Josef "Joe" Zinnbauer (born 1 May 1970) is a German professional

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and former

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who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of

JS Kabylie Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie (Kabyle grammar, Kabyle: Ilemẓiyen inaddalen n leqvayel; Berber languages, Tamazight: ⵉⵍⵎⵣⵢⵏ ⵉⵏⴰⴷⴰⵍⵏ ⵏ ⵍⵇⵠⴰⵢⵍ; ), known as JS Kabylie or simply JSK, is an Algerian profession ...

Playing career

Zinnbauer retired from playing after suffering a cartilage injury.

Coaching career

Zinnbauer's coaching career started at VfB Oldenburg as head coach in 2005 and was there until 2010. Then he became an assistant coach at

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. He was head coach of Karlsruhe's reserve team from 27 March 2012 to 30 June 2012. He started coaching the reserve team for

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on 1 July 2014. in the

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. The reserve team won 4–0 against Goslarer SC 08 in his first match as a head coach. He led the reserve team to eight wins in eight matches prior to becoming head coach of the first team on 16 September 2014. He replaced

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, who was sacked the previous day. His first match in–charge finished in a 0–0 draw against Bayern Munich. He was sacked on 22 March 2015. Peter Knäbel, the Sports Director for Hamburg, took over for the remainder of the season. Zinnbauer returned to the reserve team for the 2015–16 season and was there until he was hired by FC St. Gallen on 15 September 2015. On 10 December 2019, he was appointed as a head coach of a South African professional football club Orlando Pirates FC, Joe Received Orlando Pirates at 11th Position in ABSA and finished the league in 3rd as an achievement. Exactly a year later in the Premier Soccer League coach Zinnbauer won his first title in South Africa. On 12 December 2020 Orlando Pirates became the champions of the

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, after beating

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in the final 2–1. On 30 June 2022, Zinnbauer was hired by

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in Russia. He was dismissed on 8 October 2022 following fifth consecutive league loss by Lokomotiv. On 8 June 2023, Josef Zinnbauer was appointed as manager of Raja Club Athletic starting from the end of the 2022–23 season until June 2025. He became the first-ever German coach in the history of the club. He won the Moroccan League with Raja after four years without league titles, on top of that Raja became the first Moroccan club in history to do so undefeated. In addition, he achieved the domestic double, following a 2–1 victory over AS FAR in the Throne Cup final. On 23 July 2024, he announced his departure from the Moroccan club, in order to join Saudi side Al Wehda. He resigned on 15 November 2024 after disagreements with the club's technical directors. On 20 January 2025, Zinnbauer was appointed as head coach of

, until the end of the 2026–27 season.

Coaching statistics

Honours

Manager

Orlando Pirates *

: 2020 Raja CA * Botola Pro: 2023–24 * Moroccan Throne Cup: 2023–24 Individual * Botola Pro Manager of the Season: 2023–24

References

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