Uwe Fuchs (born 23 July 1966) is a German
football
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coach and former player.
Playing career
Fuchs was born in
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...
.
He was loaned to
Middlesbrough
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towards the end of the 1994–95 season, playing just 15 games, but was instrumental in helping the club win promotion to the Premier League, scoring nine league goals. Fuchs went on to become a cult figure at Middlesbrough; but he was not kept at the club by manager
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson (born 11 January 1957) is an English association football, football manager and former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion in 1972, where he amassed over 200 appearances and was club ca ...
for the following season.
Managerial career
In January 2005, he took over the helm at the Wuppertaler SV (Regional Northern League). On 23 December 2008, he re-joined
Wuppertaler SV
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, but was released on 2 April 2010.
On 31 May 2011, he replaced
Heiko Flottmann as manager of
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its Association football, football section.
The footba ...
.
Personal life
His father
Fritz Fuchs is also a coach and a former player. His uncle
Werner Fuchs was also a coach.
Honours
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DFB-Pokal
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finalist:
1986–87,
1990–91
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Bundesliga
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runner-up:
1993–94
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Football League First Division
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(II): 1995
References
External links
Fuchs with cup winning sideat BBC
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1966 births
Living people
German men's footballers
Germany men's under-21 international footballers
German expatriate men's footballers
FC 08 Homburg players
Stuttgarter Kickers players
SC Fortuna Köln players
Fortuna Düsseldorf players
1. FC Köln players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
Arminia Bielefeld players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
English Football League players
Expatriate men's footballers in England
German expatriate sportspeople in England
German football managers
Fortuna Düsseldorf managers
Rot Weiss Ahlen managers
Wuppertaler SV managers
VfB Lübeck managers
SC Fortuna Köln managers
VfL Osnabrück managers
3. Liga managers
Men's association football forwards
West German men's footballers
Footballers from Kaiserslautern