Patrick Grettnich

Patrick Grettnich
Personal information
Full name Patrick Grettnich
Date of birth (1972-03-03) 3 March 1972
Place of birth Luxembourg
Playing position 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 – Racing FC Union Luxembourg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2009

Patrick Grettnich (born 3 March 1972) is a retired Luxembourgian footballer who is now a manager. He is the son of former Luxembourg national football team player John Grettnich.

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 managerposition.

Since 6 November 2017 he is the manager of RFCUL.[4]

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)

References

  1. ↑ Luxembourg Cup 2000/01 - RSSSF
  2. ↑ Grettnich, la vie sur le blanc - RM Hamm (in French)
  3. ↑ BGL Ligue, Strassen et Grettnich se séparent - wort.lu (in French)
  4. ↑ BGL Ligue 10. Spilldag - rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish)

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