Rainer Scharinger

Rainer Scharinger (born 4 March 1967) is a German former professional footballer who is now a football manager. He was most recently the manager of Sonnenhof Großaspach.

Rainer Scharinger

Personal information
Full name	Rainer Scharinger
Date of birth	(1967-03-04) 4 March 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth	Karlsruhe, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
	TSV Spessart
	ASV Durlach
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1993	Karlsruher SC	1	(0)
1993–1995	VfR Mannheim	65	(9)
1997–1999	Karlsruher SC	11	(0)
1999–2001	SSV Ulm	60	(11)
2001–2002	Stuttgarter Kickers	30	(2)
2002–2003	SV Sandhausen	8	(0)
2003–2006	Bahlinger SC	25	(1)
Total		200	(23)
Managerial career
2003	SV Sandhausen
2003–2006	Bahlinger SC
2007–2009	1899 Hoffenheim II
2009–2010	VfR Aalen
2011	Karlsruher SC
2012–2013	SCR Altach
2021	Sonnenhof Großaspach (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Managerial career

Scharinger was named manager of Karlsruher SC on 2 March 2011 as the successor of the sacked Uwe Rapolder^[1] Following a 5–1 defeat against Dynamo Dresden he was sacked on 31 October 2011.^[2]