Marcus Mann (born 14 March 1984) is a German former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and current sporting director of

Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 19 ...

Club career

Mann began his career with

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...

, and broke into the first team in 2004, making two appearances in the 2. Bundesliga. He left the club in 2006, and spent the next two years in the Regionalliga Süd, playing for

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German professional association football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was bri ...

and then

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. The club currently plays in the Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German footb ...

. In 2008, Kickers had qualified for the new

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, but were relegated after one season, so Mann moved on, joining

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken () is a German Football in Germany, football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. History The club began its existence as the footbal ...

. He helped the club win the

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in his first season, and then establish themselves in the 3. Liga in his second. He signed for

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

in July 2011, where he spent three years before joining

1899 Hoffenheim II TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II is the German reserve football teams, reserve team of Football in Germany, German association football club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, based in Hoffenheim, Baden-Württemberg. The team has been playing in the tier four Regionalliga ...

Coaching career

On 29 April 2016, Marcus Mann was introduced as sporting director at

, after ending his active football career on 30 April 2016. Following the sacking of

Dirk Lottner Dirk Lottner (born 4 March 1972) is a German football manager and a former player who is currently the manager of Hannover 96's under-19 team. Coaching career From 2016 to 2019, he coached 1. FC Saarbrücken. On 11 September 2020, he was hired ...

in December 2019, Mann was caretaker manager of Saarbrücken for the last game of 2019, a 6–0 win against TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz. At the beginning of July 2020, Mann took up a post as head of sport at the youth department of

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

club

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. (), commonly known as TSG Hoffenheim (), are a German professional association football, football club based in Sinsheim. Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into bei ...

, where he had ended his playing career. After one season at Hoffenheim, Mann was appointed sporting director of

in June 2021. In December 2022, Mann extended his contract with Hannover until June 2027.96-Sportdirektor Marcus Mann verlängert seinen Vertrag
hannover96.de, 23 December 2022

Honours

(IV): 2010

References

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* 1984 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Karlsruher SC II players Karlsruher SC players SV Darmstadt 98 players Stuttgarter Kickers players 1. FC Saarbrücken players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players People from Leonberg Footballers from Stuttgart (region) 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub