Gerardo Seoane

Gerardo Seoane Castro (born 30 October 1978) also known as Gerry Seoane, is a Swiss professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Bayer Leverkusen.

Gerardo Seoane
Personal information
Full name Gerardo Seoane Castro[1]
Date of birth (1978-10-30) 30 October 1978
Place of birth Luzern, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen (head coach)
Youth career
1986–1990 FC Rothenburg
1990–1995 Luzern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Luzern 39 (2)
1997–1998 Sion 13 (1)
1998–2002 Deportivo La Coruña B 91 (24)
1999–2000 → Bellinzona (loan) 9 (0)
2002–2004 Aarau 62 (4)
2004–2006 Grasshoppers 48 (4)
2007–2010 Luzern 74 (2)
Total 336 (37)
National team
1997–1999 Switzerland U21[2] 18 (3)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Luzern U15
2012–2014 Luzern U18
2013 Luzern (interim)
2014–2017 Luzern U21
2018 Luzern
2018–2021 Young Boys
2021– Bayer Leverkusen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Managerial career

Seoane was appointed manager of reigning Swiss Super League champions Young Boys on 2 June 2018.[3] Seoane, aged 39, was considered a surprise pick to succeed Adi Hütter as coach, despite guiding FC Luzern to third place in the Super League in his first full management job.[3] Upon taking the role as Young Boys manager, Seoane pledged to continue with Hütter's playing style and keep the backroom staff in place.[3]

In his first season in charge, he guided the club to their 13th league title and helped the club qualify to the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in club history.[3][4] In his second season, Seaone led the club to a domestic double, delivering their 14th league title (their third in a row) and seventh cup title and first in over 30 years.[5]

Seoane will manage Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen starting from the 2021–22 season.[6]

Personal life

Seoane was born in Luzern, Switzerland to Galician parents and holds both Swiss and Spanish citizenship.[7] In addition to German, he is also fluent in Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese.[8]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 2 May 2022[9]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Luzern (interim) 4 April 2013 8 April 2013 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Luzern 5 January 2018 2 June 2018 17 10 4 3 26 17 +9 058.82
Young Boys 2 June 2018 30 June 2021 148 97 27 24 323 166 +157 065.54
Bayer Leverkusen 1 July 2021 Present 42 22 8 12 94 55 +39 052.38
Total 208 129 39 40 444 240 +204 062.02

Honours

Manager

Young Boys

References
  1. Rial, S. G. (11 February 2009). "Emigrantes de primera en Suiza". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. "Gerardo Seoane". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. "HOW YOUNG BOYS SHOOK THEIR NEARLY-MEN TAG TO LIFT THE TITLE AND MAKE THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE". These Football Times. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Club facts: Young Boys". UEFA. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "FC Basel 1893 1:2 BSC Young Boys". Football.ch (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. "Seoane wird Cheftrainer – Wolf kehrt zum DFB zurück". bayer04.de (in German). Bayer Leverkusen. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. "Fussball: FCL-Trainer Gerardo Seoane: «Ich atme 24 Stunden Fussball". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Gerardo Seoane: Sprach-Talent und Offensiv-Liebhaber". bayer04.de (in German). Bayer Leverkusen. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Gerardo Seoane coach profile at Soccerway
  10. "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". The Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  11. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband – Statistik und Resultate". football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.


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