Timo Rost

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Timo Rost

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lauf an der Pegnitz, West Germany

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = SC Happurg

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = 1. FC Amberg

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = 1. FC Nürnberg

| years1 = 1997–1998

| clubs1 = 1. FC Nürnberg

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1998–2000

| clubs2 = VfB Stuttgart

| caps2 = 16

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2000–2001

| clubs3 = Austria Wien

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2001–2009

| clubs4 = Energie Cottbus

| caps4 = 205

| goals4 = 11

| years5 = 2010–2012

| clubs5 = RB Leipzig

| caps5 = 46

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2013–2014

| clubs6 = FC Amberg

| caps6 = 14

| goals6 = 2

| totalcaps = 320

| totalgoals = 21

| nationalyears1 = 1995

| nationalteam1 = Germany U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1998–1999

| nationalteam2 = Germany U21

| nationalcaps2 = 7

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2013–2016

| managerclubs1 = FC Amberg

| manageryears2 = 2016–2018

| managerclubs2 = Greuther Fürth II

| manageryears3 = 2018–2022

| managerclubs3 = SpVgg Bayreuth

| manageryears4 = 2022

| managerclubs4 = Erzgebirge Aue

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Timo Rost (born 29 August 1978) is a German football manager and former player who last managed Erzgebirge Aue.

Coaching career

Rost took over as manager of SpVgg Bayreuth in 2018.{{cite news |last1=Mittermaier |first1=Dominik |title=SpVgg Bayreuth: Trainer Timo Rost erwartet Aufholjagd der U23 des FC Bayern München |url=https://www.merkur.de/sport/amateur-fussball/landkreis-muenchen-stadt/spvgg-bayreuth-timo-rost-fc-bayern-muenchen-regionalliga-bayern-interview-news-91178483.html |access-date=2 April 2022 |work=Merkur |date=14 December 2021 |language=de}} After gaining promotion to the 3. Liga, he moved to Erzgebirge Aue.{{cite web |url=https://www.fc-erzgebirge.de/aktuelles/v/a/timo-rost-uebernimmt-als-veilchen-chefcoach/|title=Timo Rost übernimmt als Veilchen-Chefcoach|website=fc-erzgebirge.de |date=21 May 2022 |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=de}} On 20 September 2022, after nine games without a win, Aue announced Rost had been sacked.{{cite news |url=https://www.fc-erzgebirge.de/aktuelles/v/a/der-fc-erzgebirge-aue-und-cheftrainer-timo-rost-gehen-ab-sofort-getrennte-wege/ |title=Der FC Erzgebirge Aue und Cheftrainer Timo Rost gehen ab sofort getrennte Wege |language=German |publisher=fc-erzgebirge.de |date=20 September 2022 |accessdate=21 September 2022}}