Joshua Schirmer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joshua David Schirmer[1] | ||
| Date of birth | August 14, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2004 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Tokyo Hibernian | |||
| 2007–2008 | HKFC | ||
| 2009–2012 | Urawa Red Diamonds Amateur | ||
| 2020–2023 | Prague Raptors | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2016 | Eastern Florida State College (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | University of North Florida (women) | ||
| 2018 | Sparta Prague (women) | ||
| 2018–2019 | University of Massachusetts Lowell (women) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Sparta Prague (match analyst) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Orlando City (youth) | ||
| 2023-2024 | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:35, 22 September 2023 (UTC) | |||
Joshua David Schirmer (born August 14, 1981) is an American professional soccer coach and former player who last coached Dynamic Herb Cebu of the Philippines Football League.[1] He has also played in Hong Kong and Japan and coached in the Czech Republic, as well as various college teams in his home country.
College career[edit]
Schirmer was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.[2][3] He played college soccer for the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs and graduated in 2004, being a two-time NAIA Scholar All-American and a three-time member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.[4][5]
Club career[edit]
Early club career[edit]
After graduating from college, Schirmer played professional soccer for HKFC for 1 season,[6][3] before playing for the amateur team of J League team Urawa Reds for 5 years.[4][7]
Prague Raptors[edit]
After a long break involved with coaching, Schirmer moved to the Czech Republic. While working as a video analyst for Sparta Prague, he played for the Prague Raptors for three seasons before departing in early 2023.[3]
Coaching career[edit]
College experience[edit]
Schirmer left Urawa Reds in 2012, and became a coach in 2013, coaching a variety of teams in the American college system. He first worked as an assistant coach at Eastern Florida State College,[2][8][9] before getting his coaching job at University of North Florida.[6] In 2018, he again became coach of another women's team, this time the college team of University of Massachusetts Lowell.[4]
Sparta Prague and Orlando City[edit]
In 2018, Schirmer left the U.S. temporarily to become an interim head coach at the women's team of Sparta Prague, where he won the title with them and subsequently guided them to the group stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League the following season.[4][5][10]
He returned to the club in 2020, working for three years as a match analyst for the men's team.[3] In 2022, he was supposed to join the technical development teams of Athletic Bilbao but could not make it as the candidate that was recommending him did not get elected as president.[11] he finally departed his job to work as a youth coach with MLS club Orlando City.[12]
Dynamic Herb Cebu[edit]
Departing Orlando City, Schirmer moved to the Philippines to become head coach of PFL club Dynamic Herb Cebu along with Mustafa Al-Saffar.[13][7] He guided the club to its opening day win in the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara, a 2–0 win over UP,[14][15][16] and was in charge for the club's first-ever campaign in the AFC Cup.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Joshua Schirmer at Soccerway
- ^ a b Rosal, Glendale (August 10, 2023). "American Joshua Schirmer is new Cebu FC head coach". Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Hawaiian-born, Florida-raised Raptors midfielder who still dreams of football in Japan". Prague Raptors. April 2, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Women's Soccer - Josh Schirmer". goriverhawks.com. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "River Hawks Add Schirmer and Morrow to Staff". goriverhawks.com. August 23, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "UNF Soccer - Josh Schirmer". unfospreys.com. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "Cebu FC inks Schirmer as new head coach". August 10, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Local colleges: Titans' soccer assistant coach Schirmer nets honor". Florida Today. January 19, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Former Titan drafted by Houston". Florida Today. January 14, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Fotbalistky Sparty ukončily čtyřletou ligovou nadvládu Slavie". idnes.cz. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ Martin, Iván (June 11, 2022). "Y más nombres: Joshua Schirmer". Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "JOSHUA SCHIRMER, Head Coach - Cebu FC". Cebu Football Club on Facebook. August 9, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Joshua Schrimer named Dynamic Herb Cebu FC head coach". pfl.org.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Uzoka double lifts Cebu over UP; Maharlika beats Dragons". pfl.org.ph. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Copa Paulino Alcantara: Cebu FC opens bid with 2-0 drubbing of UP". August 23, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- ^ "Gentle Giants gift new coach first win". August 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- Soccer players from Hawaii
- Soccer players from Honolulu
- People from Honolulu
- Men's association football midfielders
- Philippines Football League managers
- Tennessee Wesleyan University alumni
- Hong Kong FC (football) players
- Urawa Red Diamonds players
- American expatriate soccer coaches
- American soccer coaches