Marco Rose

Marco Rose (born 11 September 1976) is a former player  and now  German football manager. He manages Borussia Dortmund. He was a  defender for Lokomotive Leipzig, Hannover 96 and Mainz 05.

Playing career
He started his  career at Rotation Leipzig. In 1987 he went to Lokomotive Leipzig. This is the club he played ten matches in the second league. In 2000 Rose joined Hannover 96. After the promotion to the Bundesliga in 2002, Rose went to Mainz 05 on loan. After Mainz being promoted signed Rose permanently. He played 199 games for Mainz's first and second team. He scored seven goals, three of them in the Bundesliga.Transfermarkt.at

Coaching career
Early career
In the 2010-11 season Rose was assistant coach and player for Mainz 05 II. 2012–13 he was coach of Lokomotive Leipzig.
Red Bull Salzburg
2013 Rose became coach of Red Bull Salzburg's U16 team. Rose became coach of the U18 team when Thomas Letsch became headcoach of FC Liefering. The team won the Austrian U18 championship in his first season and the UEFA Youth League in April 2017.

2017 he became head coach of the first team following Óscar García. In his first season the team won the Austrian championship. The final of the Austrian cup against Sturm Graz was lost. In the Europa League Salzburg reached the semi-finals, beating teams like Borussia Dortmund and Lazio.

In his second season, RB Salzburg started the league with ten wins in a row which broke the previous record. In the Europa LeagueSalzburg reached the quarter final against Napoli. During his time as Salzburgcoach Rose lost no homematch.

Borussia Mönchengladbach
For the 2019–20 season Rose joined Borussia Mönchengladbach. With Gladbach he reaches the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Borussia Dortmund
On 15 February 2021, Mönchengladbach announced that Rose would leave at the end of the season to join Borussia Dortmund. In May 2022 the collaboration was ended. BVB Homepage 
RB Leipzig
In September 2022, Rose took over the Bundesliga club RB Leipzig as the successor of Domenico Tedesco. At this point, Leipzig was in 11th place with five points after the 5th matchday of the 2022/23 Bundesliga season. Under Rose, the team reached third place at the end of the season. In the Champions League season, Leipzig reached the round of 16.  Rose's team won the 2023 DFB Cup, beating Eintracht Frankfurt in the final. It was the second title for RB Leipzig and the first title in Germany for Rose as coach.

In March 2025, Rose was dismissed after a 1-0 defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach on matchday 27. RB Leipzig  At the time of his dismissal, RB Leipzig were experiencing their worst Bundesliga season ever. They had also had their worst group stage in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League, being eliminated after the group stage. RB Leipzig finished 32nd out of 36 clubs.

Personal life
He is a believing Christian. Rose is the grandson of Walter Rose, who played for the German national football team and different teams from Leipzig in the 1930's and 40's.
Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team TeamFromToRecord				Lokomotive Leipzig1 July 20121 June 2013Red Bull Salzburg16 June 201730 June 2019Borussia Mönchengladbach1 July 201930 June 2021Borussia Dortmund1 July 2021PresentTotal–

Honours

Player
Hannover 96
2. Bundesliga: 2002

Manager
Red Bull Salzburg Youth
UEFA Youth League: 2017Weltfussball.de

Red Bull Salzburg 
Austrian Bundesliga: 2018, 2019 Bundesliga.at (German)
Austrian Cup: 2019 weltfussball.de

References

Category:1976 births
Category:Living people
Category:German footballers
Category:Association football defenders
Category:German football managers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers
Category:Borussia Dortmund managers
Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach managers
Category:Sportspeople from Leipzig