Matthias Zimmerling
Matthias Zimmerling is a German former football manager and former player who manages Innsbrucker AC.
Playing career
Zimmerling, who played as a striker, began his career in the late 1980s, playing for Lokomotive and Chemie Leipzig |Chemie Leipzig] in the DDR-Oberliga. He represented football team|East Germany] at youth level, and was part of the squad that finished third at the 1987 [FIFA World Youth Championship].After Fall of the [Berlin Wall], Zimmerling moved west, joining Hannover 96 during the 1989-90 season. However, he failed to establish himself in the first team, and returned to Leipzig, briefly rejoining FC Chemie. He played out the 1990s with a succession of clubs in the former DDR, playing for FC Berlin, Union Berlin, Energie Cottbus, FC [Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena], Sachsen Leipzig for a third time, and VfL Halle 96. While at Cottbus he played in the 1997 DFB-Pokal Final. Later in his career he moved to Austria, playing for Austria Klagenfurt followed by spells at a number of smaller local clubs.