Uwe Fuchs

Uwe Fuchs (born 23 July 1966) is a German football coach and former player.^[1]

Uwe Fuchs

Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-07-23) 23 July 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1986	FC Homburg	56	(7)
1987	Stuttgarter Kickers	10	(2)
1987–1989	Fortuna Köln	66	(36)
1989–1990	Fortuna Düsseldorf	25	(7)
1990–1993	1. FC Köln	19	(4)
1993–1994	1. FC Kaiserslautern	19	(3)
1994	Fortuna Köln	16	(2)
1995	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	13	(9)
1995–1996	Millwall	36	(5)
1996–1998	Arminia Bielefeld	25	(4)
Total		271	(87)
International career
	West Germany U-21	1	(0)
Managerial career
2001	Fortuna Düsseldorf
2001	Fortuna Köln
2001–2002	Rot Weiss Ahlen (assistant)
2002	Rot Weiss Ahlen (interim)
2005–2007	Wuppertaler SV
2007–2008	VfB Lübeck
2008–2010	Wuppertaler SV
2011–2012	VfL Osnabrück
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Fuchs was born in Kaiserslautern.

He was loaned to Middlesbrough towards the end of the 1994–95 season, playing just 15 games, but was instrumental in helping the club win promotion to the Premier League, scoring nine league goals. Fuchs went on to become a cult figure at Middlesbrough; but he was not kept at the club by manager Bryan Robson for the following season.

Managerial career

In January 2005, he took over the helm at the Wuppertaler SV (Regional Northern League). On 23 December 2008, he re-joined Wuppertaler SV, but was released on 2 April 2010.

On 31 May 2011, he replaced Heiko Flottmann as manager of VfL Osnabrück.

Personal life

His father Fritz Fuchs is also a coach and a former player. His uncle Werner Fuchs was also a coach.

Honours

• DFB-Pokal finalist: 1986–87, 1990–91
• Bundesliga runner-up: 1993–94
• Football League First Division (II): 1995