Gert Remmel (born 31 December 1975) is an Estonian professional football manager who is currently in charge of Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Debrecen.
Coaching career After working for Pallo-Pojat Juniorit (PPJ) in Finland, Remmel started his professional coaching career when joining Pertti Kemppinen in his tanoke-coaching company. During 2007–2008 Remmel was the head coach of HIFK in Finnish third-tier Kakkonen.Vuosi HIFK:n valmentajana: Gert Remmel, hifkfotboll.fi, 22 June 2010
Remmel worked as an assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club Honka from 2009 to 2011 in a coaching staff of Mika Lehkosuo. He was also the coach of the club's academy team Pallohonka.Poskisuudelmia pimeässä – vieraana jalkapallovalmentaja Gert Remmel, Yle Areena, 26 November 2021
After a few-year hiatus due to study leave, he moved to Italy and worked as an assistant coach of Eccellenza club Giorgione during 2016–2020 with Finnish assistant coaches Iikka Miettinen and Tuomas Silvennoinen. He had completed an UEFA A coaching license in Coverciano, Italy in 2014 and had met Stefano Esposito, whom he had followed to Giorgione.Suomalainen junioreiden jalkapallovalmennus saa kovaa kritiikkiä: kilpailua demonisoidaan liikaa, Helsingin Sanomat, 24 March 2019
Later, Remmel has worked for the academy of Pafos in Cyprus, as a head coach of Croatian club NK Novigrad along with Iikka Miettinen and Rasmus Jansson, and for Polish clubs Stal Rzeszów, and Motor Lublin in Ekstraklasa along with Jansson.
In the beginning of 2023, Remmel reunited with Mika Lehkosuo when he joined the coaching staff of the Finland under-21 national team.Pikkuhuuhkajien valmennustiimi julki - uusia nimiä mukana, veikkausliiga.com, 24 November 2022Pikkuhuuhkajien valmentaja kertoo ystävästään, Leijonien uudesta päävalmentajasta: Tällainen on Antti Pennanen, Yle, 29 September 2023 In November 2024, they guided the Finland U21 team, the Pikkuhuuhkajat, to qualify for the 2025 UEFA U21 Euro final tournament, for the second time in the nation's history.Tuntematon virolainen tuli ja alkoi ravistella Suomen jalkapalloa uusiksi, Helsingin Sanomat, 23 June 2025
Personal life Remmel has also worked as a writer for Finnish sport medias, including Urheilulehti.Kolumni: Egotripin laulajan purkaus junioripoikansa kohtelusta puhuttaa – "Koko asetelmassa on monta asiaa pielessä", Hämeen Sanomat, 14 November 2018Mestarit-liite: Gert Remmelin kommentti - Antti Pennanen on mies mestaruuden takana, Hämeen Sanomat, 10 May 2019 He has also co-written the autobiography of Përparim Hetemaj.KIRJA-ARVIO: PERPARIM HETEMAJ – SELVIYTYJÄ ON VIIDEN TÄHDEN KASVUTARINA, BYYRI, 26 April 2024 Remmel has also studied football at the University of Lisbon.
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