About Uwe Rösler
Uwe Rösler (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈrøːslɐ]; born 15 November 1968) is a German football manager and former player who is the manager of 2. Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. 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. He made his first team debut the following Saturday, against Queens Park Rangers. His performances that season meant he was the club's leading goalscorer, and he won the club's Player of the Year award. Many felt that he and fellow striker Niall Quinn were too similar to play in a system that didn't feed strikers effectively and Rösler clearly became unhappy.
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