Volker Finke

Volker Finke

Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-03-24) 24 March 1948
Place of birth	Nienburg, Germany
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1969	TSV Havelse
1969–1975	Hannoverscher SC
Managerial career
1975–1986	TSV Stelingen
1986–1990	TSV Havelse
1990–1991	SC Norderstedt
1991–2007	SC Freiburg
2008–2010	Urawa Red Diamonds
2010–2012	1. FC Köln (Director of Sport)
2011	1. FC Köln (interim)
2013–2015	Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Volker Finke (born 24 March 1948) is a German football manager. 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, Finke was named as the new director of sport by 1. FC Köln effective on 1 February 2011. Effective on 27 April 2011, Finke additionally became interim coach until the end of the 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. He was sacked on the 30 of october 2015, two weeks before the 2018 world cup qualifying started.

Coaching record

As of 28 January 2015

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
TSV Havelse	13 February 1986	9 October 1990	—
SC Freiburg	1 July 1991	30 June 2007	605	243	143	219	40.17
Urawa Red Diamonds	6 December 2008	31 January 2011	82	37	13	32	45.12
1. FC Köln	27 April 2011	30 June 2011	3	3	0	0	100.000
Cameroon	22 May 2013	30 october 2015	29	9	12	8	31.03
Total			719	292	168	259	40.61	—