| Gert Engels | |
| Full Name: | Gert Josef Arthur Engels |
| Birth Date: | 26 April 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Düren, West Germany |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | 1974–1975 |
| Clubs1: | SG Düren 99 |
| Years2: | 1975–1978 |
| Clubs2: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Years3: | 1978–1980 |
| Clubs3: | SV Baesweiler 09 |
| Years4: | 1980–1990 |
| Clubs4: | SG Düren 99 |
| Manageryears1: | 1998 |
| Managerclubs1: | Yokohama Flügels |
| Manageryears2: | 1999 |
| Managerclubs2: | JEF United Ichihara |
| Manageryears3: | 2000–2003 |
| Managerclubs3: | Kyoto Purple Sanga |
| Manageryears4: | 2004–2008 |
| Managerclubs4: | Urawa Reds |
| Manageryears5: | 2008 |
| Managerclubs5: | Urawa Reds |
| Manageryears6: | 2011–2013 |
| Managerclubs6: | Mozambique |
| Manageryears7: | 2018 |
| Manageryears8: | 2019–2020 |
| Manageryears9: | 2020–2021 |
Gert Engels (born 26 April 1957) is a German football manager (for example at Urawa Red Diamonds) and former player (for example at Borussia Mönchengladbach). With the UEFA-PRO-LICENSE he has got the best license you can have as a football manager. PR[1] [2] [3] He won big titles, experienced football all over the world and coached superstars like Makoto Hasebe, Park Ji-sung, Lukas Podolski or Andrés Iniesta.
In 2018, Engels received the German Football Ambassador Award for sporting and social commitments abroad. He was succeeded in 2019 by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
Engels commenced his professional playing career with SG Düren 99 and later joined Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Niederau. In Mönchengladbach he was part of the team that won the German Championships of 1976 and 1977.He played there with Legends like Jupp Heynckes.
In 1990, Engels moved to Japan to work as a coach. His first stop was in Ibaraki with Prima Aseno FC, the club that later became Mito HollyHock. He also coached at Takigawa Dai Ni High School in Kobe before he joined the Yokohama Flügels as a member of the coaching staff in 1993.
Shortly before the Flugels folded and were partly absorbed into today's Yokohama F. Marinos - some of the players joined Yokohama Marinos, and the F was added in remembrance of Flugels - he was made manager there for a brief period. He held that position also briefly with JEF United Chiba before taking over the reins at Kyoto Purple Sanga. There he coached superstars like Park Ji-sung.
In Kyoto he returned the club, that was relegated after the previous season, into the J1 League and even led it to a win in the Japanese cup competition, the Emperor's Cup in 2002, defeating the fancied Kashima Antlers 2–1 in extra time. He stayed there another three years.
At the start of 2004 he was assistant coach with Urawa Red Diamonds, initially under head coach Guido Buchwald and later Holger Osieck, winning the AFC Champions League in 2007. After Osieck Gert Engels became the head coach of Urawa Red Diamonds.
On 12 October 2011, he became new manager of the Mozambique national team. He successfully changed the team, supported young players and also played successfull games against Egypt or Morocco. He ended his time there in 2013.[4]
After that he returned to the J-League to Vissel Kobe, where he coached world stars like Lukas Podolski or Andres Iniesta.
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Yokohama Flügels | 1998 | 1998 | |||||
| JEF United Ichihara | 1999 | 1999 | |||||
| Kyoto Purple Sanga | 2000 | 2003 | |||||
| Urawa Reds | 2008 | 2008 | |||||
| Total | |||||||
1998, 2002
2007