Ralf Rangnick

© REVISED AND UPDATED THE JOURNEY OF THE SOCCER REVOLUTIONARY -- MORE THAN BIOGRAPHY Knowing Ralf and his career and how the football world works, comes in and does an unbelievable job and everybody is happy in many football clubs and German football. Over the last twenty years, it could be argued that no individual has had more of a significant influence in German football than Ralf Rangnick. Rangnick drew inspiration from...
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© REVISED AND UPDATED

THE JOURNEY OF THE SOCCER REVOLUTIONARY -- MORE THAN BIOGRAPHY


Knowing Ralf and his career and how the football world works, comes in and does an unbelievable job and everybody is happy in many football clubs and German football. Over the last twenty years, it could be argued that no individual has had more of a significant influence in German football than Ralf Rangnick.

Rangnick drew inspiration from the likes of Arrigo Sacchi who could be argued as the biggest influencer on today's pressing game. The German opting to implement a style of gengenpressing, in which the team through pressing triggers aim to win the ball back from the opponent,

Rangnick is a byword for tactical influence and talent development in Germany, even taking some credit for the national team's 2014 World Cup success. This season's Bundesliga has been nicknamed the "Rangnickliga",
Rangnick is a pioneer: he was one of the first coaches to use video analysis.

Rangnick was also a pioneer, he was ahead of his time and whilst at Hoffenheim was one of the first coaches to use video analysis to make informed decisions.
There is no doubt that he has influenced the likes of Thomas Tuchel, Julian Nagelsmann, and Marco Rose, who are without a doubt some of the best managers in the game.

The exposure to Ralf's ways of working has certainly inspired many,

Rangnick fell in love with English football while studying at Sussex University as a 21-year-old as part of his English and PE degree from Stuttgart University.
The pressing style Ralf Rangnick once preached to a skeptical German audience is now soccer orthodoxy. As he seeks his next project, he is again peering into the sport's future.

Since 2012, Rangnick has operated in several high-profile sporting director roles, most notably with the Red Bull stable of clubs and RB Leipzig especially, during which the club rose from the fourth tier of German football to challenging for the Bundesliga title.

Rangnick's "fast, proactive, attacking, counter-attacking, counter-pressing, exciting and entertaining" approach is the leading strand in the European game and has colored the styles of Jurgen Klopp, Thomas Tuchel, and Nagelsmann.
The greatest managerial minds of this generation are geared to his football ideas and the tentacles of his influence stretch well beyond those men.

Rangnick's trophies are everywhere you look the aggressive high-press, the elite coaching minds, the decisive talents he introduced us to.

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