Markus Krösche
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{{short description|German Sporting director and former player (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Markus Krösche
| full_name =
| image = Markus-Kroesche-2015-08.jpg
| caption = Krösche in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|09|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hanover,{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/markus-kroesche/ | title = Markus Krösche | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 10 May 2012}} West Germany
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Eintracht Frankfurt (sporting director)
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1996
| youthclubs1 = Sportfreunde Ricklingen
| youthyears2 = 1996–1998
| youthclubs2 = Werder Bremen
| years1 = 1998–2001
| clubs1 = Werder Bremen II
| caps1 = 55
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2001–2014
| clubs2 = SC Paderborn
| caps2 = 356
| goals2 = 15
| totalcaps = 411
| totalgoals = 18
| nationalyears1 = 2000
| nationalteam1 = Germany U-21
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs1 = SC Paderborn II
| manageryears2 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen (assistant){{cite web | url = http://www.goal.com/de/news/827/bundesliga/2015/06/05/12420992/paderborns-u23-coach-krösche-wird-co-trainer-in-leverkusen | title = Paderborns U23-Coach Krösche wird Co-Trainer in Leverkusen | language = German | publisher = GOAL | date = 5 June 2015}}
}}
Markus Krösche (born 17 September 1980) is a German football former football player and current CEO of Eintracht Frankfurt.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2011-12/23149/vereinsspieler_markus-kroesche.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110912231045/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2011-12/23149/vereinsspieler_markus-kroesche.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 September 2011 | title = Krösche, Markus | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 10 May 2012}}
Club career
Markus Krösche, who won the German A youth championship as team captain in 1999 with Werder Bremen, switched to the 2001–02 season from Bremen's amateurs to regional league rivals SC Paderborn 07, with whom he finished second in the 2004–05 season, equal on points with champions Eintracht Braunschweig, managed to get promoted from the Regionalliga Nord to the 2. Bundesliga. In 2008, as the longest-serving player, he extended his contract with SCP by a further four years until 2012. He took over the position of team captain from René Müller after he left the club after Paderborn was relegated to the 3rd division. In the 2008–09 season, Krösche made an immediate return to the 2. Bundesliga with Paderborn. After extending his contract again in 2011, Krösche ended his career as a professional soccer player in the summer of 2014. In his last season, Paderborn was promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in 2013–14, to which he contributed with 18 appearances and two goals.
Krösche played 192 times for SC Paderborn in the 2nd Bundesliga and 162 times in the third divisions. This makes him the record player of SCP 07 and its predecessor clubs in professional football. In 2007, Krösche was elected to the SC Paderborn 07's eleven of the century.
Managerial career
In the 2014–15 season, Krösche became the head coach of SC Paderborn II. He later joined Roger Schmidt as assistant coach for two years at Bayer Leverkusen. In mid-March 2017, he became sports director of SC Paderborn 07, where the club managed to promote from the 3. Liga to Bundesliga during his tenure.
Bundesliga club RB Leipzig appointed Krösche to be their sporting director on 1 July 2019. He filled a vacancy opened by the departure of Ralf Rangnick and in April 2021, he became the sporting director of Eintracht Frankfurt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/soccer/news/rangnick-to-leave-rb-leipzig-as-krosche-takes-over-as-sporting-director/u79epy1i00t1b7qxu09wdtj0|title = Rangnick to leave RB Leipzig as Krosche takes over as sporting director}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dierotenbullen.com/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/Saison_2020_21/Abgang-Markus-Kroesche.html |title=RB Leipzig und Markus Krösche lösen den Vertrag einvernehmlich auf |language=German |publisher=dierotenbullen.com |date=25 April 2021 |accessdate=1 May 2021}}
References
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External links
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- {{Fussballdaten|kroeschemarkus|Markus Krösche}}
- [https://www.transfermarkt.de/interview-der-woche/view/news/16620 Markus Krosche Interview]
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Category:Footballers from Hanover
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:SV Werder Bremen II players
Category:SC Paderborn 07 players
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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