Cameroon Manager - Volker Finke
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Personal information
Date of birth
24 March 1948
Place of birth
Nienburg, West Germany
Current:
Cameroon: Manager
Senior career*
TSV Havelse:
0000-1969
Hannoverscher SC:
1969-1975
Teams managed
TSV Stelingen:
1975-19??
TSV Havelse:
1986-1990
SC Norderstedt:
1990-1991
SC Freiburg:
1991-2007
Urawa Red Diamonds:
2009-2010
1. FC Köln:
(Director of Sport)
2010-2012
1. FC Köln:
Interim manager
2011
Cameroon:
2013-2015
Volker Finke (born 24 March 1948) is a German football manager and former player who currently manages Cameroon. He was the coach of SC Freiburg for 16 years.
Coaching career
On 6 December 2008, the Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds announced they signed a contract with Finke as head coach until 2010.
On 18 December 2010, was named as the new director of sport by 1. FC Köln, his contract started on 1 February 2011. Effective on 27 April 2011 he additionally became interim coach till end of season.
On 10 March 2012, Köln parted company with Finke by mutual consent after a 1:0 win over Hertha BSC.
On 22 May 2013, he was named coach of Cameroon.
All four matches so far have been 1:1, meaning lots will be drawn to decide the qualifiers if Wednesday's matches are identical draws.
Ambroise Oyongo scored his first goal for Cameroon to rescue a point against Mali in their opening match.
facts & stats
Cameroon coach Volker Finke has kept faith with the players he used in the qualifiers in his final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Cameroon and West Ham midfielder Alex Song has retired from international football after his exclusion from his country's Africa Cup of Nations squad.
Barcelona youth goalkeeper Andre Onana has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Ajax in July, the Dutch champions announced on Saturday.
draw for Confederation Cup held
preliminary round draw
Breel Embolo chooses to play for Switzerland over Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations contenders:
Equatorial Guinea (hosts), Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia
