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Michael Fink (footballer)

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Michael Fink
Fink (left) and Christofer Heimeroth with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Waiblingen, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Gießen (player-coach)
Number 13
Youth career
–1990 VfR Waiblingen
1990–1992 SV Fellbach
1992–2001 VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 VfB Stuttgart II 93 (7)
2004–2005 Arminia Bielefeld II 11 (1)
2004–2006 Arminia Bielefeld 44 (4)
2006–2009 Eintracht Frankfurt 87 (8)
2009–2011 Beşiktaş 35 (2)
2011 → Borussia Mönchengladbach (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 Samsunspor 31 (1)
2012–2015 Erzgebirge Aue 73 (3)
2015–2017 Waldhof Mannheim 68 (4)
2017–2018 Hanauer FC 93 20 (5)
2018–2019 FC Gießen 32 (6)
2019–2020 Hanauer FC 93 33 (1)
2021– FC Gießen 141 (11)
Managerial career
2015–2017 Waldhof Mannheim (playing assistant)[1]
2017–2018 Waldhof Mannheim
2018–2019 FC Gießen (chief scout)
2019–2021 FC Hanau 93 (player-coach)
2021–2024 FC Gießen (assistant)
2024– FC Gießen (player-coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:01, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Michael Fink (born 1 February 1982) is a German football manager and player who plays for Regionalliga club FC Gießen and is also head coach for the club.

Career

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Early years

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Born in Waiblingen, Fink joined VfB Stuttgart's youth system in 1992. He enjoyed early success, winning the German Under 17 Bundesliga in 1999 and the German Youth Cup with the under-19 team in 2001, alongside Kevin Kurányi.[2] Fink later progressed to Stuttgart's reserve team, competing in the Regionalliga Süd.[3]

In the 2004–05 season, he signed with Arminia Bielefeld for their Bundesliga campaign.[4] After making 11 appearances in his debut season, he became a regular the following year, featuring in 33 matches and scoring four goals, including one in the DFB-Pokal.[3]

Eintracht Frankfurt

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Fink left Arminia Bielefeld after the 2005–06 season to join Eintracht Frankfurt.

In January 2008, he scored a bicycle kick goal in a friendly against Paderborn that won the Goal of the month award.

On 29 November 2008, there were reports linking Fink with a return to Stuttgart in the press.[5]

Eintracht Frankfurt press officer Carsten Knoop confirmed that Fink would be leaving at the end of the season.[6]

Beşiktaş

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Fink joined Turkish side Beşiktaş for €1.2 million transfer fee on a three-year contract.[7][8]

Fink had his pro-competitive match debut in the Super Cup, in which Beşiktaş had lost 2–0 against Fenerbahçe. Fink played a full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away victory at Manchester United.[9]

He scored his second goal against Fenerbahçe and this goal is opted for the best goal of the first part of 2009–10 season by his teammates.[10] He scored his first goal for Beşiktaş at his "league debut" match against İstanbul BB on 7 August 2009, it was also the season's first goal at Süper Lig.[11]

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Fink returned to Germany on loan to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.[12]

Coaching career

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From 2015 to 2017, Fink served as a player-assistant coach at Waldhof Mannheim, also captaining the team during the 2016–17 season.[13][14] At the start of the 2017–18 season, he retired from professional playing and extended his contract as assistant coach until 2019.[15]

On 16 October 2017, Waldhof Mannheim dismissed head coach and sporting director Gerd Dais.[16] Fink briefly took over as interim manager, but the Regionalliga Südwest denied his request to continue as head coach until the end of the season due to his lack of a required coaching license. As a result, Bernhard Trares was appointed head coach on 4 January 2018, and Fink ended his collaboration with the club at his own request.[17][18]

From February 2018, Fink took charge of establishing and leading the newly created scouting department at FC Gießen.[19] He also joined the club's Hessenliga squad that season, quickly becoming a regular starter. In May 2019, he served as interim coach for FC Hanau 93, then competing in the Verbandsliga, until the season's conclusion.[20] During the 2019–20 season, he was a player-coach for Hanau 93, which had been promoted to the Hessenliga. In early 2020, Fink returned to FC Gießen in the Regionalliga, signing a one-year contract as a playing assistant coach.[21] This role was extended for an additional two years in April 2021.[22]

On 2 September 2024, following head coach Daniyel Cimen's departure to league rivals SG Barockstadt, Fink took over as playing head coach of the club, recently promoted to the Regionalliga again.[23]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 30 November 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Waldhof Mannheim 16 October 2017 4 January 2018 10 7 2 1 17 8 +9 070.00 [24]
FC Hanau 93 9 May 2019 30 June 2021 38 16 7 15 64 66 −2 042.11
FC Gießen 2 September 2024 Present 14 2 3 9 17 29 −12 014.29 [25]
Total 62 25 12 25 98 103 −5 040.32 —

References

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  1. ^ "Michael Fink wird spielender Co-Trainer". svw07.de. 6 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Michael Fink – Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b Michael Fink at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "Die lange Reise des Michael Fink". Gießener Anzeiger (in German). 1 February 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Stuttgart chasing Fink". Ontheminute.com. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Schade, dass Fink geht!" (in German). Bild. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Frankfurt doğruladı!" (in Turkish). 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Ve Fink Beşiktaş'ta!" (in Turkish). Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Manchester United 0–1 Besiktas". Whoscored.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Beşiktaş:0 – Fenerbahçe:2" (in Turkish). bjk.com.tr. 2 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  11. ^ "İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye:1 – Beşiktaş:1" (in Turkish). bjk.com.tr. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  12. ^ "Fink verstärkt die "Fohlen"" [Fink strengthens the "foals"] (in German). DFL. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  13. ^ "MICHAEL FINK WIRD SPIELENDER CO-TRAINER". SV Waldhof Mannheim (in German). 6 June 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Michael Fink neuer SVW Kapitän". SV Waldhof Mannheim (in German). 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Michael Fink bleibt bis 2019 Co-Trainer". SV Waldhof Mannheim (in German). 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017.
  16. ^ "SV Waldhof beurlaubt Gerd Dais – Michael Fink übernimmt". SV Waldhof Mannheim. 16 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Bernhard Trares wird neuer Trainer beim SV Waldhof Mannheim 07". SV Waldhof Mannheim (in German). 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Michael Fink und der SV Waldhof beenden Zusammenarbeit". SV Waldhof Mannheim (in German). 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018.
  19. ^ Nordmann, Sven (27 March 2019). "Ex-Eintrachtler: Michael Fink neuer Chefscout der Teutonia". Gießener Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Ex-Profi Michael Fink wird Interimstrainer beim FC Hanau 93". Hanauer Anzeiger (in German). 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 1 January 2025. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  21. ^ Nordmann, Sven (30 December 2020). "Michael Fink wechselt zurück zum FC Gießen". Gießener Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  22. ^ "Michael Fink in Doppelfunktion verlängert bis 2023". FC Gießen (in German). 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  23. ^ Magel, Michèl (2 September 2024). "Daniyel Cimen wechselt ab sofort zur SG Barockstadt. Michael Fink wird neuer Cheftrainer". FC Giessen (in German). Archived from the original on 13 November 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  24. ^ "SV Waldhof Mannheim – Results and Fixtures". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  25. ^ "Michael Fink | Laufbahn | Trainerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2025.
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