Roger Schmidt

Roger Schmidt (born 13 March 1967 in Kierspe, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German football manager. He is manager of Lissboa in Portugal.

Career

His original profession is engineer. As player he played for SC Verl and SC Paderborn as midfielder.

Manager

He started his career as manager with Delbrücker SC,^[1] went on to Preußen Münster and then to Paderborn 07.^[2] Since his time with Münster he is a professional manager.

"Schmidt must stay"-Solidarity of the fan scene

He then went to FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Bundesliga, the top level league in Austrian football. Although the team gained goal and point record they finished only second. Being in danger to lose his job a lot of the fans declared their solidarity.

In 2014, he transferred to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.^[3] In June 2017 Schmidt joined Chinese Super League Beijing Sinobo Guoan.^[4] On 31 July 2019, he was sacked by Beijing Sinobo Guoan. On 11 March 2020 he became new manager of PSV Eindhoven.^[5] On 18 May 2022 he became coach of Benfica Lissabon^[6] In his first season in Portugal, he led Benfica to their 38th championship.

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[1] Worldfootball

[2] Kicker (German)

[3] Roger Schmidt wird neuer Trainer bei Bayer 04 Leverkusen

[4] Bild.de (German)

[5] PSV Official Homepage

[6] Deutsche Presse Agentur

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