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🤠 Who is the Texas-born managerial prodigy being compared to Nagelsmann?

31-year-old Fabian Hurzeler has led St Pauli back to the Bundesliga!

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Graham Ruthven
May 16, 2024
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St Pauli took a risk when they hired Fabian Hurzeler as their manager. 

It is in the DNA of the Hamburg club to do things differently - to be subversive - but even by their own standards, the appointment of a 29-year-old who had never managed at a professional level before was bold.

That boldness, however, paid off. Hurzeler has guided St Pauli back to the Bundesliga. For the first time in 13 years, the club’s famous skull and crossbones flag will fly in the German top flight next season! 🏴‍☠️


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Born in Houston to a Swiss father and a German mother, Hurzeler has taken an unorthodox route to the top of management, but the former USA U20 midfielder has been compared to Julian Nagelsmann.

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