Josef Zinnbauer


Josef "Joe" Zinnbauer is a German retired football midfielder and current football manager for South African club Orlando Pirates.

Playing career

Zinnbauer retired from playing after suffering a cartilage injury.

Coaching career

Zinnbauer's coaching career started at VfB Oldenburg as head coach in 2005 and was there until 2010. Then he became an assistant coach at Karlsruher SC. He was head coach of Karlsruhe's reserve team from 27 March 2012 to 30 June 2012. He started coaching the reserve team for Hamburger SV on 1 July 2014. in the Regionalliga Nord. The reserve team won 4–0 against Goslarer SC 08 in his first match as a head coach. He led the reserve team to eight wins in eight matches prior to becoming head coach of the first team on 16 September 2014. He replaced Mirko Slomka, who was sacked the previous day. His first match in–charge finished in a 0–0 draw against Bayern Munich. He was sacked on 22 March 2015. Peter Knäbel, the Sports Director for Hamburg, took over for the remainder of the season.
Zinnbauer returned to the reserve team for the 2015/2016 season and was there until he was hired by FC St. Gallen on 15 September 2015.
On the 10th of December 2019, he was appointed as a head coach of a South African professional football club Orlando Pirates FC.

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