Marco Rose
Marco Rose (born 11 September 1976) is a former player and now German football manager. He manages Borussia Dortmund. He was a defender for Lokomotive Leipzig, Hannover 96 and Mainz 05.
![]() Rose in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Leipzig, East Germany | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Borussia Dortmund (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1987 | Rotation Leipzig | ||
1987–2000 | VfB Leipzig | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2000 | VfB Leipzig | 57 | (5) |
2000–2002 | Hannover 96 | 24 | (0) |
2002–2010 | Mainz 05 II | 17 | (0) |
2002–2010 | Mainz 05 | 150 | (6) |
Total | 248 | (11) | |
Teams managed | |||
2010–2012 | Mainz 05 II (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Lokomotive Leipzig | ||
2013–2015 | Red Bull Salzburg (U16) | ||
2015–2017 | Red Bull Salzburg (U18) | ||
2017–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
2019–2021 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
2021– | Borussia Dortmund | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Playing career

He started his career at Rotation Leipzig. In 1987 he went to Lokomotive Leipzig. This is the club he played ten matches in the second league. In 2000 Rose joined Hannover 96. After the promotion to the Bundesliga in 2002, Rose went to Mainz 05 on loan. After Mainz being promoted signed Rose permanently. He played 199 games for Mainz's first and second team. He scored seven goals, three of them in the Bundesliga.[1]
Coaching career
Early career
In the 2010-11 season Rose was assistant coach and player for Mainz 05 II. 2012–13 he was coach of Lokomotive Leipzig.
Red Bull Salzburg

2013 Rose became coach of Red Bull Salzburg's U16 team. Rose became coach of the U18 team when Thomas Letsch became headcoach of FC Liefering. The team won the Austrian U18 championship in his first season and the UEFA Youth League in April 2017.[2]
2017 he became head coach of the first team following Óscar García.[3] In his first season the team won the Austrian championship. The final of the Austrian cup against Sturm Graz was lost. In the Europa League Salzburg reached the semi-finals, beating teams like Borussia Dortmund and Lazio.
In his second season, RB Salzburg started the league with ten wins in a row which broke the previous record. In the Europa LeagueSalzburg reached the quarter final against Napoli. During his time as Salzburgcoach Rose lost no homematch.[4]
Borussia Mönchengladbach
For the 2019–20 season Rose joined Borussia Mönchengladbach.[5] With Gladbach he reaches the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League.[6]
Borussia Dortmund
On 15 February 2021, Mönchengladbach announced that Rose would leave at the end of the season to join Borussia Dortmund.[7]
Personal life
He is a believing Christian. Rose is the grandson of Walter Rose, who played for the German national football team and different teams from Leipzig in the 1930's and 40's.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 22 January 2022[8]
Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Lokomotive Leipzig | 1 July 2012 | 1 June 2013 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 30.00 | [9] |
Red Bull Salzburg | 16 June 2017 | 30 June 2019 | 114 | 81 | 23 | 10 | 269 | 88 | +181 | 71.05 | [10] |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 July 2019 | 30 June 2021 | 88 | 41 | 19 | 28 | 169 | 122 | +47 | 46.59 | [11] |
Borussia Dortmund | 1 July 2021 | Present | 30 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 63.33 | [12] |
Total | 262 | 150 | 52 | 60 | 542 | 295 | +247 | 57.25 | – |
Honours
Manager
Red Bull Salzburg Youth
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2018, 2019 [15]
- Austrian Cup: 2019 [16]

References
- Transfermarkt.at
- "Unsere UEFA Youth League-Helden | UYL 2017 – Rückblick". Red Bull Salzburg (in German). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- "Rose wird Coach bei RB Salzburg – Co-Trainer ist 24" [Rose becomes RB Salzburg manager]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "Werner glänzt für Leipzig gegen Gladbach" [Werner shines for Leipzig against Gladbach]. sport.orf.at (in German). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "Offiziell: Rose wird im Sommer Trainer in Gladbach" [Official: Rose becomes Gladbach manager in summer]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- "Borussia Mönchengladbach lose to Real Madrid but go through to UEFA Champions League knockout stages". Bundesliga. December 2020.
- "Rose agrees to BVB move". Borussia Dortmund. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- "Marco Rose career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "FC Red Bull Salzburg: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Borussia Mönchengladbach: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Borussia Dortmund: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- "Hannover 96 Official website (German)". Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- Weltfussball.de
- Bundesliga.at (German)
- weltfussball.de