Marco Grote
German football player and manager
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Marco Grote (born 11 October 1972) is a German professional football manager and former player.
Date of birth
11 October 1972
Place of birth
Bremen, Germany
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position
Right-back
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 October 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Bremen, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | FC Bremerhaven | 26 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | VfB Oldenburg | 49 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Hamburger SV II | 72 | (4) |
| Total | 147 | (4) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | VfL Osnabrück | ||
| 2022 | Apollon Smyrnis | ||
| 2022- | Union Berlin (U-19) | ||
| 2023 | Union Berlin (interim) | ||
| 2024 | Union Berlin (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Grote played club football for FC Bremerhaven, VfB Oldenburg and Hamburger SV II.[1]
Managerial career
Grote was assistant manager at VfB Lübeck between 2004 and 2006, and managed various youth teams at SV Werder Bremen between 2008 and 2020.[1]
He was appointed as manager at VfL Osnabrück in July 2020.[2] He was sacked on 15 February 2021.[3] He joined Union Berlin as the U-19 manager in May 2022, and was appointed interim manager of the Bundesliga team in November 2023 [4] After one game, he was replaced by Nenad Bjelica.[5] In May 2024, he again took over as the interim manager.[6]
