Norbert Elgert

{{Short description|German footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Norbert Elgert

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|1|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gelsenkirchen, Germany

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = –1975 | youthclubs1 = Westfalia Westerkappeln

| years1 = 1975 | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Schalke 04

| years2 = 1975–1978 | caps2 = 14 | goals2 = 3 | clubs2 = Westfalia Herne

| years3 = 1978–1982 | caps3 = 74 | goals3 = 17 | clubs3 = Schalke 04

| years4 = 1982 | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = VfL Osnabrück

| years5 = 1982–1985 | caps5 = 61 | goals5 = 16 | clubs5 = Wattenscheid 09

| years6 = 1985–1990 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = SuS Dinslaken

| manageryears1 = 1990–1992 | managerclubs1 = SV Schermbeck

| manageryears2 = 1993 | managerclubs2 = SuS Dinslaken

| manageryears3 = 1993–1995 | managerclubs3 = Wattenscheid 09 U19

| manageryears4 = 1995–1996 | managerclubs4 = FC Rhade

| manageryears5 = 1996–2002 | managerclubs5 = Schalke 04 U19

| manageryears6 = 2002–2003 | managerclubs6 = Schalke 04 (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2003– | managerclubs7 = Schalke 04 U19

}}

Norbert Elgert (born 13 January 1957) is a German football manager and former player.{{cite web|title=Norbert Elgert|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/norbert-elgert/|website=worldfootball.net}} He is the manager of the U19 team of Schalke 04 since 1996 (with a short interruption).

Elgert won the German U19 championship with the team in 2006, 2012 and 2015.

He coached the later German world champions Mesut Özil, Manuel Neuer, Benedikt Höwedes and Julian Draxler as well as Leroy Sané, Joël Matip and Sead Kolašinac.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/norbert-elgert-coach-ozil-neuer-11361180|title=Meet Norbert Elgert, the man who developed Mesut Ozil, Manuel Neuer, Sead Kolasinac and many more|website=mirror.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/leroy-sane-ozil-draxler-all-owe-schalke-s-norbert-elgert-debt-of-gratitude-475024.jsp|title=Norbert Elgert: Schalke's academy guru behind Özil, Draxler, Sane, Neuer, Goretzka and many more|website=bundesliga.com}}

In 2013, he was named the German coach of the year by the German Football Association.{{cite web|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-zeichnet-norbert-elgert-als-trainer-des-jahres-aus-56969/|title=DFB zeichnet Norbert Elgert als "Trainer des Jahres" aus|website=dfb.de|language=German}}

He is a member of the Schalke Hall of Fame ("Ehrenkabine").{{cite web|url=https://schalke04.de/verein/tradition/schalke-legenden/ehrenkabine/|title=Ehrenkabine|website=schalke04.de|language=German}}