Gerhard Struber (born 24 January 1977) is an Austrian professional

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and former

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who is the current head coach of

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Playing career

As a

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, Struber spent most of his career at

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from 1995 to 2001. He won the

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in the 1996–97 season with Salzburg and the Austrian Super Cup in 1997. Upon retiring as a footballer in 2008, Struber had played with several less prominent clubs.

Coaching career

Red Bull Salzburg

After working two years as trainer for software systems, then eight years in sales and management positions at an insurance company, Struber quit his job to focus on coaching football teams in 2014. He already worked part time as co-trainer in the academy of FC Red Bull Salzburg from mid-2007 to mid-2010, and as coach of fourth division side SV Kuchl for 20 months. In 2014, Struber started working full time as under-15 coach at the Red Bull Salzburg academy.

FC Liefering

In June 2017, he became coach of

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alongside

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. Struber was also coach of the Red Bull Salzburg team in the

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, where the defending champions were eliminated in the round of 16. In the 2018–19 season, he took full charge of Liefering, but left in January to focus on taking his

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Wolfsberger AC

Struber became the new manager of

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for the 2019–20 season. Wolfsberg was ranked in third place after 14 games, same as the season before, and gathered four points out of four games in the

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before Struber left the club.

Barnsley

On 20 November 2019, Struber was appointed as manager of

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side Barnsley, penning a two-year deal. He succeeded

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."Gerhard Struber: Barnsley appoint Wolfsberger AC boss as head coach"

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. 20 November 2019. Barnsley were bottom of the league, seven points away from safety. They were consigned to the relegation zone for most of the 2019–20 campaign. With two stoppage time wins against Nottingham Forest and Brentford at the end of the season, Struber guided Barnsley to securing Championship football for a second successive season. It was helped by Wigan Athletic falling into administration and getting 12 points deduction. For the 2020–21 season Struber strived to get a stable team, as he did not want to be in the relegation zone again and had ambitious goals for the future of the club.

New York Red Bulls

On 6 October 2020, Struber was appointed as head coach of

side

. The Red Bulls paid an undisclosed amount to his former club Barnsley in order to sign him. Struber made his coaching debut for the club in a 3–2

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loss against the

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on 21 November.

Managerial statistics

Honours

SV Austria Salzburg *

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: 1996–97 * Austrian Super Cup: 1997

References

External links

Gerhard Struber
at fussballoesterreich.at *
Gerhard Struber
at thefinalball.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Struber, Gerhard 1977 births Living people Austrian footballers Austria youth international footballers FC Red Bull Salzburg players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players BSV Bad Bleiberg players LASK players SC Schwanenstadt players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Association football midfielders Austrian football managers Austrian expatriate football managers FC Liefering managers Wolfsberger AC managers Barnsley F.C. managers New York Red Bulls coaches Expatriate football managers in England Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Austrian Football Bundesliga managers English Football League managers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States People from Hallein District Footballers from Salzburg (state)