Roger Schmidt (footballer)

Roger Schmidt
Schmidt in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-03-13) 13 March 1967 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth Kierspe, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Benfica (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1985 Kiersper SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 RW Lüdenscheid
1988–1990 TuS Plettenberg
1990–1995 TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus
1995–2002 SC Verl 208 (54)
2002–2003 SC Paderborn 07 25 (2)
2003–2004 SV Lippstadt 08 26 (4)
2004–2005 Delbrücker SC
Total 259 (60)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Delbrücker SC
2007–2010 SC Preußen Münster
2011–2012 SC Paderborn 07
2012–2014 Red Bull Salzburg
2014–2017 Bayer Leverkusen
2017–2019 Beijing Guoan
2020–2022 PSV
2022– Benfica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roger Schmidt (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːɡɐ ˈʃmɪt];[2] born 13 March 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player. He currently manages Primeira Liga club Benfica.

He played as a midfielder in Germany's amateur regional leagues, where he began his managerial career before joining SC Paderborn 07 of the 2. Bundesliga in 2011 and Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga in 2014. He won the league and cup double with Red Bull Salzburg in 2014, as well as cups with Beijing Sinobo Guoan in 2018 and PSV in 2022. With Benfica, he became the first German to win the Primeira Liga.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Roger Schmidt". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ DW Deutsch (9 December 2014). "Und Jetzt... Roger Schmidt | Kick off!". YouTube (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Roger Schmidt faz história em Portugal! Todos os treinadores campeões pelo Benfica" [Roger Schmidt makes history in Portugal! All champion managers for Benfica]. A Bola (in Portuguese). 27 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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