98|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=15 October 2014|language=de}}

VfB Stuttgart

| 4 December 1998

| 31 December 1998

| {{cite web|title=VfB Stuttgart|url=https://www.kicker.de/vfb-stuttgart/team-trainer/bundesliga/2014-15|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=15 October 2014|language=de}}{{cite web|title=VfB Stuttgart|url=https://www.kicker.de/vfb-stuttgart/spielplan/bundesliga/1998-99|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=15 October 2014|language=de}}

Werder Bremen

| 15 May 2013

| 27 May 2013

| {{cite web|title=Werder Bremen|url=https://www.kicker.de/werder-bremen/spielplan/bundesliga/2012-13|website=Kicker|publisher=kicker|access-date=15 October 2014|language=de}}

colspan="3"| Total

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