Frank Bernhardt

For the American businessman and politician from New York, see Frank X. Bernhardt.

Frank Bernhardt (born 26 August 1969) is a German professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Malaysia Super League club Kelantan He managed Estonian Meistriliiga team JK Tallinna Kalev from December 2012^[1] until the end of 2013.^[2] From February 2014 until December 2015, Bernhardt worked as technical director for the Azerbaijan Football Federation.

Frank Bernhardt

Personal information
Full name	Frank Bernhardt
Date of birth	(1969-08-26) 26 August 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Hamburg, Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kelantan (Manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2001–2002	FC St. Pauli U19 (assistant)
2002–2004	FC St. Pauli II (assistant)
2004–2006	FC St. Pauli II
2007–2012	Estonia U19
2007–2012	Estonia U21
2012–2013	Kalev Tallinn
2014–2015	Azerbaijan (technical director)
2015–2017	Malaysia U23
2018–2019	Nomme Kalju U21
2020–2021	UiTM F.C.
2023	Kelantan (Technical director)
2023–	Kelantan

On 9 December 2015, he was appointed by the Football Association of Malaysia to be the head coach of the Malaysia national under-23 football team.^[3] He was removed from the position in March 2017, after the appointment of new FAM president Tunku Ismail Idris.^[4]

References

1. "Frank Bernhardt saab Tallinna Kalevi peatreeneriks" [Frank Bernhardt set to be the manager of Tallinna Kalev] (in Estonian). postimees.ee. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
2. "Ametlik: Bernhardtist saab Kalevi peatreener" [Official: Bernhardt will be the manager of Kalev] (in Estonian). soccernet.ee. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
3. . Fourth Official. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
4. "TMJ sacking me as U22 coach isn't a surprise - Frank Bernhardt". ESPN. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.