The previous U17 national coach Christian Wück will succeed interim national coach Horst Hrubesch for the German footballers after the Olympic Games in the summer. The German Football Association (DFB) announced this on Friday.
Wück led the German U17 team to the World Cup title in Indonesia in December. The 50-year-old has been working as a coach for various youth teams at the DFB since 2012, and his contract as U17 coach expires this summer. Wück has not yet trained a women’s team.
“Christian Wück is a proven expert, he speaks the language of the players,” emphasized DFB President Bernd Neuendorf. Wück has proven “that he can develop personalities and form teams into a cohesive unit. I am convinced that he is the right person to lead our team into the future after the Olympics.”
Wück himself spoke of it as a “great honor” and said he didn’t hesitate long when making the request. “Coaching this team, further developing the existing individual quality of the players and thus making the team fit for success in the future is one of the most exciting and responsible tasks in German football,” he said.
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Hrubesch, who stepped in after the disappointing 2023 World Cup and the separation from Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, is leading the German selection to the Summer Games in Paris. The 72-year-old will also look after the DFB team in qualifying for the 2025 European Championship in Switzerland, which begins in April.
