About Matthias Jaissle
Matthias Jaissle (born 5 April 1988) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Premier League club Newcastle United. During his coaching career, he has won two Austrian Championships (2021–22 and 2022–23) and one Austrian Cup (2021–22) with Red Bull Salzburg, and led the club to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage for the first time ever (2021–22 season). He began his journey as an assistant manager of Brøndby, and in 2021 became the manager of Liefering, then moved on to Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg, where he most recently coached before joining as a manager for Al-Ahli in 2023. Jaissle also enjoyed an 11-year career as a professional player from 2003 to 2014. His position was centre-back, and he was a member of the 1899 Hoffenheim team that won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga as well as to the Bundesliga the following season. == Managerial career == On 3 April 2017, it was confirmed that Jaissle would be the assistant of manager Alexander Zorniger of Danish Superliga side Brøndby starting from the summer 2017. He left Brøndby on 1 June 2019. A few weeks later, he was hired as manager of Red Bull Salzburg's U18 academy team. In January 2021, he was appointed the new head coach of Liefering after Bo Svensson left the club.
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