Gert Remmel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 December 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Motor Lublin (assistant) Finland U21 (assistant) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2007–2008 | HIFK | ||
| 2009–2011 | Honka (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Honka II | ||
| 2016–2020 | Giorgione (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Pafos (academy manager) | ||
| 2022 | NK Novigrad | ||
| 2023–2024 | Stal Rzeszów (academy manager) | ||
| 2023– | Finland U21 (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Motor Lublin (assistant) | ||
Gert Remmel (born 31 December 1975) is an Estonian football coach who is currently working as an assistant coach of Polish Ekstraklasa club Motor Lublin and as an assistant for the Finland under-21 national team.
Coaching career
[edit]After working for Pallo-Pojat Juniorit (PPJ) in Finland, Remmel started his professional coaching career when joining Pertti Kemppinen in his tanoke-coaching company. During 2007–2008 Remmel was the head coach of HIFK in Finnish third-tier Kakkonen.[1]
Remmel worked as an assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club Honka from 2009 to 2011 in a coaching staff of Mika Lehkosuo. He was also the coach of the club's academy team.[2]
After a few-year hiatus due to study leave, he moved to Italy and worked as an assistant coach of Eccellenza club Giorgione during 2016–2020 with Finnish assistant coaches Iikka Miettinen and Tuomas Silvennoinen. He had completed an UEFA A coaching license in Coverciano, Italy in 2014 and had met Stefano Esposito, whom he had followed to Giorgione.[3]
Later Remmel has worked for the academy of Pafos in Cyprus, as a head coach of Croatian club NK Novigrad along with Iikka Miettinen and Rasmus Jansson, and for Polish clubs Stal Rzeszów, and Motor Lublin in Ekstraklasa along with Jansson.
In the beginning of 2023, Remmel reunited with Mika Lehkosuo when he joined the coaching staff of the Finland under-21 national team.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Remmel has also worked as a writer for Finnish sport medias, including Urheilulehti.[6][7] He has also co-written the autobiography of Përparim Hetemaj.[8] Remmel has also studied football at the University of Lisbon.
References
[edit]- ^ Vuosi HIFK:n valmentajana: Gert Remmel, hifkfotboll.fi, 22 June 2010
- ^ Poskisuudelmia pimeässä – vieraana jalkapallovalmentaja Gert Remmel, Yle Areena, 26 November 2021
- ^ Suomalainen junioreiden jalkapallovalmennus saa kovaa kritiikkiä: kilpailua demonisoidaan liikaa, Helsingin Sanomat, 24 March 2019
- ^ Pikkuhuuhkajien valmennustiimi julki - uusia nimiä mukana, veikkausliiga.com, 24 November 2022
- ^ Pikkuhuuhkajien valmentaja kertoo ystävästään, Leijonien uudesta päävalmentajasta: Tällainen on Antti Pennanen, Yle, 29 September 2023
- ^ Kolumni: Egotripin laulajan purkaus junioripoikansa kohtelusta puhuttaa – "Koko asetelmassa on monta asiaa pielessä", Hämeen Sanomat, 14 November 2018
- ^ Mestarit-liite: Gert Remmelin kommentti - Antti Pennanen on mies mestaruuden takana, Hämeen Sanomat, 10 May 2019
- ^ KIRJA-ARVIO: PERPARIM HETEMAJ – SELVIYTYJÄ ON VIIDEN TÄHDEN KASVUTARINA, BYYRI, 26 April 2024
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Association football coaches
- Estonian football managers
- Estonian expatriate football managers
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Estonian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Footballers from Tallinn
- HIFK Fotboll managers
- Pafos FC non-playing staff