Who is Sebastian Hoeness? Chelsea shortlist Germany's rising star to succeed Mauricio Pochettino
Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino have parted ways by mutual consent after just one season.
The Argentine's departure from Stamford Bridge means the Blues will be looking for a third permanent manager in two years. A number of names have been linked with the Chelsea job, including Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna and former Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi.
One left-field candidate is Stuttgart manager Sebastian Hoeness, and football.londonunderstands that he is one of four managers on a shortlist to replace Pochettino. Below is a detailed look at the German and what he could bring to Chelsea...
Hoeness (also spelt Hoeneß in German) was an attacking midfielder during his playing career. He featured for TSV Ottobrunn, TSV Grotzingen and VfB Stuttgart during his youth career, scoring 29 goals in 172 appearances across reserve and first-team football, spending the majority of his time at Hertha Berlin. His first coaching job came at FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf's Under-19 team in July 2011, a year after his retirement from playing.
The 42-year-old went on to coach youth teams at RB Leipzig (2014-2017) and Bayern Munich (2017-2020). In 2019, Hoeness took over as the coach of Bayern's reserve team, Bayern II, and led them to their first 3. Liga title — winning himself the league's manager of the season award in the process.
Following that success, Hoeness was appointed Hoffenheim boss in August 2020 — the very club he had joined as a player in 2006. He managed 81 games in Baden-Wurttemberg, averaging 1.42 points per game until he and the club parted ways at the end of the 2012/22 season after finishing ninth in the Bundesliga.
Following a break, Hoeness became VfB Stuttgart boss in April 2023 — the club at which he had been a youth player. He
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