Björn Joppe (born 13 December 1978) is a German former professional
football
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player and manager. He is currently the manager of
Rot Weiss Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...
.
Career
Joppe was born in
Wuppertal
Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and List of cities in Germany by population, 17th-largest in Germany. It ...
. He spent two seasons in the
Bundesliga
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with
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...
.
Coaching career
In the summer of 2009, Joppe was named as manager of the C-Youth team of the club Sportfreunde Schwäbisch Hall.
In December 2022 he became the new manager of
KFC Uerdingen 05
KFC Uerdingen 05 was a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side, which had its greatest successes in the 1980s, plays in the fourth-level Regionalliga. In 2025, th ...
. After a poor run of just two victories in eight games, he was sacked on 20 March 2023.
On 24 October 2023 he became the new manager of
Rot Weiss Ahlen
Rot Weiss Ahlen is a football in Germany, German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after th ...
.
References
1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Wuppertal
Men's association football midfielders
German men's footballers
Wuppertaler SV players
VfL Bochum players
VfL Bochum II players
1. FC Union Berlin players
VfL Osnabrück players
VfR Aalen players
SSVg Velbert players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Oberliga (football) players
German football managers
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig managers
Bonner SC managers
KFC Uerdingen 05 managers
Rot Weiss Ahlen managers
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