Alexander Nouri (Persian: آلکساندر نوری, Persian pronunciation: [nuːriː]; born 20 August 1979) is a German former footballer and manager. He played professionally for 14 years with Werder Bremen, Seattle Sounders,^[1] KFC Uerdingen, VfL Osnabrück, Holstein Kiel and VfB Oldenburg.^[2]

In November 2011, Nouri became part of the coaching staff of VfB Oldenburg.^[3] He then became manager of the club between 22 April 2013 and 30 June 2014.^[4] He managed the last seven matches of the 2012–13 season and finished with a record of three wins, two draws, and two losses.^[5] After the following season, Oldenburg finished in third place with a record of 17 wins, nine draws, and eight losses.^[6] In July 2014, Nouri became part of the coaching staff at Werder Bremen serving as an intermediary between first team coach Robin Dutt and reserve team coach Viktor Skrypnyk.^[7]

On 25 October 2014, Nouri succeeded Skrypnyk as manager of the reserve team^[8] while Skrypnyk became manager of the first team after the dismissal of Dutt.^[9]

He was appointed as the head coach of the first team of Bundesliga side Werder Bremen on 18 September 2016.^[10] After first serving on an interim basis, Nouri was handed the job permanently on 2 October 2016, with his contract running through to the end of the 2016–17 campaign.^[11] Under the helm of Nouri, Bremen escaped the relegation battle and went in contention for European football.^[12] In May 2017, his contract with the club was extended.^[13] On 30 October 2017, Nouri was dismissed by the club.^[14]

He was hired by FC Ingolstadt on 24 September 2018.^[15] Two months later, he was sacked.^[16]

On 11 February 2020, he took over Hertha BSC on an interim basis after his stint as assistant manager under Jürgen Klinsmann.^[17] He was replaced by Bruno Labbadia on 9 April 2020.^[18]

Nouri's father is an Iranian native who was born in the city of Rasht.^{[citation needed]} His mother is German.^[19] He is married and has two children, a daughter, Minoo and a son, Ariyan.^[20] He is a dual citizen of Germany and Iran.^[21]

As of 26 March 2022

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Team		From	To	Record
				M	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
VfB Oldenburg		22 April 2013[4]	30 June 2014[4]	45	23	11	11	051.11	[5][6]
Werder Bremen II		26 October 2014[8]	18 September 2016[8]	68	26	18	24	038.24	[8]
Werder Bremen		19 September 2016[22]	30 October 2017	43	15	11	17	034.88	[22]
FC Ingolstadt		24 September 2018[15]	26 November 2018[16]	8	0	3	5	000.00	[23]
Hertha BSC		11 February 2020[17]	9 April 2020[18]	4	1	2	1	025.00	[24]
Kavala		10 December 2021[25]	26 March 2022[26]	15	3	7	5	020.00
Total				183	68	52	63	037.16

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