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.

Coaching career

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.Gerhard Struber gibt Traineramt beim FC Liefering ab. Salzburger Nachrichten . 4 January 2019.

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."Gerhard Struber: Barnsley appoint Wolfsberger AC boss as head coach". BBC Sport. 20 November 2019.Struber: “Diese Chance ist was ganz besonderes als österreichischer Trainer”. Sky Sport. 23 November 2019. 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.Weltfussball.de:MLS Play-offs
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 FC RB Salzburg Homepage   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. FC RB Salzburg Homepage 

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordWolfsberger AC1 July 201919 November 2019Barnsley19 November 20196 October 2020New York Red Bulls6 October 2020Announced as manager 6 October, but didn't make first appearance until 21 November8 May 2023Red Bull Salzburg31 July 2023presentTotal

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

References

Other websites

Gerhard Struber at fussballoesterreich.at 

Gerhard Struber at thefinalball.com

Category:1977 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:FC Liefering managers
Category:Wolfsberger AC managers
Category:New York Red Bulls managers
Category:Austrian football midfielders
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg managers