Alexandré Pölking
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 Pölking with Bangkok United in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alexandre Pölking | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Thailand (head coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | VfB Fichte Bielefeld | 59 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Arminia Bielefeld | 37 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 28 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 22 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | APOEL | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Olympiakos Nicosia | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Al Ain (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | FK Baku (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Golden Arrows (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Thailand (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Thailand U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Army United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Suphanburi | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2020 | Bangkok United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Ho Chi Minh City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Thailand U23 (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Alexandré Pölking (born 12 March 1976), sometimes known simply as Mano, is a Brazilian-German football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Thailand national team.
Playing career
He started his career in his ancestral country of Germany, playing for VfB Fichte Bielefeld, Arminia Bielefeld and SV Darmstadt 98. In 2005, he moved to Cyprus where he played for Olympiakos Nicosia and APOEL.
Managerial career
Pölking was the assistant of German manager Winfried Schäfer since 2008 at Al Ain FC and FC Baku. In 2012, Alexandré Pölking came to Thailand to be the assistant of Schäfer who was appointed as the national head coach of Thailand national team in June 2011. In 2013, Pölking was appointed by the Army United as the head coach. He finished his first season as the manager with sixth place at the final standing.
In 2014, Pölking moved to Suphanburi. He was later sacked by the club after 12 games of Thai Premier League. Pölking has become the head coach of Bangkok United in the second leg of a 2014 season. He made the debut for Bangkok United with 3–0 win over his former club Army United on 25 June 2014.
Thailand
Pölking was appointed as the national head coach of Thailand national team, as announced by the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) on 28 September 2021. Pölking replaced Japanese coach Akira Nishino, who was sacked in July after the War Elephants were eliminated in the qualifying round for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Polking's first task was the 2020 AFF Championship in December 2021.[1] Between 5 December 2021 and 1 January 2022, Polking accomplished the very task as he led the War Elephants to win 6–2 on aggregate after being held to 2–2 second-leg draw by Indonesia's Garuda, making Thailand reign the AFF Championship for the sixth time.[2]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 11 December 2022
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Thailand U-23 | 23 June 2012 | 3 July 2012 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Army United | 31 October 2012 | 30 November 2013 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 41.2 |
| Suphanburi | 2 January 2014 | 12 May 2014 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 42.9 |
| Bangkok United | 25 June 2014 | 18 October 2020 | 221 | 126 | 43 | 52 | 57.0 |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 1 December 2020 | 28 September 2021 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Thailand | 28 September 2021 | Present | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 72.2 |
| Thailand U-23 (interim) | 11 April 2022 | 24 May 2022 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Total | 310 | 169 | 61 | 80 | 54.5 | ||
1 A win or loss by the penalty shoot-out is regarded as the draw in time.
Honours
Manager
Bangkok United
- Thai League 1 runners-up: 2016, 2018
- Thai FA Cup runners-up: 2017
Thailand
Thailand U23
- 2021 Southeast Asian Games:
Silver medal
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Individual
- Thai League 1 Coach of the Month: April 2016, April 2018, June 2019
References
External links
- Alexandré Pölking on Twitter
- Alexandré Pölking on Instagram
- Alexandré Pölking at Soccerway
- Alexandré Pölking on Facebook
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- German footballers
- Cypriot First Division players
- SV Darmstadt 98 players
- Olympiakos Nicosia players
- APOEL FC players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Brazilian people of German descent
- Brazilian expatriate football managers
- German expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate football managers in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate football managers in Thailand
- Suphanburi F.C. managers
- Army United F.C. managers
- Thai League 1 managers
- Association football wingers
- Brazilian football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs
- German football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs