Frank Rohde

Frank Rohde (born 2 March 1960 in Rostock) is a German former football player and coach.[1]

Frank Rohde

Frank Rohde sits to the right of coach Helmut Jäschke during a match between BFC Dynamo and FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark on 12 August 1989.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-03-02) 2 March 1960
Place of birth	Rostock, East Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug (manager)
Youth career
1966–1969	SG Dynamo Rostock-Mitte (de)
1969–1979	BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1990	BFC Dynamo	200	(11)
1990–1993	Hamburger SV	103	(7)
1993–1995	Hertha BSC	48	(4)
National team
1984–1989	East Germany	42	(1)
Teams managed
1995–1998	Reinickendorfer Füchse
1998–1999	FC Sachsen Leipzig
2003–2004	Chemnitzer FC
2004–2010	Oranienburger FC Eintracht
2010–2015	SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug
2015–2017	FV Preussen Eberswalde
2017–2018	FV Preussen Eberswalde II
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Frank Rohde learned to play football at SG Dynamo Rostock-Mitte, like his three older brothers Peter, Rainer and Jürgen. Their father Egon Rodhe was a youth trainer at SG Dynamo Rostock-Mitte. Egon Rohde was delegated to BFC Dynamo in 1969. He became the head of the youth department and expanded the youth department of BFC Dynamo into a talent factory.[2] Their father brought his four sons with him to East Berlin and Frank Rohde joined the youth department of BFC Dynamo.[3] He then followed his three brothers to the elite Children and Youth Sports School (KJS) "Werner Seelenbinder" in Alt-Hohenschönhausen. All of his brothers played for BFC Dynamo.

Frank Rohde made his professional debut for BFC Dynamo in the 1979-80 season. He won nine East German league and two East Germany cups titles with BFC Dynamo. He was transferred to Hamburger SV together with Thomas Doll in 1990. Rohde played a total of 303 top-flight matches in East Germany and reunified Germany.[4] He later joined Hertha BSC in 1993. Hertha BSC played in the 2. Bundesliga at the time.

Rohde has acknowledged that he learned a lot at Hamburger SV and Hertha BSC, but claims that his years at BFC Dynamo were his best.[5] The sweeper won 42 caps for East Germany in the 1980s.[6]