Patrick Grettnich
Patrick Grettnich (born 3 March 1972) is a retired Luxembourgian footballer and a former manager. He is the son of former Luxembourg national football team player John Grettnich.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Patrick Grettnich | ||
Date of birth | 3 March 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Luxembourg | ||
Playing position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1996 | Aris Bonnevoie | 83 | (43) |
1996–1997 | Union Luxembourg | 19 | (8) |
1998–1999 | Aris Bonnevoie | 17 | (11) |
2000–2002 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck | 54 | (20) |
2004–2006 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck | 30 | (19) |
Teams managed | |||
2006 – 2011 | FC Erpeldange 72 | ||
2011 – 2013 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck | ||
2013 – 2017 | FC UNA Strassen | ||
2017 – 2018, 2019- | Racing FC Union Luxembourg | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2009 |
Club career
Grettnich played for three different teams at Luxembourg's highest level and won some local fame when he scored a hattrick in the 2000/2001 Cup Final win against FC Wiltz 71.[1]
Having played for FC Etzella Ettelbruck at the end of his career, he went on to manage fellow Nordstad team FC Erpeldange 72 in the Division of Honour.[2] From 9 October 2013 until 21 August 2017 he was the manager of Strassen based football club UNA Strassen.[3] With UNA Strassen he achieved a historical promotion to BGL Ligue in 2015. He managed to avoid relegation twice. After a few bad results, he was sacked from his coaching position.
From 6 November 2017 until end of 2018 he was the manager of RFCUL.[4] He retired from his manager position in order "to focus on his professional career, although he stayed with the club, becoming General Manager."[5] He was replaced by Frank Defays. Upon the return of Defays to FC Charleroi to become assistant manager, he once again became manager for the beginning on the 2019–20 season.
Honours
As player
- 2001
As a manager
- 2nd place with Etzella in the Éierepromotioun 2012, Etzella was thus directly promoted to BGL Ligue
- 3rd place with Strassen in the Éierepromotioun 2015 (he won the subsequent promotion game and thus Strassen was promoted)
- 2017–18 Luxembourg Cup with Racing FC
References
- Luxembourg Cup 2000/01 - RSSSF
- Grettnich, la vie sur le blanc Archived 20 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine - RM Hamm (in French)
- BGL Ligue, Strassen et Grettnich se séparent - wort.lu (in French)
- BGL Ligue 10. Spilldag - rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish)
- Frank Defays, ancien du F91, nouveau coach du RFCU - quotidien.lz (in French)