Fabian is the youngest manager in Premier League history: Coaching Brighton, the team players are 7 years older than him

German coach Fabian Hurzeler is the center of discussion not because of his coaching style but because of his young age. Fabian, 31 years and 173 days old, is the youngest permanent manager in Premier League history. He is coaching Brighton club. Fabian was born after the start of the Premier League Fabian is the first manager of England’s top football league, who was born after its start. The Premier League started in the year 1992 while Fabian was born on 26 February 1993. He is 7 years younger than his team Brighton’s midfielder James Milner. Under Fabian’s coaching, Brighton defeated Everton 3-0 on its ground. Fabian, who became the coach of the second tier league at the age of 29, was also the youngest coach of Germany’s second tier league when he was appointed by St. Pauli in 2022 at the age of 29. He then pulled the club out of the relegation zone and got promotion to Germany’s top tier league Bundesliga last season. After this, Brighton owner Tony Bloom noticed him and he joined this English club. Thought about career at the age of 10 Born in Houston, America to dentist parents, Fabian’s father is of Swiss origin and mother is of German origin. When he was two years old, his family moved back to Germany, where he grew up in Munich. He joined Bayern Munich’s academy at the age of 10. But in the next 10 years he realized that he could not become a professional footballer. Started coaching career at the age of 23 At the age of 23, he took his first leap into management and joined 5th division club FC Pipinsried as a player-coach. Fabian insists that he has more experience in coaching than many others older than him. He earned his UEFA Pro License in April 2023 at the age of just 30. He considers Uruguay’s Marcelo Bielsa and Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola as his role models in coaching. He considers the club as his family; he knew the names of even the non-football staff even before joining Brighton in England. Fabian considers the club as his family. Before officially joining the club, he learned the names of the entire non-football staff and whenever he met them, he called them by their names. He took cookies and candy for everyone. After tough training sessions, he started playing hand tennis for fun. This developed a strong bond between him and the players.