Biography
Ralph Rangnic - a football coach, manager and a former football player who played as a support midfielder in many German clubs. It was the Ranknic who developed and brought to perfection a new German game style based on smart pressure and counterattacks. His ideas were inspired by such top coaches like Jürgen Klopp and Julian Napelsmann. And for the habit of explaining the tactics of the game on the board, the coach received a nickname professor of football.Childhood and youth
Ralph Range was born on June 29, 1958 in a small German town of Buckinang in Stuttgart County. In 1977, after graduating from Gymnasia Max Born, he entered the local university to study sports and English. At that time, he had played a midfielder of the "Stuttgart" midfielder, but he understood that he wants to train himself.
Embed from getty imagesAfter Ralph, he studied at Sussex University in England and Sports University in Cologne, where he received a certificate of coach and became the best student of the year.
Football
During his studies in Sussex, the Rangnic joined the small club "Southwick", but played there only one season. Returning to Germany, he got to the team "Hailbronn", playing in the regional Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. By playing 66 matches for them, Ralph moved to Ulm, which at the end of the season in 1982 was even translated into the second Bundesliga. After that, he performed for two little-known clubs - "Victoria" from Baknang and Lippolsuper, but by 30 years realized that the football player from him is ordinary.Career coaching
For the first time, the German footballer has implemented itself as a coach in the early 80s, when Ralph trusted to train the youth team "Victoria" in the club of the native city. A friendly match against Kiev "Dynamo" Valery Lobanovsky became the insignificancy for the Rangnica. The novice coach struck the fierce pressure from the Kiev team, he even in case even recalculated players, fearing that they were more. In those years, in Germany they played football on the outdated scheme, and at the Rankan, who was trying to instill a more aggressive player of the game, looked like a psycho.
"In 1998, I, then the coach of" Ulma "from the second Bundesliga, went to TV to talk about the pluses of the line of four defenders. And this is in the country that gave the world Libero. Of course, it was counted, to put it mildly, a bold novelty. Some even called me a football heretic. "In the 90s, we gradually coached other minor teams, forming our philosophy of football: "Stuttgart", "Lippoldsweiler", "Rottenien". As a coach, the last Rangnic has achieved certain success - the club entered the fourth place in the 1995/1996 season and began the next campaign well. However, in January 1997, the coach switched to his former club "Ulm".
With Ulm, Ralph rose to the second Bundesliga, and he was offered to train Stuttgart. The Rangnik managed to keep the team afloat in the current season, but in the next it was on the verge of departure. This caused a storm of indignation, and the Ralf was fired. The next stop in the biography of the coach has become "Ganover-96". The Rangnic quickly brought the team to the first Bundesliga and lasted it three seasons there.
In 2004, Ralph headed "Schalke 04" and conquered with the team of the championship silver. But already next season, the club left the club and headed "Hoffenheim", with whom he had achieved the most significant results for the coaching career: for two seasons, it was released in Bundesliga, and after the first circle - in the leaders of the standings.
After success with "Hoffenheim" in "Schalke" they realized that they were calculated, and again called the Rangnik to train. With him, the team reached the quarterfinal of the Champions League, defeating the "Inter", but in the semifinals suffered from Manchester United.
In the same season in the national championship "Schalke", the Cup took, and then the Super Cup of Germany, coming out the winner in a fierce confrontation with Borussia. In 2011, the team continued to a victorious step, but in the summer the Rangnic resigned, referring to health problems.
After 4 years, Ralph triumphantly returned as the chief coach for the new club "RB Leipzig": "Bulls" quickly broke into the first Bundesliga. But it was not possible to continue the work, the ex-head "Schalke" went on vacation again for three years. In the summer of 2018, spending one season in Leipzig, the Ranknic announced the final care of the coach, but not from football.
Management Career
In 2012, Ralph took the post of Director "Red Bull Salzburg" and "Red Bull Leipzig". Under his leadership, both teams reached the League of Champions and the Europa League of UEFA. In 2019, Ralph headed the Department of Sports and Development of Red Bull, and thus his authority was distributed to branches of the company. Thanks to the competent leadership of the New York Red Bulls Range, the SUPPORTS SHIELD won three years in a row, and the Brazilian "Red Bull Bragantino" raised to the A series.In the spring of 2020, the sports director led negotiations with Milan. But the owners did not allow themselves to completely unleash the hands of the ex-coach of Leipzig - it was too radical change.
In addition, the former sports director of the Red Bull expressed the readiness to "steer" the German national team, if he is offered.
Personal life
With the future wife of Gabriele Lamm-Rangnic, Ralph met when he was 17. After 28 years old married a couple divorced. The spouses kept the problems in private life in the secret, but a year later, a sports coach confirmed parting:
"We from Gaby parted. But between us is all right. Life situations change. Although now each of us is leading their lives, we will still be close, "revealed the coach in an interview.The couple raised two children - David and Kevin.
There are no personal accounts in social networks, but in "Instagram" you can find the Rangnic Charitable Foundation. The fund is relatively young, was created by Ralph in 2018 with the aim of supporting children in development, help them grow responsible, independent and capable young people. The page published photos and video reports on the activities of the Fund, in particular about the purchase of musical instruments, sports equipment, bicycles for schools and kindergartens.
Ralph weight 70 kg, height 181 m.
Ralph Range now
Now the achievements of the Ralph speak for themselves, many eminent FC Europe are interested in its services.
In February 2021, hearing was held that the President of the Football Club "Barcelona" Joan Laporte plans to appoint Rangnic to a new sports director.
Later, Russian CSKA also showed the intention to get a former manager of Leipzig to the post of head coach, but Ralph refused this proposal.
In April 2021, Ralph Rangnica visited the "Lokomotiv" match - "Spartak", after which among the fans and journalists there were talk about the appointment of the famous specialist to the post of sports director of the "Railway". Even called specific data - a contract for 3 years and a salary of € 3.5 million. However, it turned out that it was about a contract with a consulting company Rangnica, whose client became the Moscow Club. Thus, Ralph will provide "locomotive" consulting services in order to improve sports achievements.
Achievements
- 2010/11 - German Cup owner
- 2011 - owner of the supercube of Germany