Alexandré Pölking

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Alexandré Pölking
Pölking with Bangkok United in 2018
Personal information
Full name Alexandré Pölking
Date of birth (1976-03-12) 12 March 1976 (age 48)[1]
Place of birth Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul,[2] Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)
Winger
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)
Total 162 (37)
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
2021–2023 Thailand
2022 Thailand U23 (interim)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Thailand (as manager)
AFF Championship
Winner 2020
Winner 2022
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandré Pölking (born 12 March 1976), sometimes known simply as Mano, is a Brazilian football manager and former football player.

Playing career

He started his career in his ancestral country of Germany, playing for

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

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

2021 Southeast Asian Games, he became manager of U-23 team and he led the team to the men's football final,[6] but lost 0-1 against the host Vietnam.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 21 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Thailand U23 23 June 2012 3 July 2012 5 2 1 2 040.00
Army United 31 October 2012 30 November 2013 34 14 9 11 041.18
Suphanburi 2 January 2014 12 May 2014 14 6 3 5 042.86
Bangkok United 25 June 2014 18 October 2020 221 126 43 52 057.01
Ho Chi Minh City
1 December 2020 28 September 2021 12 4 2 6 033.33
Thailand 28 September 2021 22 November 2023 37 21 8 8 056.76
Thailand U23 11 April 2022 24 May 2022 6 4 0 2 066.67
Total 329 177 66 86 053.80

1 A win or loss by the penalty shoot-out is regarded as the draw in time.

Honours

Manager

Bangkok United

Thailand

Thailand U23

  • Silver medalist

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "Datencenter: Spieler*innen: Alexandré Pölking" [Data centre: Players: Alexandré Pölking] (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB). Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Mano Pölking: Profile". worldfootball.net. HeimSpiel Medien. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Polking appointed as national coach". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Thailand capture sixth Suzuki Cup". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "FIFA President sees Thailand retain the ASEAN Football Federation Cup in Bangkok". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Polking appointed to take charge of SEA Games side". Bangkok Post. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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