Roger Prinzen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Darmstadt, West Germany | ||
| Date of death | 13 April 2026 (aged 57) | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | SV Darmstadt | 81 | (7) |
| 1991–1994 | SG Wattenscheid | 60 | (6) |
| 1994–1996 | Hannover 96 | 62 | (4) |
| 1996–2000 | SC Austria Lustenau | 70+ | (6+) |
| 1999 | → SpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | FC Lustenau | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2007 | FC Balzers | ||
| 2010–2012 | FC Vaduz (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2016 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| 2013 | 1. FC Nürnberg (caretaker) | ||
| 2014 | 1. FC Nürnberg (caretaker) | ||
| 2017–2018 | SV Seligenporten | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Roger Prinzen (4 March 1969 – 13 April 2026) was a German football player and manager.
Coaching career
[edit]Prinzen was head coach of Balzers and was assistant coach at Vaduz in Liechtenstein.[1]
He was normally the U–23 coach for 1. FC Nürnberg.[2] He took over the U–23 team on 21 June 2013.[3] However, during the 2013–14 season, he took over on an interim basis on 7 October 2013 when Michael Wiesinger was sacked[4] and on 23 April 2014 when Gertjan Verbeek was sacked.[2] Rainer Zietsch took over the U–23 team on 19 October 2013 while Prinzen was coaching the first team.[5] Valérien Ismaël succeeded Prinzen on 5 June 2014.[6]
Death
[edit]Prinzen died on 13 April 2026, at the age of 57.[7]
Coaching record
[edit]- As of 26 February 2015
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| Balzers | 1 July 2003 | 30 June 2007 | ||||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg II | 21 June 2013[3] | 18 October 2013[5] | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 29.41 | [8] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 7 October 2013[4] | 22 October 2013[9] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | [10] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg II | 22 October 2013[9] | 23 April 2014[2] | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 53.85 | [8] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 23 April 2014[2] | 5 June 2014[6] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | [10] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg II | 5 June 2014 | Present | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22.73 | |
| Total | 56 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 30.36 | — | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Roger Prinzen". World Football. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Schäflein, Markus (23 April 2014). "Zu schön für Abstiegskampf". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Prinzen coacht den "kleinen" Club". kicker (in German). 21 June 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Das Aus: Club entlässt Wiesinger". kicker (in German). 7 October 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- 1 2 "1. FC Nürnberg II – TSV Buchbach". kicker. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- 1 2 "FCN bestätigt Ismaël als neuen Trainer" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ↑ "Unerwartet verstorben: Heidenheim trauert um Prinzen" [Died unexpectedly: Heidenheim mourns the loss of Prinzen]. Kicker (in German). 14 April 2026. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- 1 2 "1. FC Nürnberg II" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Offiziell: Verbeek übernimmt beim Club". kicker (in German). 22 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- 1 2 "1. FC Nürnberg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- 1969 births
- 2026 deaths
- German men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- SV Darmstadt 98 players
- SG Wattenscheid 09 players
- Hannover 96 players
- SC Austria Lustenau players
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
- FC Lustenau 07 players
- German football managers
- Bundesliga managers
- FC Balzers managers
- 1. FC Nürnberg managers
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- German expatriate football managers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Liechtenstein
- Expatriate football managers in Liechtenstein