Gerhard Struber

**Gerhard Struber** (born 24 January 1977) is a former Austrian player. Now he is football manager. He is  head coach of Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls.

## Playing career

He played most of his career at SV Austria Salzburg from 1995 to 2001. He won the Austrian Bundesliga in the 1996–97 season with Salzburg and the Austrian Super Cup in 1997. Before he retired he played with less known Austrian clubs.

### Red Bull Salzburg

After in software systems and eight years in sales and management positions at an insurance company he Struber quit his job in 2014 to work as footbaal manager.  He already worked part-time as co-trainer in the academy of FC Red Bull Salzburg from mid-2007 to mid-2010 and as coach SV Kuchl for 20 months. In 2014  Struber became coach of the U 15 at the Red Bull Salzburg academy.

### FC Liefering

In June 2017 he became coach of FC Liefering together with Janusz Góra. In this season he was also coach of the Red Bull Salzburg team in the UEFA Youth League. 2018–19 he became single head of Liefering. In January 2010 he left to make his UEFA Pro Licence.

### Wolfsberger AC

2019-20 he became head coach of Wolfsberger AC in the Austrian Bundesliga.

### Barnsley

On 20 November 2019 Struber was appointed as manager of EFL Championship side Barnsley. Barnsley was at the bottom of the league seven points away from safety. With two wins in the injurie time against Nottingham Forest and Brentford they fixed the place in the league.

### New York Red Bulls

On 6 October 2020 Struber became  head coach of Major League Soccer team New York Red Bulls. The Red Bulls paid an unknown sum to Barnsley in order to sign him. Struber made his coaching debut for the club in a 3–2 MLS Cup Playoffs loss against the Columbus Crew on 21 November.  At the end of the season they were in the play-offs but lost the first round after a 0:0 with 0:1 in extra time versus Philadelphia Union.

### FC Red Bull Salzburg

At the end of July 2023, he returned to Red Bull Salzburg as Matthias Jaissle's successor. He received a contract running until 2025  The 2023/24 season did not go as planned. The club was eliminated in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. Although Salzburg finished first in the league after 26 matches, Struber was dismissed in April 2024 after two games without a win.

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|Nat|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
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|align=left|Wolfsberger AC||align=left|1 July 2019|align=left|19 November 2019||||||
|align=left|Barnsley||align=left|19 November 2019|align=left|6 October 2020||||||
|align=left|New York Red Bulls||align=left|6 October 2020|align=left|8 May 2023||||||
|align=left|Red Bull Salzburg||align=left|31 July 2023|align=left|present||||||

## Honours

**SV Austria Salzburg**
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1996–97
- Austrian Super Cup: 1997

## Other websites

- Gerhard Struber at fussballoesterreich.at
- Gerhard Struber at thefinalball.com

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gerhard Struber
- **image**: FC Salzburg gegen Real Sociedad (Championsleague Gruppe D 2023-10-03) 11.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Struber in 2023
- **fullname**: Gerhard Struber
- **birth place**: Kuchl, Austria
- **height**: 1.72 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: New York Red Bulls (head coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1985–1991
- **youthyears2**: 1991–1995
- **youthclubs1**: SV Kuchl
- **youthclubs2**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, SV Austria Salzburg
- **years1**: 1995–2001
- **clubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, SV Austria Salzburg
- **caps1**: 50
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 1995
- **clubs2**: → FC Puch (loan)
- **years3**: 1998
- **clubs3**: → FC Admira Wacker Mödling, Admira Wacker (loan)
- **caps3**: 4
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2000
- **clubs4**: → SV Wörgl (loan)
- **caps4**: 7
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2001
- **clubs5**: BSV Bad Bleiberg
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2001–2003
- **clubs6**: LASK Linz, LASK
- **caps6**: 30
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2003–2004
- **clubs7**: SC Schwanenstadt
- **years8**: 2004–2005
- **clubs8**: Hallein, FC Hallein 04
- **years9**: 2005–2008
- **clubs9**: SV Friedburg
- **years10**: 2008
- **clubs10**: SC Leogang
- **years11**: 2008
- **clubs11**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **nationalyears1**: 1996–1998
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national under-21 football team, Austria U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs1**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg U19
- **manageryears2**: 2012–2014
- **managerclubs2**: SV Kuchl
- **manageryears3**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs3**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg U15
- **manageryears4**: 2016–2017
- **managerclubs4**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg U16
- **manageryears5**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs5**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg U19
- **manageryears6**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs6**: FC Liefering
- **manageryears7**: 2019
- **managerclubs7**: Wolfsberger AC
- **manageryears8**: 2019–2020
- **managerclubs8**: Barnsley F.C., Barnsley
- **manageryears9**: 2020–2023
- **managerclubs9**: New York Red Bulls
- **manageryears10**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs10**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **manageryears11**: 2024 - 2025
- **managerclubs11**: 1. FC Köln