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Marcus Sorg (born 24 December 1965) is a German football coach and former player who is currently the assistant coach of La Liga club Barcelona.[1]

Career

Early career

Sorg has been head coach of lower division clubs including Stuttgarter Kickers II, Stuttgarter Kickers[2] 1. FC Heidenheim,[3] and SSV Ulm.[2]

SC Freiburg

Sorg took over for Robin Dutt as head coach of Bundesliga side SC Freiburg when Dutt left for Bayer Leverkusen[4] and had his first practice on 20 June 2011.[5] On 29 December 2011, Sorg was sacked due to lack of results.[6]

Germany national team

Between 2013 and 2016, Sorg was the head coach of the Germany national under-19 team, winning the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship while in charge of the side.[7]

On 18 March 2016, he joined the Germany senior national team as second assistant coach to Joachim Löw, and following the 2018 FIFA World Cup was promoted to first assistant. He remained in his position with coach Hansi Flick, until they were dismissed on 10 September 2023.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Hansi Flick's staff". FC Barcelona. 13 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sorg: "Ich habe nicht darauf spekuliert"" (in German). kicker. 21 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Marcus Sorg" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Offiziell: Dutt folgt "Don Jupp"". kicker (in German). 21 March 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Sorg leitet erste Einheit". kicker (in German). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Streich übernimmt für Sorg" (in German). kicker.de. 29 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Neue Trainer-Zuordnungen im Juniorenbereich". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Hansi Flick als Bundestrainer freigestellt" (in German). DFB. 10 September 2023.
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