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Football player and manager
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Male
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Birth:
2 April 1967(Sindelfingen, Böblingen, Stuttgart Government Region, Baden-Württemberg)
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Biography
Rainer Widmayer is a former German footballer and manager. During his active career, he played mostly in the lower divisions, except his final season, during which he played in the 2. Bundesliga for SSV Ulm. As manager, he has been assistant manager of Swiss clubs FC St. Gallen and Grasshopper Club Zürich. In Germany, he assistant managed Hertha BSC and the reserves and professional squad of VfB Stuttgart. After Markus Babbel was sacked as manager of Hertha BSC, Widmayer was appointed caretaker of the Berlin club. Several days later, having completed his duties of caretaker, Widmayer left Hertha altogether.
In 2012 Widmayer was Assistant coach of Markus Babbel as TSG Hoffenheim.