René Weiler

René Weiler (born 13 September 1973) is a Swiss football coach and former player.

René Weiler
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-13) 13 September 1973
Place of birth Winterthur, Switzerland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 FC Winterthur
1993–1994 Aarau 36 (2)
1994–1996 Servette FC 40 (0)
1996–1998 FC Zürich 35 (5)
1998–2001 FC Winterthur
National team
1997 Switzerland 1 (0)
Teams managed
2001–2002 FC Winterthur (Assist. Coach)
2002–2004 FC Winterthur (Direct. of Football)
2004–2007 FC St. Gallen (Direct. of Football)
2005–2005 FC St. Gallen (Caretaker)
2006–2007 St. Gallen U21 (Caretaker)
2008–2009 Grasshopper Zürich U16
2009–2011 FC Schaffhausen
2011–2014 Aarau
2014–2016 1. FC Nürnberg
2016–2017 Anderlecht
2018–2019 FC Luzern
2019–2020 Al Ahly
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Weiler started his career 1990 with FC Winterthur, the club of his hometown, playing in the Challenge League. In 1992, he moved to FC Aarau who at the time were in the Swiss Super League. After only one season he changed sides with Servette FC, playing two seasons in Geneva and 41 games. From the 1996 season onwards, he played for FC Zürich for two seasons. He ended his career with his youth club FC Winterthur from 1998 to 2001. He retired in 2001.

International career

Weiler played one game for the Swiss national team, a 2–1 defeat against Russia on 10 February 1997.[1]

Coaching career

Winterthur

Weiler became an assistant coach for Winterthur on 1 March 2001.[2] He was interim head coach from June 2001 to July 2001 and from January 2002 to February 2002.[3]

St. Gallen

He was head coach of St. Gallen between 9 October 2007 and 28 October 2007.[4]

Aarau

Weiler became head coach of Aarau on 13 April 2011.[5] He left Aarau on 21 May 2014.[6]

1. FC Nürnberg

Weiler became the new head coach of 1. FC Nürnberg on 12 November 2014.[7]

Anderlecht

He became the head coach of Anderlecht on 1 July 2016. On 18 September 2017, he was sacked following a 3–0 away defeat to Bayern in the Champions League.

FC Luzern

He managed FC Luzern from 2018 to 2019.[8]

Al Ahly

In 2019, he became the manager of Egyptian club Al Ahly.[9] On 1 October 2020, Weiler departed Al Ahly after winning the Egyptian Premier League and Egyptian Super Cup.[10]

Managerial statistics
As of 30 September 2020
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
St. Gallen (Caretaker) 13 April 2005 29 April 2005 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 033.33
St. Gallen U21 (Caretaker) 1 July 2006 25 October 2007 23 12 3 8 35 27 +8 052.17
FC Schaffhausen 1 July 2009 13 April 2011 55 18 13 24 77 91 −14 032.73
FC Aarau 14 April 2011 30 June 2014 119 65 19 35 233 168 +65 054.62
1. FC Nürnberg 12 November 2014 30 June 2016 60 30 13 17 104 70 +34 050.00
R.S.C. Anderlecht 1 July 2016 18 September 2017 66 36 16 14 128 74 +54 054.55
FC Luzern 1 July 2018 17 February 2019 26 11 1 14 51 56 −5 042.31
Al Ahly SC 31 August 2019 1 October 2020 44 34 8 2 97 19 +78 077.27

Honours

Manager

Aarau

Anderlecht

Al Ahly

References
  1. Switzerland vs. Russia 1 - 2
  2. "Fussball: René Weiler Assistenztrainer in Winterthur" (in German). Winterthur: fussball.ch. 1 March 2001. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. "Trainer 1896 – heute" (in German). FC Winterthur. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. "FC St. Gallen » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  5. "René Weiler neuer Trainer in Aarau" (in German). fussball.ch. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  6. "René Weiler verlässt den FC Aarau" (in German). 20min.ch. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  7. "Weiler wird Nürnbergs neuer Coach" (in German). kicker. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  8. "Der FC Luzern stellt René Weiler per sofort frei". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 18 February 2019.
  9. "Al Ahly: Egyptian giants appoint Rene Weiler as new coach". BBC Sport. 31 August 2019.
  10. "OFFICIAL: Head coach Rene Weiler departs Al Ahly". Kingfut.com. 1 October 2020.
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