Ralf Rangnick

==Club career==
===Early career===
===PAST CLUBS===
===1899 Hoffenheim===
Hoffenheim's coach Ralf Rangnick resigns after defender's sale to Bayern
*Ralf Rangnick quits after Luiz Gustavo move to Bayern Munich agreed
*Coach led Hoffenheim up from the third tier of German football
Hoffenheim's coach Ralf Rangnick has quit after four and a half years during which he led the village team from the third division to the Bundesliga. His decision followed the announcement yesterday that their Brazilian defender Luiz Gustavo is being sold to the champions, Bayern Munich.
Rangnick will be replaced by his former assistant, Marco Pezzaiuoli.
"It's a unique case for a player to be sold without the coach being directly informed," Rangnick was quoted as saying by Bild. "That led to my decision."
Dietmar Hopp, the co-founder of the software company SAP, which has bankrolled Hoffenheim's rise, praised Rangnick's work as he played down any differences between the pair. "The unique success of our progress to the top flight will remain closely connected with Ralf Rangnick," he said on the club's website. "He has developed and established an exemplary sporting structure for the club.
"As the project of reaching the top flight was accomplished two years ago, it is understandable that Ralf Rangnick is looking for other challenges."
Rangnick took over in 2006 when they were still in the Regionalliga Sud, part of the third tier of German football, and won promotion in his first full season.
They were promoted to the Bundesliga in the 2007-08 season and have been there since. In 2009 the club, originally from the village of Sinsheim, moved to a new 30,000-capacity stadium, the Rhein-Neckar Arena.
Hopp has been backing the club since the 90s, when they were an amateur side. Hoffenheim are currently eighth in the Bundesliga with 25 points from 17 games.
(guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 January 2011 13.01 GMT)
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==External links and references==
*Wikipedia
*Making it look easy
Category:1958 births
Category:Managers
Category:Fußball-Bundesliga