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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.

Roger Schmidt

Schmidt with Bayer Leverkusen in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-03-13) 13 March 1967 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth	Kierspe, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club 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
Teams managed
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 Eindhoven
2022–	Benfica
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 Eindhoven in 2022.

Football career

Playing and early managerial career

Born in Kierspe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schmidt played as a midfielder for clubs in the region's leagues. He combined his career with studying Mechanical Engineering at Paderborn University, and then working for Benteler International.[3]

In 2004, Schmidt was made player-manager of Delbrücker SC in the fifth-tier Verbandsliga. Two years later, with the team now one division up into the Oberliga, he retired from playing but stayed on for one further year solely as manager.[3]

Having to balance the commitments of his marriage and young children, as well as his engineering profession, Schmidt only wanted to manage for one season but stayed for three. He decided to leave football for good, but was drawn back by interest from fellow Oberliga team SC Preußen Münster, for whom he quit his engineering job.[3] He was appointed manager in May 2007, effective 1 July,[4] and was sacked on 21 March 2010.[5] Schmidt's contract stated that the club would find him an engineering job in the city of Münster should he be dismissed, but by that stage he was ready to commit solely to football management.[3]

SC Paderborn 07

Schmidt became manager of 2. Bundesliga club SC Paderborn 07 on 1 July 2011.[6] On his professional debut 16 days later, the team won 2–1 at Hansa Rostock.[7] On 30 July, the team won 10–0 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal away to Rot Weiss Ahlen,[8] though the second round was a 4–0 loss at SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[9] His sole league season at the Benteler-Arena ended in 5th place.[10]

Red Bull Salzburg

On 24 June 2012, Schmidt was announced as the new manager of Austrian Football Bundesliga reigning champions Red Bull Salzburg, after Ricardo Moniz.[11] The team were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round by Luxembourg's F91 Dudelange in July, on the away goals rule after a 4–4 aggregate draw.[12] Domestically, they came runners-up five points behind FK Austria Wien, and lost 2–1 in the Austrian Cup semi-finals to shock overall winners third-tier FC Pasching.[13]

In 2013–14, Schmidt led Salzburg to the double, with an 18-point league advantage over SK Rapid Wien sealing the league title with eight games remaining.[14] The team won 4–2 in the cup final over SKN St. Pölten.[15]

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen hired Schmidt on 25 April 2014, replacing the sacked Sami Hyypiä. His two-year contract was effective from the start of the 2014–15 season.[14]

On Schmidt's debut, the team won 6–0 away to SV Alemannia Waldalgesheim in the first round of the cup with five goals from Stefan Kießling on 15 August;[16] eight days later he won 2–0 at neighbours Borussia Dortmund on his Bundesliga bow.[17] He finished his first season in fourth, lost the cup semi-final on penalties to Bayern Munich, and was eliminated from the last 16 of the Champions League on the same method against Atlético Madrid.[18][19]

After his first season, Schmidt signed a new contract until 2019.[20] On 21 February 2016, he was sent off by referee Felix Zwayer in a game against Dortmund after disputing a free kick that led to the opponents scoring the only goal of the match. He initially refused to leave, causing Zwayer to suspend the game and lead the players off the field, culminating in an eight-minute delay before the match resumed without Schmidt on the field.[21] The 2015–16 season ended in third with Champions League qualification.[22]

On 5 March 2017, Schmidt was sacked by sporting director Rudi Völler following a 6–2 loss at Dortmund which left Leverkusen in 9th place.[23]

Beijing Guoan

In June 2017, Schmidt joined Chinese Super League side Beijing Sinobo Guoan on a two-and-a-half-year contract.[24] He won the Chinese FA Cup in 2018.[25]

On 31 July 2019, he was sacked. Hundreds of fans came to the airport for an emotional farewell when he left.[26][27][28]

PSV Eindhoven

Schmidt became the new coach of PSV Eindhoven on 11 March 2020, on a contract until 2022.[29] His team came second, 16 points behind Ajax in his first season, and faced the same team in the 2021 Johan Cruyff Shield which they won 4–0 on 7 August.[30] Also against the Amsterdam-based club, PSV won the 2022 KNVB Cup Final 2–1 on 17 April.[31]

Having not agreed an extension to his initial deal at PSV, Schmidt left at its conclusion.[32]

Benfica

On 18 May 2022, Schmidt signed a two-year deal with Portuguese club Benfica.[33] On his debut on 2 August, the team won 4–1 at home to FC Midtjylland in the Champions League third qualifying round, with Gonçalo Ramos scoring a hat-trick.[34] Three days later in his first Primeira Liga game, he won 4–0 against Arouca also at the Estádio da Luz.[35]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 August 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Delbrücker SC	1 July 2004	30 June 2007	108	47	25	36	043.52	[36]
SC Preußen Münster	1 July 2007	21 March 2010	108	59	28	21	054.63	[37]
SC Paderborn 07	1 July 2011	24 June 2012	36	18	10	8	050.00	[38]
Red Bull Salzburg	24 June 2012	31 May 2014	99	68	18	13	068.69	[38]
Bayer Leverkusen	1 June 2014	5 March 2017	130	62	31	37	047.69	[39]
Beijing Guoan	3 July 2017	31 July 2019	83	46	15	22	055.42	[38]
PSV Eindhoven	28 April 2020	30 June 2022	104	69	18	17	066.35	[38]
Benfica	1 Jul 2022	Present	8	8	0	0	100.00	[38]
Total			675	376	145	154	055.70

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Football Bundesliga: 2013–14[15]
• Austrian Cup: 2013–14[15]

Beijing Guoan

• Chinese FA Cup: 2018[25]

PSV Eindhoven

• KNVB Cup: 2021–22
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2021[30]

References

External links

• Roger Schmidt at DFB (also available in German)
• Roger Schmidt at FuPa.net (in German)

На других языках

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- [en] Roger Schmidt (footballer)

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[it] Roger Schmidt

Roger Schmidt (Kierspe, 13 marzo 1967) è un allenatore di calcio tedesco, tecnico del Benfica.

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[ru] Шмидт, Рогер

Ро́гер Шмидт (нем. Roger Schmidt; 13 марта 1967, Кирспе, Северный Рейн-Вестфалия) — немецкий футболист и футбольный тренер.

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