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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Linz > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Linz.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Linz > Source revision: 1320670606 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paul Linz | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Trier](/source/Trier), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.84 m | currentclub = | position = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football)) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1978–1979 | clubs1 = [Werder Bremen](/source/SV_Werder_Bremen) | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 1980 | clubs2 = [OSC Bremerhaven](/source/OSC_Bremerhaven) | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 11 | years3 = 1980–1982 | clubs3 = [Freiburger FC](/source/Freiburger_FC) | caps3 = 69 | goals3 = 36 | years4 = 1982–1984 | clubs4 = [Waldhof Mannheim](/source/SV_Waldhof_Mannheim) | caps4 = 60 | goals4 = 20 | years5 = 1985–1988 | clubs5 = [VfL Osnabrück](/source/VfL_Osnabr%C3%BCck) | caps5 = 108 | goals5 = 52 | totalcaps = 265 | totalgoals = 120 | manageryears1 = 1988–1989 | managerclubs1 = [Eintracht Trier](/source/SV_Eintracht_Trier_05) (player-manager) | manageryears2 = 1989–1996 | managerclubs2 = [FSV Salmrohr](/source/FSV_Salmrohr) (player-manager until 1994) | manageryears3 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs3 = [SV Meppen](/source/SV_Meppen) | manageryears4 = 1998–1999 | managerclubs4 = [Stuttgarter Kickers](/source/Stuttgarter_Kickers) | manageryears5 = 2002–2005 | managerclubs5 = Eintracht Trier | manageryears6 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs6 = [LR Ahlen](/source/Rot_Weiss_Ahlen) | manageryears7 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs7 = [1. FC Magdeburg](/source/1._FC_Magdeburg) }} '''Paul Linz''' (born 4 January 1956) is a German [football](/source/association_football) [manager](/source/Coach_(sport)) and former player who played as a [forward](/source/forward_(association_football)). ==Playing career== Linz was born in [Trier](/source/Trier), Germany. As a professional player, Paul Linz played 33 [Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga) matches for [SV Werder Bremen](/source/SV_Werder_Bremen) (1978–80) and [SV Waldhof Mannheim 07](/source/SV_Waldhof_Mannheim_07) (1983–84). In other divisions he played for a number of clubs, such as [Freiburger FC](/source/Freiburger_FC), [OSC Bremerhaven](/source/OSC_Bremerhaven), [VfL Osnabrück](/source/VfL_Osnabr%C3%BCck), [FSV Salmrohr](/source/FSV_Salmrohr), [Eintracht Trier](/source/Eintracht_Trier) and [VfL Trier](/source/VfL_Trier). Among his biggest successes as player rank the promotion to Bundesliga with Waldhof Mannheim in 1983 and the promotion to [2. Bundesliga North](/source/2._Bundesliga_North_(1974%E2%80%9381)) with VfL Osnabrück in 1985. ==Managerial career== Linz has been working as a full-time manager since 1994. He had his biggest success managing Eintracht Trier. In 2002, the club was promoted to 2. Bundesliga. When the club was eventually relegated in 2005, Linz stepped down. Part of the reason was that a very emotional Linz had been involved in a melee right after the last match of that season. From October 2005, Linz managed LR Ahlen, then still in 2. Bundesliga. But Linz couldn't do enough to keep the club up and Ahlen were relegated in 2006. Ahlen had been the club that cost Trier the non-relegation spot in the year before. When it became clear that Ahlen would not be trying to win promotion immediately, the ambitious Linz left the club. In December 2007, Linz signed a contract with [Regionalliga Nord](/source/Fu%C3%9Fball-Regionalliga_Nord) side [1. FC Magdeburg](/source/1._FC_Magdeburg). His goal would be to qualify for the new [3. Liga](/source/3._Liga), at the time of Linz's signature the club were six points behind achieving this. Before the last matchday, Linz had managed to reduce that to a mere point. In the following season, Linz was tasked with immediate re-promotion. While the team was second with only a one-point deficit before the winter break, the start in 2009 was terrible with but one win out of six matches. When the club had dropped to fourth place with a ten-point deficit, 1. FC Magdeburg's management decided to sack Linz on 31 March 2009.{{Cite web | url = http://1.fc-magdeburg.de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/artikel_1267.html | title = Steffen Baumgart neuer Trainer des 1. FC Magdeburg | publisher = 1. FC Magdeburg e.V. | date = 31 March 2009 | access-date = 31 March 2009 | language = de | archive-date = 2 August 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190802054128/http://1.fc-magdeburg.de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/artikel_1267.html | url-status = dead }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Fussballdaten|linzpaul|Paul Linz}} {{SV Meppen managers}} {{Stuttgarter Kickers managers}} {{Rot Weiss Ahlen managers}} {{1. FC Magdeburg managers}} {{Borussia Neunkirchen managers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Linz, Paul}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Trier Category:German men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Bundesliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:SV Werder Bremen players Category:SV Werder Bremen II players Category:OSC Bremerhaven players Category:Freiburger FC players Category:SV Waldhof Mannheim players Category:VfL Osnabrück players Category:FSV Salmrohr players Category:German football managers Category:1. FC Magdeburg managers Category:Rot Weiss Ahlen managers Category:Stuttgarter Kickers managers Category:SV Eintracht Trier 05 managers Category:SV Meppen managers Category:20th-century German sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul Linz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Linz) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Linz?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.