Oliver Zapel
Zapel in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-01-15) 15 January 1968
Place of birth Georgsmarienhütte, West Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 TuS Aumühle
1990–1992 Bergedorf 85
1992–1994 SC Wentorf
1994–1996 Bergedorf 85
1996–2001 TuS Hoisdorf
2001–2002 SC Concordia
2002–2003 Harburger TB
2003–2004 USC Paloma
2004–2006 FC St. Georg-Horn
2006–2007 TuS Hamburg
2007–2008 SC Concordia
Managerial career
2002–2003 Harburger TB (player-manager)
2005–2006 FC St. Georg-Horn (player-manager)
2006–2007 TuS Hamburg (player-manager)
2009–2010 Rahlstedter SC
2010–2012 Barsbütteler SV
2012–2016 SV Eichede
2013 SV Eichede II (interim)
2016–2017 Sonnenhof Großaspach
2017–2018 Werder Bremen II
2019 Fortuna Köln
2019 Sonnenhof Großaspach
2022–2023 Phönix Lübeck
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oliver Zapel (born 15 January 1968) is a German former footballer and manager, who was most recently the manager of Phönix Lübeck.

Career

On 1 July 2016, Zapel became head coach of Sonnenhof Großaspach[1] but resigned just a year later.[2] He was appointed as the head coach of Werder Bremen II on 13 November 2017.[3] He was sacked on 5 February 2018.[4] On 22 April 2019, he was named the head coach of Fortuna Köln.[5] In 2019, he moved back to Großaspach.[6] He was sacked on 16 December 2019.[7]

In January 2022 he returned to management as the manager of Phönix Lübeck.[8] In June 2023 he resigned as manager due to personal reasons.[9]

Personal life

Zapel is married and has two children. He lives in Brunstorf near Hamburg.

References

  1. "Oliver Zapel". Kicker. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. "Zapel verlässt vorzeitig Großaspach". dfb.de. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. "Oliver Zapel trainiert Werder Bremen II". dfb.de. 13 November 2017.
  4. "Werder Bremen II: Hübscher löst Zapel ab". dfb.de. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  5. "Fortuna Köln: Zapel folgt auf Kaczmarek". dfb.de. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. "Zapel übernimmt in Großaspach". kicker.de. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. "Oliver Zapel als Cheftrainer freigestellt". sg94.de (in German). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  8. "Oliver Zapel neuer Coach von Regionalligist Phönix Lübeck". ndr.de (in German). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  9. "Regionalliga: Zapel nicht länger Phönix-Coach". sportnord.de (in German). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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