Who is Ralf Rangnick? Everything you need to know about Manchester United interim manager
Man Utd have found their interim manager after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked and here is everything you need to know.
Manchester United have reached an agreement to appoint Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager, but just who is the new man in temporary charge at Old Trafford?
The 63-year-old German will take up the managerial role on a six-month deal until the end of May, before moving into in a consultancy role at the club for an initial two-year period.
Rangnick was identified as United's preferred choice for the interim vacancy after an interview process earlier this week which saw a five-man shortlist of managers considered for the role.
Here is everything you need to know about the current head of sports and development at Lokomotiv Moscow ahead of his Old Trafford appointment.
Name: Ralf Rangnick
Date of Birth: 29 June 1958
Previous role: Head of sports and development at Lokomotiv Moscow.
Playing career
Rangnick had a rather uneventful playing career before he moved into a player-coaching role at VfB Stuttgart. He spent a year at English side Southwick while he studied at the University of Sussex before returning to his homeland.
Upon his return to Germany he continued to play for the best part of a decade at a range of lower league clubs as he continued to learn about coaching.
Coaching career
Rangnick got his break coaching at his hometown club Viktoria Backnang and finished his playing career as a player-coach for Stuttgart II and TSV Lippoldsweiler.
He continued coaching in the lower divisions of German football for a number of years before he was given the chance to manage former side Stuttgart in the Bundesliga but was sacked after a difficult second season at the club.
He moved onto Hannover and earned promotion to the German top-flight. He applied to be the assistant manager of the German national side but missed out on the role to Joachim Low.
Rangnick enjoyed future success at Hoffenheim and across two spell at Schalke. In his second spell the side won the German Cup, German Super Cup and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League...