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René Weiler
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-13) 13 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Winterthur, Switzerland]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 FC Winterthur 71 (4)
1993–1994 FC Aarau 36 (2)
1994–1996 Servette FC 41 (0)
1996–1998 FC Zürich 35 (4)
1998–2001 FC Winterthur
International career
1997 Switzerland 1 (0)
Managerial career
2002 FC Winterthur
2007 FC St. Gallen
2009–2011 FC Schaffhausen
2011–2014 FC Aarau
2014–2016 1. FC Nürnberg
2016–2017 Anderlecht
2018– FC Luzern
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

René Weiler (born 13 September 1973) is a Swiss football coach and former Swiss national player.

Playing career

Weiler started his career 1990 with FC Winterthur, the club of his hometown, playing in the Challenge League. In 1993, he moved to FC Aarau who at the time were in the Swiss Super League. After only one season he changed sides with Servette FC, playing two seasons in Geneva and 41 games. From the 1996 season onwards, he played for FC Zürich for two seasons. He ended his career with his youth club FC Winterthur from 1998 to 2001. He retired in 2001.

International career

Weiler played one game for the Swiss national team, a 2–1 defeat against Russia on 10 February 1997.[1]

Coaching career

Weiler became an assistant coach for Winterthur on 1 March 2001.[2] He was interim head coach from June 2001 to July 2001 and from January 2002 to February 2002.[3] He was head coach of St. Gallen between 9 October 2007 and 28 October 2007.[4] Weiler became head coach of Aarau on 13 April 2011.[5] He left Aarau on 21 May 2014.[6] Weiler became the new head coach of 1. FC Nürnberg on 12 November 2014.[7]. He became the head coach of Anderlecht on 1 July 2016. On 18 September 2017, he was sacked following a 3-0 away defeat to Bayern in the Champions League.

In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant Cameroon national team job.[8]

References

  1. ^ Switzerland vs. Russia 1 - 2
  2. ^ "Fussball: René Weiler Assistenztrainer in Winterthur" (in German). Winterthur: fussball.ch. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Trainer 1896 – heute" (in German). FC Winterthur. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. ^ "FC St. Gallen » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  5. ^ "René Weiler neuer Trainer in Aarau" (in German). fussball.ch. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  6. ^ "René Weiler verlässt den FC Aarau" (in German). 20min.ch. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Weiler wird Nürnbergs neuer Coach" (in German). kicker. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  8. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (23 April 2018). "77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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