Gerardo Seoane

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Seoane and the second or maternal family name is Castro.

Gerardo Seoane Castro (born 30 October 1978) also known as Gerry Seoane, is a Swiss professional football coach and former player, who is the current manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Gerardo Seoane

Seoane in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Gerardo Seoane Castro[1]
Date of birth	(1978-10-30) 30 October 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Luzern, Switzerland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Borussia Mönchengladbach (manager)
Youth career
1986–1990	FC Rothenburg
1990–1995	Luzern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Luzern	39	(2)
1997–1998	Sion	13	(1)
1998–2002	Deportivo La Coruña B	91	(24)
1999–2000	→ Bellinzona (loan)	9	(0)
2002–2004	Aarau	62	(4)
2004–2006	Grasshoppers	48	(4)
2007–2010	Luzern	74	(2)
Total		336	(37)
International career
1997–1999	Switzerland U21[2]	18	(3)
Managerial career
2013	Luzern (interim)
2014–2018	Luzern II
2018	Luzern
2018–2021	Young Boys
2021–2022	Bayer Leverkusen
2023–	Borussia Mönchengladbach
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

Seoane was appointed manager of reigning Swiss Super League champions Young Boys on 2 June 2018.^[3] Seoane, aged 39, was considered a surprise pick to succeed Adi Hütter as coach, despite guiding FC Luzern to third place in the Super League in his first full management job.^[3] Upon taking the role as Young Boys manager, Seoane pledged to continue with Hütter's playing style and keep the backroom staff in place.^[3]

In his first season in charge, he guided the club to their 13th league title and helped the club qualify to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in club history.^[3][4] In his second season, Seoane led the club to a domestic double, delivering their 14th league title (their third in a row) and seventh cup title and first in over 30 years.^[5]

In May 2021, it was announced that Seoane would coach Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.^[6] In the 2021–22 season, he led Bayer Leverkusen to finish third in the Bundesliga, to be their best finish in seven seasons. However, he was sacked on 5 October 2022, due to his Leverkusen's poorest season start since their promotion in 1979.^[7] Leverkusen had won only one game, drawn two, and lost five games, resulting in only five points in their first eight games. In June 2023, he was named the new head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach, starting from the 2023–24 season.^[8]

Personal life

Seoane was born in Luzern, Switzerland to Galician parents and holds both Swiss and Spanish citizenship.^[9] In addition to German, he is also fluent in Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Galician.^[10]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 17 May 2025^[11]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Luzern (interim)	4 April 2013	8 April 2013	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Luzern	5 January 2018	2 June 2018	17	10	4	3	26	17	+9	058.82
Young Boys	2 June 2018	30 June 2021	148	97	27	24	323	166	+157	065.54
Bayer Leverkusen	1 July 2021	5 October 2022	56	26	10	20	114	81	+33	046.43
Borussia Monchengladbach	1 July 2023	present	75	24	20	31	127	130	−3	032.00
Total			297	157	61	79	591	396	+195	052.86

Honours

Manager

Young Boys

• Swiss Super League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21^[12]
• Swiss Cup: 2019–20^[13]

Individual

• Swiss Super League Manager of the Year: 2018–19,^[14] 2019–20,^[15] 2020–21,