Manfred Bender

Manfred Bender

Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-05-24) 24 May 1966
Place of birth	Munich, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Austria Klagenfurt (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1989	SpVgg Unterhaching
1989–1992	Bayern Munich	77	(9)
1992–1996	Karlsruher SC	101	(29)
1996–1999	TSV 1860 München	51	(4)
1999–2000	Karlsruher SC	2	(0)
2000–2002	1. FC Saarbrücken	35	(5)
Managerial career
2006–2007	1. FC Vöcklabruck
2007–2008	SCR Altach
2010–2011	Nigeria U-20
2011–	Nigeria (fitness coach)
2013	Kickers Offenbach (executive director)
2013–2014	Austria Klagenfurt (athletic supervisor)
2014–	Austria Klagenfurt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manfred Bender (born 24 May 1966) is a former German footballer and currently the manager of Austria Klagenfurt.

Career

Between 1989 and 1999 he played for Bayern Munich, Karlsruher SC and 1860 Munich. In total Bender played 229 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 42 goals. Bender is most fondly remembered for a legendary goal scored against Oliver Kahn and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.

In summer 1989, Bender was playing in the second level of the Bundesliga, for SpVgg Unterhaching, then Bayern Munich. He was an emerging talent of the same style as Jürgen Kohler, Alan McInally and Radmilo Mihajlovic. In spite of this competition he made twenty appearances in the season and scored two goals.

Next season, Bender played 33 games, and scored five goals, as he was now a fully-fledged member of the squad. Season 1991–92 went badly for Bayern, as they went through three coaches (Jupp Heynckes, Søren Lerby and Erich Ribbeck). Bender moved to Karlsruhe in 1992 after a bad end-of-season result, in a direct swap with Mehmet Scholl.

Bender moved to Karlsruhe in what became a very attack-minded team which immediately reached the UEFA Cup. In his strongest season to date, including a 7–0 victory over Valencia CF, Bender contributed significantly, helping them to reach the 1996 German Cup final.

1996 saw Bender transfer to TSV 1860 München. He played there for three seasons, but in his last, only saw six full matches. For one season he moved back to Karlsruhe, and then two more (2000–02) were spent playing for 1. FC Saarbrücken, a second-league team. Then he played some years in the lower leagues, and has, since 2006, embraced a new career, coaching in Austria.

In February 2011, Bender was appointed fitness trainer for the Nigerian national team.

External links

• Manfred Bender profile at Fussballdaten