Paul Linz

Infobox Football biography
playername = Paul Linz


fullname = Paul Linz
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|1|4
cityofbirth = Trier
countryofbirth = West Germany
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
nickname =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1978-12/1979 01/1980-1980 1980-1982 1982-1984 1985-1988
clubs = SV Werder Bremen OSC Bremerhaven Freiburger FC SV Waldhof Mannheim VfL Osnabrück
caps(goals) = 10 (01)
18 (11)
69 (36) 60 (20)
108 (52)
manageryears = 1996-12/1997 02/1998-1999 2002-2005 10/2005-2006 12/2007-
managerclubs = SV Meppen Stuttgarter Kickers Eintracht Trier LR Ahlen 1. FC Magdeburg

Paul Linz (born January 4, 1956 in Trier, Germany) is a German football manager and former football player.

Playing career

As a professional player, Paul Linz played 33 Bundesliga matches for SV Werder Bremen (1978-1980) and SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 (1983/1984). In other divisions he played for a number of clubs, such as Freiburger FC, OSC Bremerhaven, VfL Osnabrück, FSV Salmrohr, Eintracht Trier and VfL Trier.

Among his biggest successes as player rank the promotion to Bundesliga with Waldhof Mannheim in 1983 and the promotion to 2nd Bundesliga North with VfL Osnabrück in 1985.

Trainer

Linz has been working as a full-time manager since 1994, he has managed the following clubs:

* 1988-1989 Eintracht Trier (as player-manager)
* 1989-1996 FSV Salmrohr (as player-manager until 1994)
* 1996-1997 SV Meppen
* 1998-1999 Stuttgarter Kickers
* 1999-2005 Eintracht Trier
* 2005-2006 LR Ahlen
* from 2007 1. FC Magdeburg

Linz had his biggest success managing Eintracht Trier. In 2002 the club was promoted to 2nd Bundesliga. When the club was eventually relegated in 2005, Linz stepped down. Part of the reason was that a very emotional Linz had been involved in a melee right after the last match of that season.

From October 2005 Linz managed LR Ahlen, then still in 2nd Bundesliga. But Linz couldn't do enough to keep the club up and Ahlen were relegated in 2006. Curiously enough, Ahlen had been the club that cost Trier the non-relegation spot in the year before. When it became clear that Ahlen would not be trying to win promotion immediately, the ambitious Linz left the club.

In December 2007 Linz signed a contract with Regionalliga Nord side 1. FC Magdeburg. His goal would be to qualify for the new 3rd Liga, at the time of Linz's signature the club were 6 points behind achieving this. Before the last matchday, Linz had managed to reduce that to a mere 1 point.

Links

* [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/linzpaul/ Fussballdaten.de]