Markus von Ahlen
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 Von Ahlen being interviewed while manager of Arminia Bielefeld in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Köln (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Jan-Wellem Bergisch-Gladbach | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | VfL Bochum | 29 | (3) |
| 1995–1998 | SV Meppen | 70 | (7) |
| 1998–1999 | KFC Uerdingen 05 | 22 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Alemannia Aachen | 42 | (2) |
| Total | 187 | (14) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Bayer Leverkusen (youth) | ||
| 2008–2011 | Hamburger SV U17 | ||
| 2011 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| 2011–2012 | Kapfenberger SV (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2014 | 1860 Munich II | ||
| 2013 | 1860 Munich | ||
| 2014 | 1860 Munich | ||
| 2014–2015 | 1860 Munich | ||
| 2016–2020 | Bayer Leverkusen U19 | ||
| 2022 | Bonner SC | ||
| 2022– | Fortuna Köln | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Markus von Ahlen (born 1 January 1971) is a German football manager and a former player. He manages the Under-19 squad of Fortuna Köln.
von Ahlen started his coaching career in the youth section at Bayer Leverkusen in 2007[1] before moving to the youth section at Hamburger SV in 2008.[2] He then signed a two–year deal on 18 April 2011 to become the new head coach of Arminia Bielefeld starting at the beginning of the 2011–12 season.[3] However, his tenure ended prematurely on 20 September 2011.[4] He failed to win any of his 11 competitive matches.[5] He then became an assistant coach for Kapfenberger SV[1] before moving to the reserve team of 1860 München on 20 December 2012 until the end of the season.[6] Then he became an assistant coach with 1860 München[1] until he became interim head coach on 6 April 2014.[7] He was given the mandate for the rest of the 2013–14 season.[7] His tenure finished when Ricardo Moniz was hired as the permanent head coach on 4 June 2014.[8] Von Ahlen once again became head coach of the first team after Moniz was sacked.[9] He was sacked on 17 February 2015.[10] In July 2016 he became manager of the Under-19 squad of Bayer Leverkusen.[11] In January 2022 he became new manager of Bonner SC.[12] On 3 May 2022 he was sacked by Bonner only to be named new manager of Fortuna Köln one hour later.[13]
