Uwe Rösler
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Rösler in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 November 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Altenburg, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1981 | BSG Traktor Starkenberg | ||
| 1981–1987 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 3 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 27 | (6) |
| 1989–1990 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 46 | (19) |
| 1990–1992 | Dynamo Dresden | 46 | (7) |
| 1992–1994 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 28 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | → Dynamo Dresden (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Manchester City | 152 | (50) |
| 1998–1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 28 | (8) |
| 1999–2000 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 28 | (6) |
| 2000–2002 | Southampton | 24 | (0) |
| 2001 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2002 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 14 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Lillestrøm | 11 | (10) |
| Total | 419 | (112) | |
| International career | |||
| East Germany U21 | 6 | (1) | |
| 1990 | East Germany | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Lillestrøm | ||
| 2006–2009 | Viking | ||
| 2010 | Molde | ||
| 2011–2013 | Brentford | ||
| 2013–2014 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 2015 | Leeds United | ||
| 2016–2018 | Fleetwood Town | ||
| 2018–2019 | Malmö FF | ||
| 2020–2021 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 2022–2025 | AGF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Uwe Rösler (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈrøːslɐ]; born 15 November 1968) is a German football manager and former professional footballer. He most recently managed Danish Superliga club AGF from 2022 to 2025.
As a player he was a centre forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchester City, where he was the leading goalscorer for three consecutive seasons from 1994–95 to 1996–97, and in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Nürnberg and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, playing in the UEFA Champions League with the latter. He also played Premier League football for Southampton, in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion and in Norway for Lillestrøm. Back in his native Germany, he represented 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, BSG Chemie Leipzig, 1. FC Magdeburg, Dynamo Dresden, Tennis Borussia Berlin and SpVgg Unterhaching. Rösler is a former East Germany international, whom he represented in the under-21 team and five times as a senior.
In 2004, he began his managerial career with Lillestrøm in Norway, and later led Viking and Molde FK in Tippeligaen. He also managed Brentford, Wigan Athletic, Leeds United and Fleetwood Town in the English Football League, as well as Malmö FF in Allsvenskan, Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Bundesliga, and most recently AGF in the Danish Superliga.