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German footballer

Niko Bungert
Personal information
Full name Niko Bungert
Date of birth (1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Bochum, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team Mainz 05 (staff)
Youth career
1989–1996 VfB Günnigfeld
1996–2004 SG Wattenscheid 09
2004–2005 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Schalke 04 II 25 (4)
2006–2008 Kickers Offenbach 52 (1)
2008–2019 Mainz 05 198 (9)
2010–2016 Mainz 05 II 4 (1)
International career
2008 Germany U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Mainz 05 (assistant)
2021 Mainz 05 (assistant)
2024 Mainz 05 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Niko Bungert (born 24 October 1986) is a retired German footballer who played as a defender.

He was also a member of the German U-21 team. He was part of the Schalke youth team that won the Youth DFB-Pokal in 2005.

Career

Coaching career

After Bungert chose to hang up his boots after the 2018-19 season, he joined Mainz 05 as part of a trainee program to work at the club. At the end of November 2019, Bungert joined newly appointed head coach Achim Beierlorzer's staff, where he would act as assistant coach. He returned to his trainee program in July 2020.

On August 15, 2021, Bungert had to step in as deputy assistant coach ahead of a match against RB Leipzig, as head coach Bo Svensson's two assistants were both in COVID-19 quarantine. Mainz sensationally won 1-0 with a reserve team, as a large part of the squad was in quarantine. In November 2021, Bungert became the club's first ever Club Ambassador.

On January 1, 2024, Bungert was again promoted to the role of assistant coach, this time under Jan Siewert. After the end of the season, Mainz announced that Bungert would not be an assistant coach in the new season and would take on another, unnamed, role at the club.

References

  1. "Bungert, Niko" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. Niko Bungert vom 1. FSV Mainz 05 beendet Karriere am Saisonende, bundesliga.com, 23 March 2019
  3. Niko Bungert vom 1. FSV Mainz 05 beendet Karriere am Saisonende, bundesliga.com, 22 March 2019
  4. Achim Beierlorzer neuer Trainer beim 1. FSV Mainz 05, bundesliga.com, 18 November 2019
  5. Bungert scheidet aus dem Mainz-Trainerteam aus, kicker.de 3 July 2020
  6. Darum will Bungert kein Trainer werden!, bild.de, 18 November 2021
  7. Niko Bungert erster Vereins-Botschafter!, bild.de, 17 November 2021
  8. SÖREN HARTUNG UND NIKO BUNGERT NEUE CO-TRAINER BEI DEN PROFIS, mainz05.de, 1 January 2024
  9. JESPERSEN: EHRLICHKEIT ALS PRÄGENDE EIGENSCHAFT SEINES CHEFS, mainz05.de, 19 July 2024

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