Matthias Maucksch (born 11 June 1969) is a German former footballer who played as midfielder or defender and worked as a manager in different Teams of Germanys 4th and 3rd leagues.

Playing career

Maucksch came through the youth system at Dynamo Dresden, and made his debut in the

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in 1987. He stayed with Dynamo after reunification, and played in the Bundesliga for four seasons, his 118 appearances the club record at this level. After Dynamo's double relegation in

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, he joined

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side VfL Wolfsburg, where he remained for two years, leaving after their promotion to the Bundesliga. After one year back in Saxony with VfB Leipzig, he returned to the Bundesliga with

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, but only made five league appearances and left after a year. After a similarly unproductive season with Energie Cottbus, he moved into amateur football in Saxony, playing for FV Dresden 06 and VfL Pirna-Copitz.

International career

He earned one cap for the East Germany national team, in one of the team's last games, a 3–0 defeat against France in 1990.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career, Maucksch went into coaching, taking over at Döbelner SC in early 2007. In October of the same year, he was appointed as manager of Dynamo Dresden's reserve team, replacing

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, who had stepped up to the assistant manager's role. In his second season in charge, he led the team to victory in both the Landesliga Sachsen and the

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. Following this success, he was appointed as manager of Dynamo's first team in October 2009, after the sacking of Ruud Kaiser. Maucksch managed to steer the club clear of relegation, and in the following season within an outside chance of a playoff place, but was sacked in April 2011 after a run of five games without a win. In the summer of 2018 he signed with

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. He was sacked after just four games on 24 August 2018. On 9 January 2019, Maucksch was appointed as the manager of

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on a contract until June 2020. Just half a year later, at the end of the 2018–19 season, BFC Dynamo dissolved the contract with Matthias Maucksch by Maucksch's request.

Honours

As player

: 1988–89, 1989–90 * FDGB-Pokal: 1989–90

As coach

* Landesliga Sachsen: 2009 *

: 2009

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maucksch, Matthias 1969 births Living people German footballers East German footballers East Germany men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Dynamo Dresden players Dynamo Dresden II players VfL Wolfsburg players 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players 1. FC Nürnberg players FC Energie Cottbus players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players German football managers Dynamo Dresden managers Berliner FC Dynamo managers Men's association football utility players Dynamo Dresden non-playing staff DDR-Oberliga players 3. Liga managers Sportfreunde Lotte managers Footballers from Dresden