Thomas Tuchel will become the third non-Englishman to lead England after the Football Association confirmed his appointment as head coach.
The German follows in the footsteps of Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello but several of his compatriots have led nations other than Germany.
Here the PA news agency takes a look at some of the other German coaches who have taken charge of international sides.
Jurgen Klinsmann
Following spells in charge of Germany and Bayern Munich, former Germany forward Klinsmann was appointed manager of the United States in 2011. Despite only winning one of his first six games in charge, Klinsmann turned the side’s fortunes around and they won a record 12 straight games in 2013, where they enjoyed Gold Cup success. The following year the US reached the World Cup knockout stages but Klinsmann’s five-year reign came to an end when he was sacked in November 2016 during the USA’s failed bid to qualify for the 2018 tournament. Klinsmann also spent a year in charge of South Korea but was sacked in February for “failure to demonstrate coaching ability and leadership”.
Ralf Rangnick
Former Manchester United interim boss Rangnick was announced as the new manager of Austria towards the end of his time at Old Trafford in 2022. He kicked off his tenure with a 3-0 win over Croatia in the Nations League and steered the side to qualification for the 2024 European Championship. After losing to France in their opening game at this summer’s Euros, Austria beat Poland and the Netherlands to finish as group winners but were eventually defeated by Turkey in the last 16.
Otto Rehhagel
Having previously coached several Bundesliga teams, Rehhagel was appointed Greece manager in 2001 and oversaw one of the biggest tournament shocks as his side clinched victory at Euro 2004. Rehhagel spent a further six years in charge of the team, during which they reached Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup before Rehhagel stepped down following their group stage exit.
Ottmar Hitzfeld
Hitzfeld took charge of Switzerland in 2008 following successful spells in charge of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. During a six-year spell in charge, Switzerland rose from 44th in the FIFA world rankings to qualifying for the 2014 World Cup with a game to spare. At the time of his retirement in 2013, Hitzfeld’s side were seventh in the rankings and his reign came to a close the following year in Brazil after Switzerland were knocked out by Argentina in the last 16 of the World Cup.
Berti Vogts
Vogts took charge of Germany and Kuwait before being appointed Scotland manager in 2002. His tenure got off to a rocky start as Scotland registered defeats to France, Nigeria, South Korea and South Africa in his opening games and Scotland missed out on Euro 2004 after they were thrashed 6-0 by the Netherlands in the second leg of a play-off. After taking just two points from their three opening 2006 World Cup qualifying games against Slovenia, Norway and Moldova, Vogts resigned from the role in November 2004. Vogts had a brief spell in charge of Nigeria before being appointed as manager of Azerbaijan in 2008, where he spent six years at the helm.
