Frank Bernhardt

{{About||the American businessman and politician from New York|Frank X. Bernhardt}}

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| fullname = Frank Bernhardt

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|08|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hamburg, Germany

| height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Bangladesh Police (technical director)

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| manageryears1 = 2001–2002

| managerclubs1 = FC St. Pauli U19 (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2002–2004

| managerclubs2 = FC St. Pauli II (assistant)

| manageryears3 = 2004–2006

| managerclubs3 = FC St. Pauli II

| manageryears4 = 2007–2012

| managerclubs4 = Estonia U19

| manageryears5 = 2007–2012

| managerclubs5 = Estonia U21

| manageryears6 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs6 = Kalev Tallinn

| manageryears7 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs7 = Azerbaijan (technical director)

| manageryears8 = 2015–2017

| managerclubs8 = Malaysia U23

| manageryears9 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs9 = Nomme Kalju U21

| manageryears10 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs10 = UiTM F.C.

| manageryears11 = 2023

| managerclubs11 = Kelantan (technical director)

| manageryears12 = 2023

| managerclubs12 = Kelantan

| manageryears13 = 2024–2025

| managerclubs13 = Yangon United

| manageryears14 = 2025–

| managerclubs14 = Bangladesh Police (technical director)

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Frank Bernhardt (born 26 August 1969) is a German professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Malaysia Super League club Kelantan He managed Estonian Meistriliiga team JK Tallinna Kalev from December 2012{{cite web |url=http://sport.postimees.ee/1045050/frank-bernhardt-saab-tallinna-kalevi-peatreeneriks|title=Frank Bernhardt saab Tallinna Kalevi peatreeneriks |language=Estonian |trans-title=Frank Bernhardt set to be the manager of Tallinna Kalev |date=18 November 2012 |publisher=postimees.ee |accessdate=6 February 2014}} until the end of 2013.{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.ee/ametlik-bernhardtist-saab-kalevi-peatreener|title=Ametlik: Bernhardtist saab Kalevi peatreener |language=Estonian |trans-title=Official: Bernhardt will be the manager of Kalev |date=4 December 2013 |publisher=soccernet.ee |accessdate=6 February 2014}} From February 2014 until December 2015, Bernhardt worked as technical director for the Azerbaijan Football Federation.

On 9 December 2015, he was appointed by the Football Association of Malaysia to be the head coach of the Malaysia national under-23 football team.{{cite web|url=http://www.fourthofficial.com/2015/25734/fam-appoint-frank-bernhardt-as-new-malaysia-u23-head-coach/|title=FAM appoint Frank Bernhardt as new Malaysia U23 head coach|publisher=Fourth Official|date=10 December 2015|accessdate=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805233715/https://www.fourthofficial.com/2015/25734/fam-appoint-frank-bernhardt-as-new-malaysia-u23-head-coach/|archive-date=5 August 2018|url-status=dead}} He was removed from the position in March 2017, after the appointment of new FAM president Tunku Ismail Idris.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/malaysian-super-league/story/3092301/tmj-sacking-me-as-u22-malaysia-coach-isnt-a-surprise-frank-bernhardt|title=TMJ sacking me as U22 coach isn't a surprise - Frank Bernhardt|publisher=ESPN|date=31 March 2017|accessdate=5 August 2018}} On 21 February 2025, he was appointed technical director of Bangladesh Premier League club Bangladesh Police FC.{{cite news |url=https://www.offsidebangladesh.com/%e0%a6%aa%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%b6-%e0%a6%8f%e0%a6%ab%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be/|date=15 February 2025 |title=পুলিশ এফসির দায়িত্বে জার্মান কোচ ফ্র্যাঙ্ক বার্নহার্ড |language=bn |work=OffsideBangladesh |access-date=1 November 2023|archive-date=23 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223111114/https://www.offsidebangladesh.com/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE/|url-status=live}}

Managerial statistics

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rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Nat !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
{{Tooltip\|G\|Matches played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Matches won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Matches drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Matches lost}} !{{Tooltip\|Win %\|Winning percentage}}
FC St. Pauli II \|{{flagicon\|Germany}} \|29 March 2004 \|30 June 2006 {{WDL\|78\|34\|14\|30}}
Estonia U19 \|{{flagicon\|Estonia}} \|15 February 2007 \|7 March 2012 {{WDL\|49\|10\|7\|32}}
Estonia U21 \|{{flagicon\|Estonia}} \|15 February 2007 \|31 December 2012 {{WDL\|43\|8\|8\|27}}
Kalev \|{{flagicon\|Estonia}} \|4 December 2012 \|31 December 2013 {{WDL\|38\|11\|4\|23}}
Malaysia U23 \|{{flagicon\|Malaysia}} \|7 December 2015 \|25 March 2017 {{WDL\|2\|0\|1\|1}}
Kalju (U21) \|{{flagicon\|Estonia}} \|7 August 2018 \|30 November 2018 {{WDL\|14\|1\|2\|11}}
UiTM \|{{flagicon\|Malaysia}} \|27 December 2019 \|31 March 2021 {{WDL\|19\|6\|3\|10}}
Kelantan \|{{flagicon\|Malaysia}} \|9 April 2023 \|24 June 2023 {{WDL\|9\|1\|0\|8}}
Yangon United \|{{flagicon\|Myanmar}} \|9 February 2024 \|1 July 2024 {{WDL\|0\|0\|0\|0}}
colspan="4"\|Career Total {{WDLtot\|252\|71\|39\|142}}

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FC St. Pauli II