Rainer Scharinger (born 4 March 1967) is a German former professional

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who is now a football manager. He was most recently the manager of Sonnenhof Großaspach.

Managerial career

Scharinger was named manager of

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on 2 March 2011 as the successor of the sacked

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Following a 5–1 defeat against

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he was sacked on 31 October 2011.

References

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