Roland Vrabec

Roland Vrabec

Vrabec as FC St. Pauli manager in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-03-06) 6 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Frankfurt, Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1992	Spvgg 05 Oberrad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2000	SG Croatia Frankfurt
Managerial career
2000–2007	FSV Frankfurt (youth)
2009–2011	Mainz 05 (youth)
2011–2012	Germany U18
2012–2013	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (assistant)
2013	FC St. Pauli (assistant)
2013–2014	FC St. Pauli
2016–2017	FSV Frankfurt
2017–2018	FC Vaduz
2019–2020	Progrès Niederkorn
2021–2022	Esbjerg fB
2023	Greifswalder FC
2023–2024	Hesperange
2024–	FK Panevėžys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roland Vrabec (born 6 March 1974) is a German football manager. He was most recently the manager of lithuanian Panevėžys Club.

Career

Early career

He managed FSV Frankfurt youth team and was the head of scout and caretaker for several month of 1. FSV Mainz 05 II. He had various stints as assistant manager in Germany.

FC St. Pauli

On 21 December 2013, he signed a contract with FC St. Pauli until 2015.[1] He was sacked on 3 September 2014 after poor start in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga.[2]

FSV Frankfurt

At the start of the 2016–17 season, he was appointed as the new coach of FSV Frankfurt,[3] but was sacked on 6 March 2017.[4]

FC Vaduz

Two weeks after the sacking at Frankfurt he was named new manager of FC Vaduz on a contract running until 2018.[5]

Progrès Niederkorn

He was announced as the new coach of Progrès Niederkorn on 12 June 2019.[6] He was sacked by the club in November 2020.[7]

Esbjerg fB

On 11 August he was named the successor of Peter Hyballa as manager of the Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB.[8] He was sacked in March 2022 with the club only 3 points above the relegation zone.[9]

Greifswalder FC

In February 2023 he became new manager of Regionalliga Nord team Greifswalder FC, but in April 2023 he was relieved from his duties.[10]

Swift Hesperange

In November 2023 he replaced Carlos Fangueiro as manager of FC Swift Hesperange.[11]

FK Panevėžys

On 16 December 2024 FK Panevėžys announced about new head coach Roland Vrabec.[12]

Honours

FC Vaduz

• Liechtenstein Football Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18

References

1. "St. Pauli macht Roland Vrabec zum Cheftrainer". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2014.
2. "St. Pauli feuert Vrabec" (in German). 3 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
3. "Zurück in die Heimat: Vrabec übernimmt den FSV". Kicker. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
4. "FSV Frankfurt: Vrabec nicht mehr Trainer". dfb.de. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
5. "Vrabec neuer Trainer in Vaduz". eurosport.de. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
6. "Progrès stellt den deutschen Profitrainer Roland Vrabec offiziell vor" [Progrès officially introduces the German professional trainer Roland Vrabec] (in German). Tageblatt. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
7. "Progrès Niederkorn: Stéphane Leoni ersetzt Roland Vrabec" [Progrès Niederkorn: Stéphane Leoni replaces Roland Vrabec] (in German). Tageblatt. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
8. "Hyballa stopper - EfB hyrer ny tysker" (in Danish). bold.dk. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
9. "Esbjerg fyrer Vrabec efter syv måneder" (in Danish). bold.dk. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
10. "Roland Vrabec beurlaubt – Lars Fuchs ab sofort neuer Cheftrainer" (in German). Greifswalder FC. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
11. "Roland Vrabec ersetzt Carlos Fangueiro in Hesperingen" (in German). Greifswalder FC. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
12. Klubą treniruos vokietis

External links

• Profile at scoreway.com
• Roland Vrabec at WorldFootball.net