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Alexander Nouri

Alexander Nouri
Alexander Nouri Oktober 2016.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-08-20) 20 August 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth Buxtehude, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Werder Bremen (manager)
Youth career
Buxtehuder SV
Vorwärts/Wacker 04 Billstedt
1994–1998 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Werder Bremen II 70 (8)
1999–2001 Werder Bremen 0 (0)
1999 Seattle Sounders (loan) 8 (0)
2001–2004 Uerdingen 05 89 (8)
2004–2008 VfL Osnabrück 85 (8)
2007 VfL Osnabrück II 3 (1)
2008–2010 Holstein Kiel 41 (5)
2009–2010 Holstein Kiel II 4 (1)
2010–2011 VfB Oldenburg 26 (5)
Total 326 (36)
Teams managed
2011–2013 VfB Oldenburg (assistant)
2013–2014 VfB Oldenburg
2014 Werder Bremen (assistant)
2014–2016 Werder Bremen II
2016– Werder Bremen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Alexander Nouri (Persian: الکساندر نوری‎‎, Persian pronunciation: [nuːriː]) (born 20 August 1979) is a retired Iranian-German footballer and current coach of Werder Bremen. He played professionally for 14 years with Werder Bremen, Seattle Sounders,Uerdingen 05, VfL Osnabrück, Holstein Kiel and VfB Oldenburg.

In November 2011, Nouri became part of the coaching staff of VfB Oldenburg. He then became manager of the club between 22 April 2013 and 30 June 2014. He managed the last seven matches of the 2012–13 season and finished with a record of three wins, two draws, and two losses. After the following season, Oldenburg finished in third place with a record of 17 wins, nine draws, and eight losses. In July 2014, Nouri became part of the coaching staff at Werder Bremen serving as an intermediary between first team coach Robin Dutt and reserve team coach Viktor Skrypnyk.

On 25 October 2014, Nouri succeeded Skrypnyk as manager of the reserve team while Skrypnyk became manager of the first team after the dismissal of Dutt.

He was appointed as the head coach of the first team on 18 September 2016. After first serving on an interim basis, Nouri was handed the job permanently on 2 October 2016, with his contract running through to the end of the 2016–17 campaign.

Nouri's father is an Iranian native who was born in the city of Rasht and grew up in Tehran. His mother is German. He is married and has two children, a daughter, Mino and a son, Ariyan. He is a dual citizen of Germany and Iran.


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