Rainer Adrion
{{Short description|German footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
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| image = Rainer Adrion.jpg
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| height = {{Height|m=1.83}}{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/rainer-adrion/ | title = Rainer Adrion | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 8 July 2013}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|12|10}}
| birth_place = Stuttgart, West Germany
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
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| years1 = 1972–1973
| clubs1 = VfB Stuttgart II
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| years2 = 1973–1977
| clubs2 = SpVgg Ludwigsburg
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| years3 = 1977–1978
| clubs3 = FV Zuffenhausen
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| years4 = 1978–1982
| clubs4 = VfB Stuttgart II
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| years5 = 1980–1982
| clubs5 = VfB Stuttgart
| caps5 = 22
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1982–1984
| clubs6 = SpVgg Unterhaching
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| years7 = 1984–1985
| clubs7 = TSV 1860 München
| years8 = 1985–1988
| clubs8 = FV Zuffenhausen
| caps7 = 7
| goals7 = 0
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| manageryears1 = 1988–1991
| managerclubs1 = SpVgg Ludwigsburg
| manageryears2 = 1991–1993
| managerclubs2 = SpVgg Unterhaching
| manageryears3 = 1993–1994
| managerclubs3 = SSV Reutlingen
| manageryears4 = 1994–1995
| managerclubs4 = VfR Pforzheim
| manageryears5 = 1996–1998
| managerclubs5 = VfB Stuttgart (co-trainer)
| manageryears6 = 1999
| managerclubs6 = VfB Stuttgart (caretaker)
| manageryears7 = 1999–2001
| managerclubs7 = VfB Stuttgart II
| manageryears8 = 2001–2002
| managerclubs8 = SpVgg Unterhaching
| manageryears9 = 2003
| managerclubs9 = Stuttgarter Kickers
| manageryears10 = 2004–2009
| managerclubs10 = VfB Stuttgart II
| manageryears11 = 2009–2013
| managerclubs11 = Germany U-21
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Rainer Adrion (born 10 December 1953) is a German football manager and former defender.
Coaching career
Adrion was head coach of SpVgg Unterhaching on two occasions. The first stint was from July 1991 to May 1993 and the second stint was from September 2001 to April 2002.{{cite web|title=SpVgg Unterhaching|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/spvgg-unterhaching/9/|publisher=kicker|access-date=29 January 2014|language=de}} Adrion went on to be the head coach at VfB Stuttgart II; managing them on three occasions. The first stint started in January 1996.{{cite web|title=VfB Stuttgart II » Trainerhistorie|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/vfb-stuttgart-ii/9/|publisher=World Football|access-date=29 January 2014|language=de}} He was their head coach for them until he became head coach of the first team in December 1998. The third stint happened from June 2004{{cite news|title=Adrion löst Fanz ab|url=https://www.kicker.de/adrion-loest-fanz-ab-300518/artikel|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=18 June 2004|language=de}} to June 2009 when he became the new head coach for the Germany U21 team.{{cite news|title=Adrion schon ab Juni dabei|url=https://www.kicker.de/adrion-schon-ab-juni-dabei-508932/artikel|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=kicker|language=de}} Then Adrion was head coach of VfB Stuttgart from December 1998{{cite news|title=VfB als deutsches Ajax|url=https://www.kicker.de/vfb-als-deutsches-ajax-69945/artikel|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=28 December 1998|language=de}} to May 1999.{{cite news|title=Stuttgart: Ralf Rangnick übernimmt Training|url=https://www.kicker.de/stuttgart_ralf-rangnick-uebernimmt-training-73429/artikel|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=3 May 1999|language=de}} Adrion was winless in his last eight matches. He had two wins during his tenure.{{cite web|title=VfB Stuttgart|url=https://www.kicker.de/vfb-stuttgart/team-trainer/bundesliga/2013-14|publisher=kicker|access-date=29 January 2014|language=de}} After his second spell at Unterhaching, Adrion became head coach at Stuttgarter Kickers from March 2003{{cite news|title=Adrion ist neuer Kickers-Trainer|url=https://www.kicker.de/adrion-ist-neuer-kickers-trainer-280242/artikel|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=kicker|date=10 March 2003|language=de}} to October 2003.{{cite news|title=Kickers feuern Rainer Adrion|url=https://www.kicker.de/kickers-feuern-rainer-adrion-290046/artikel|access-date=29 January 2014|newspaper=kicker|language=de}} Adrion became the new head coach for the Germany U21 team in June 2009. He was sacked in June 2013 after failing to get out of the group stage of the European Championship.{{cite news|title=DFB trennt sich von Adrion, Hrubesch übernimmt|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/u-nationalmannschaft-dfb-trennt-sich-von-adrion-hrubesch-uebernimmt-1.1702452|access-date=17 March 2015|work=Süddeutsche Zeitung|date=21 June 2013|language=de}}
=Coaching record=
{{updated|29 January 2014}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| rowspan="2"| Team
!rowspan="2"| From !rowspan="2"| To !colspan="6"|Record |
|---|
| {{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} !{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
| SpVgg Unterhaching
{{WDL|77|34|24|19}} | |
| VfB Stuttgart II
{{WDL|90|54|23|13}} | |
| VfB Stuttgart
{{WDL|11|2|6|3}} |
| VfB Stuttgart II
| 1 July 1999 {{WDL|76|30|26|20}} | |
| SpVgg Unterhaching
{{WDL|25|7|6|12}} |
| Stuttgarter Kickers
{{WDL|26|8|8|10}} | |
| VfB Stuttgart II
{{WDL|174|70|46|58}} | |
| colspan="3"| Total
{{WDLtot|479|205|139|135}} !— |
Personal
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Fussballdaten|adrionrainer|Rainer Adrion}}
{{SpVgg Unterhaching managers}}
{{VfB Stuttgart managers}}
{{Stuttgarter Kickers managers}}
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Category:Footballers from Stuttgart
Category:German men's footballers
Category:VfB Stuttgart II players
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
Category:SpVgg Unterhaching players
Category:TSV 1860 Munich players
Category:German football managers
Category:VfB Stuttgart managers
Category:Stuttgarter Kickers managers
Category:SpVgg Unterhaching managers
Category:SpVgg Ludwigsburg players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Germany national under-21 football team managers
Category:VfB Stuttgart II managers
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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