Marinus Bester

Marinus Bester

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-01-16) 16 January 1969
Place of birth	Hamburg, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position	Striker
Youth career
	SV Halstenbek-Rellingen
	TSV Eintracht Hittfeld
0000–1990	FC Süderelbe Hamburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1992	Werder Bremen II	57	(39)
1990–1995	Werder Bremen	15	(0)
1992–1993	→ Hamburger SV (loan)	17	(3)
1993	→ Schalke 04 (loan)	5	(0)
1995–1996	SC Concordia von 1907	31	(7)
1996–1998	VfL 93 Hamburg
1998–2000	Lüneburger SK	63	(42)
2000–2003	Hamburger SV II	78	(57)
2000–2002	→ Hamburger SV	15	(2)
Total		281	(150)
Managerial career
2013–2015	SG Scharmbeck-Pattensen
2015–2017	VfL Maschen
2018	Hamburger SV (assistant)
2019	TSV Buchholz 08
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marinus Bester (born 16 January 1969) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Coaching career

Hamburger SV

From February 2002 to August 2004, Bester worked as a press officer for Hamburger SV. Retiring from football in 2003, Bester became Hamburger SV'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.

Honours

• DFB-Pokal: 1990–91, 1993–94
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92

External links

• Marinus Bester at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Marinus Bester at WorldFootball.net