Perry Bräutigam (born 28 March 1963) is a German footballer and coach who worked as coach for

RB Leipzig RasenBallsport Leipzig e.V. (), commonly known as RB Leipzig or informally as Red Bull Leipzig, is a German professional association football, football club based in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was founded in 2009 by the initiative of the company ...

Playing career

Bräutigam was born on 28 March 1963, in

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

. A

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

, he played over 450 matches at the first and second level of the East and unified German football pyramid. He also won three caps for the East Germany national team.

Coaching career

Immediately after his playing career ended, Bräutigam started working as goalkeeper coach for F.C. Hansa Rostock. When his contract ended in 2009, he moved to the newly formed

, also as goalkeeper coach.

Honours

FDGB-Pokal The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football af ...

: runner-up 1987–88

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* * * 1963 births Living people German men's footballers East German men's footballers East Germany men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Carl Zeiss Jena players 1. FC Nürnberg players FC Hansa Rostock players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players DDR-Oberliga players Sportspeople from Altenburg Footballers from Thuringia {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub