Marinus Bester (born 16 January 1969) is a German former professional

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 ...

who played as a striker.

Coaching career

Hamburger SV

From February 2002 to August 2004, Bester worked as a press officer for

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of thr ...

. Retiring from football in 2003, Bester became

's team manager. From January 2016, he became responsible for coordinating all areas for the U17, U19 and U23s: from team training to additional units, selection measures to the private fields of school, training and consultants. Beside this role, he also functioned as an assistant manager under Christian Titz in 2018. After almost twenty years in various functions, Bester left the club in late January 2019 because he wanted to try something new. Bester also worked as a youth coach at JFV Ashausen-Scharmbeck/Pattensen for several years during his time in Hamburger SV.

SG Scharmbeck-Pattensen

In November 2012 it was confirmed, that Bester would become the manager of SG Scharmbeck-Pattensen from the 2013-14 season. He left the position in the summer 2015.

TSV Eintracht Hittfeld

In November 2013, Bester became the chairman of his former youth club TSV Eintracht Hittfeld where he also played for the club's oldboys team.

VfL Maschen

From October 2015 until the end of 2017, Bester was the manager of VfL Maschen.

TSV Buchholz 08

In February 2019 it was confirmed, that Bester would take charge of TSV Buchholz 08 from the 2019-20 season. He decided to resign on 5 November 2019.Fußball: Marinus Bester ist nicht mehr Trainer von Buchholz 08
kreiszeitung-wochenblatt.de, 5 November 2019

Honours

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

: 1990–91, 1993–94 *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...

: 1991–92

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bester, Marinus 1969 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German footballers German football managers Association football forwards Bundesliga players Lüneburger SK players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players Hamburger SV players Hamburger SV II players FC Schalke 04 players SC Concordia von 1907 players VfL 93 Hamburg players West German footballers