![]() Tedesco with Spartak Moscow in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 September 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Rossano, Italy | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
ASV Aichwald | |||
FV Zuffenhausen | |||
ASV Aichwald | |||
Managerial career | |||
2017 | Erzgebirge Aue | ||
2017–2019 | Schalke 04 | ||
2019–2021 | Spartak Moscow | ||
2021–2022 | RB Leipzig | ||
2023–2025 | Belgium | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Domenico Tedesco (Italian pronunciation: [doˈmeːniko teˈdesko];[1][2] born 12 September 1985) is an Italian-German football manager who was most recently the head coach of the Belgium national team.
In 2017, he took over as manager of Schalke 04 and guided them to a second place finish in the Bundesliga in his debut season. He was sacked in March 2019 and subsequently took charge of Spartak Moscow in the Russian league in October 2019. He left Spartak in June 2021 before being appointed at RB Leipzig in December, leading them to win the 2022 DFB-Pokal. He was sacked by Leipzig in September 2022. In February 2023, he was appointed as the coach of Belgium on a contract through to UEFA Euro 2024 and after mixed results, he was sacked in January 2025.