Marco Rose
Marco Rose (born 11 September 1976) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Borussia Dortmund. As a player, he played as a defender for Lokomotive Leipzig, Hannover 96 and Mainz 05. Later he coached Mainz 05's second team, then Lokomotive Leipzig, before going through the ranks at Red Bull Salzburg.[1][2] From 2019 to 2021 he managed Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Leipzig, East Germany | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1987 | Rotation Leipzig | ||
1987–2000 | VfB Leipzig | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2000 | VfB Leipzig | 57 | (5) |
2000–2002 | Hannover 96 | 24 | (0) |
2002–2010 | Mainz 05 II | 17 | (0) |
2002–2010 | Mainz 05 | 150 | (6) |
Total | 248 | (11) | |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2012 | Mainz 05 II (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Lokomotive Leipzig | ||
2013–2015 | Red Bull Salzburg (U16) | ||
2015–2017 | Red Bull Salzburg (U18) | ||
2017–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
2019–2021 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
2021– | Borussia Dortmund | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Playing career

The defender started his career at Rotation Leipzig, and joined 1987 Lokomotive Leipzig, which later got renamed to VfB Leipzig. Rose played ten games in the second flight for VfB. In 2000, Rose joined Hannover 96. When Hannover reached promotion to the Bundesliga in 2002, Rose joined Jürgen Klopp's Mainz 05 on loan. When Mainz won itself the promotion to the Bundesliga, they signed Rose permanently. Rose resigned after 199 games for Mainz's first and second team. He scored seven goals, three of them in the Bundesliga.
Coaching career
Early career
Rose started his career as assistant coach and player of Mainz's second team in the 2010–11 season. For the 2012–13 season, he joined Lokomotive Leipzig, but terminated his contract after one season.
Red Bull Salzburg

Rose joined Red Bull Salzburg's U16 team in the 2013–14 season. When U18 coach Thomas Letsch joined FC Liefering, Rose succeeded him as U18 coach. The team won the Austrian U18 championship in his first season and the UEFA Youth League in April 2017 beating Benfica 2–1 in the finals.[3]
For the 2017–18 season, Rose succeeded Óscar García as head coach of RB Salzburg.[4] In his first season, the team won the Austrian championship and reached the semi-finals of the Europa League, beating teams like Borussia Dortmund and Lazio. The final of the Austrian cup against Sturm Graz was lost. In the second season, RB Salzburg started the league with ten wins which broke the previous record of the league. In the Europa League, they reached the quarter final against Napoli. Rose never lost a home game during his tenure as head coach of Salzburg.[5]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
For the 2019–20 season, Rose joined Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6] In the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, he managed to reach the knockout stages.[7]
On 15 February 2021, Mönchengladbach announced that Rose would leave at the end of the season to join Borussia Dortmund.[8]
Managerial style
Rose has described the basic ideas of his playing style as "emotionality, hunger and being active". "We want to be very active against the ball, sprint a lot. We want to win high balls and have short ways to the goal. We don't want to play high and wide, but fast, dynamic and actively forward."[9]
He has stated his preference for a 4–4–2 diamond, saying "I've always played a diamond when I've had the opportunity to do it, bringing in two strikers. Our system, even when we play with all three up front, is something like a diamond."[9] However he has also used 4–3–3 and 4–2–3–1 formations at Mönchengladbach.[9]
Personal life
Rose is a Christian.[10] His grandfather, Walter Rose, was also a footballer who played for the Germany national team.[11]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 30 April 2022[12]
Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Lokomotive Leipzig | 1 July 2012 | 1 June 2013 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 30.00 | [13] |
Red Bull Salzburg | 16 June 2017 | 30 June 2019 | 114 | 81 | 23 | 10 | 269 | 88 | +181 | 71.05 | [14] |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 July 2019 | 30 June 2021 | 88 | 41 | 19 | 28 | 169 | 122 | +47 | 46.59 | [15] |
Borussia Dortmund | 1 July 2021 | Present | 45 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 104 | 76 | +28 | 55.56 | [16] |
Total | 276 | 156 | 55 | 65 | 574 | 320 | +254 | 56.52 | – |
Honours
Manager
Red Bull Salzburg Youth
Red Bull Salzburg
References
- "Marco Rose" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- "Offiziell: Rose wird im Sommer Trainer in Gladbach" [Official: Rose becomes Gladbach manager in summer]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- "Unsere UEFA Youth League-Helden | UYL 2017 – Rückblick". Red Bull Salzburg (in German). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- "Rose wird Coach bei RB Salzburg – Co-Trainer ist 24" [Rose becomes RB Salzburg manager]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "Werner glänzt für Leipzig gegen Gladbach" [Werner shines for Leipzig against Gladbach]. sport.orf.at (in German). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "Offiziell: Rose wird im Sommer Trainer in Gladbach" [Official: Rose becomes Gladbach manager in summer]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- "Borussia Mönchengladbach lose to Real Madrid but go through to UEFA Champions League knockout stages". Bundesliga. December 2020.
- "Rose agrees to BVB move". Borussia Dortmund. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Askew, Joshua (12 May 2020). "Marco Rose's Borussia Mönchengladbach". Holding Midfield. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- Müller, Achim (24 December 2019). "'Das ist mir etwas Heiliges' Rose spricht offen über Weihnachten und seinen Glauben" ["This is something holy for me" Rose openly talks about Christmas and his faith]. express.de (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- "Marco Rose: 5 things on Borussia Mönchengladbach's inbound new head coach". Bundesliga. Deutsche Fußball Liga. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- "Marco Rose career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "FC Red Bull Salzburg: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Borussia Mönchengladbach: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Borussia Dortmund: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- "Bundesliga-Aufstieg 2002". Hannover 96 (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- "Youth Youth League 2016/2017 » Final". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- "ADMIRAL Bundesliga Tabelle". Bundesliga.at (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- "Austria » ÖFB-Cup 2018/2019 » Final". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
External links
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- Official website
(in German)
- Marco Rose at Soccerway