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{{Short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Joe Enochs
| image = 2021-07-15 Fußball, 3. Liga, Teamfotos FSV Zwickau 1DX 6463 by Stepro.jpg
| caption = Enochs in 2021
| fullname = Joseph Andrew Enochs
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|9|1}}
| birth_place = [[Petaluma, California]], United States
| height = 6 ft 0 in
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1989–1992
| youthclubs1 = [[Sacramento State Hornets men's soccer|Sacramento State Hornets]]
| years1 = 1993–1994
| clubs1 = [[San Francisco United All Blacks]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1994–1996
| clubs2 = [[FC St. Pauli]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1995–1996
| clubs3 = → FC St. Pauli II
| caps3 = 34
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1996–2008
| clubs4 = [[VfL Osnabrück]]
| caps4 = 359
| goals4 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 2001
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2008–2011
| managerclubs1 = [[VfL Osnabrück|VfL Osnabrück II]]
| manageryears2 = 2011
| managerclubs2 = [[VfL Osnabrück]] (caretaker)
| manageryears3 = 2011–2014
| managerclubs3 = [[VfL Osnabrück|VfL Osnabrück II]]
| manageryears4 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs4 = [[VfL Osnabrück]]
| manageryears5 = 2018–2023
| managerclubs5 = [[FSV Zwickau]]
| manageryears6 = 2023–2024
| managerclubs6 = [[SSV Jahn Regensburg|Jahn Regensburg]]
}}
'''Joseph Andrew Enochs''' (born September 1, 1971) is an American [[Association football|soccer]] coach and former professional player who spent the majority of his career at German club [[VfL Osnabrück]].

He began his professional career with the [[San Francisco United All Blacks]] before moving to Germany to sign with [[FC St. Pauli]]. He never played for the first team and moved to Osnabrück in 1996. Enochs earned one [[Cap (sports)|cap]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] in 2001.

==College==
Enochs attended [[California State University, Sacramento]], where he played soccer from 1989 to 1992. He finished his four years at Sac State with nine goals and fifteen assists in 71 games.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/msoccer/release.asp?release_id=3627 | title = JOE ENOCHS COMES IN SECOND AS FANS VOTE FOR BEST PLAYER OF 2005 | publisher = hornetsports.com | date = April 18, 2005 | access-date = May 5, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120206062415/http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/msoccer/release.asp?release_id=3627 | archive-date = February 6, 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Club career==
===All Blacks===
After finishing his career with Sac State, Enochs signed with the U.S. Third Division ([[USISL]]) [[San Francisco United All Blacks]] and played until the summer of 1994.

===St. Pauli===
In 1994, Enochs received a phone call from a former Sac State teammate [[Mark Baena]]. Baena was playing in Germany and was looking for a roommate. Enochs decided to take Baena up on his offer and moved to Germany. Enochs later explained, "I was going to come home after the first year [in Germany], but I was having too much fun."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SoccerAmerica/2001/sa1505x.pdf | title = Kismet paves Enochs' path | date = June 25, 2001 | access-date = May 5, 2012 | publisher = la84foundation.org}}</ref> In 1994, Enochs signed with [[FC St. Pauli|St. Pauli]]. The team placed him with its [[Oberliga (football)|Fourth Division]] amateur farm team. The next season, Enochs and his team mates had moved to the third-tier [[Regionalliga Nord]] for the 1995–96 season where he played in 34 games, scoring one goal.

In the spring of 1996 he trialled with Norwegian [[Eliteserien]] club [[Stabæk Fotball|Stabæk]], facilitated by former St. Pauli player [[Andreas Mayer (footballer, born 1972)|Andreas Mayer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Stabæk tester ny amerikaner|author=Johansen, Dag Otter|work=[[Asker og Bærums Budstikke]]|date=March 5, 1996|page=16|language=no}}</ref>

He performed well enough that he was offered a position on St. Pauli's first team, but he decided to move to third-tier club [[VfL Osnabrück]] in 1996.

===Osnabrück===
Enochs quickly established himself at Osnabrück, seeing time in 30 games in the 1996–97 season. He never played less than 39 games a season as he was selected as team co-captain. In 2000, Osnabrück earned promotion to the [[2. Bundesliga|Second Division]], but was back in the third tier the next season. The team won promotion again in 2003 and again in 2007, this time in the last game of the season.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=3162 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023190045/http://www.yanks-abroad.com/get.php?mode=content&id=3162 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = October 23, 2007 | title = Recap: Weekend German Action | publisher = yanks-abroad.com | date = June 3, 2007 | access-date = May 5, 2012}}</ref> Enochs broke the club record for games played on May 19, 2007. In June 2007, he signed a one-year extension to his contract.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015224318/http://www.americansoccerdaily.com/news/enochsgoesup.html]}}</ref>

Enochs won the "[[Goal of the Month (Germany)#2004|Goal of the Month]]" award of German television network ARD's ''[[Sportschau]]'' in September 2004 for his strike against eventual cup winners [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in the second round of the [[2004–05 DFB-Pokal#2nd round|2004–05 DFB-Pokal]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www1.sportschau.de/sportschau_specials/tordesmonats/tor_des_monats/html/popup.php5?show=details&id=410&cb=chronik | title = September 2004 | language = de | publisher = sportschau.de | access-date = May 25, 2012}}</ref>

At the beginning of the 2007–08 season, his club opened a special section for children on the West stand of the stadium, that is named after Enochs.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.11freunde.de/ballkultur/103314 | title = Der jüngste Fanblock | language = de | publisher = 11Freunde | date = August 8, 2007 | access-date = May 5, 2012 | first = Harald | last = Pistorius}}</ref> He retired at the end of the 2007–08 season.

==International career==
Enochs earned his only cap with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] in a June 7, 2001, scoreless tie with [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]. Enochs came on for [[Tony Sanneh]] in the sixty-second minute. He left the game in the ninety-first minute after suffering a gash to his forehead during a collision. [[Richie Williams]] came on for him.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/2001/games/jun07.htm | title = Foreign-based players predominate American 0-0 draw with Ecuador | publisher = soccertimes.com | date = June 7, 2001 | access-date =May 5, 2012}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
For the 2018–19 season he was signed as the head coach of [[FSV Zwickau]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/wunschkandidat-enochs-uebernimmt-im-juli-beim-fsv-zwickau-719104/artikel|title=Wunschkandidat Enochs übernimmt im Juli beim FSV Zwickau|website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]|date=March 9, 2018|access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> In February 2023, he was sacked.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/zwickau-beurlaubt-enochs-und-wachsmuth-248198/|title=Zwickau beurlaubt Enochs und Wachsmuth|date=February 6, 2023|website=dfb.de |access-date=February 6, 2023}}</ref> In May 2023, he was signed by [[SSV Jahn Regensburg|Jahn Regensburg]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ssv-jahn.de/aktuelles/detail/joe-enochs-wird-neuer-chef-trainer-des-ssv-jahn|website=ssv-jahn.de|title=Joe Enochs wird neuer Chef-Trainer des SSV Jahn|language=German|date=May 10, 2023|accessdate=May 10, 2023}}</ref> In October 2024, he was sacked.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ssv-jahn.de/aktuelles/detail/ssv-jahn-und-joe-enochs-beenden-zusammenarbeit|title=SSV Jahn und Joe Enochs beenden Zusammenarbeit|publisher=ssv-jahn.de|date=October 27, 2024 |accessdate=October 27, 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Enochs met his wife, Gunilla, a few months after he arrived in Germany through a blind date. That led to marriage and the birth of his daughter, Emily.

Enochs is the uncle of American baseball player [[Spencer Torkelson|Spencer Enochs Torkelson]].

In 2008, Enochs opened a bar in the historic part of Osnabrück.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.joe-enochs-sportsbar.de/ | title = Joe Enochs Sportsbar | language = de | publisher = joe-enochs-sportsbar.de | access-date = May 5, 2012}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|October 25, 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"	
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure			
|-
! rowspan="2" |Team
! rowspan="2" |From
! rowspan="2"|To
! colspan="8" |Record			
!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}	
|-	
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}			
|-
|align=left|[[VfL Osnabrück|VfL Osnabrück II]]
|align=left|July 1, 2008
|align=left|March 22, 2011
{{WDL|93|39|25|29|for=154|against=123|diff=yes}}
||<ref name=OSI>{{cite web |title=VfL Osnabrück II: Matches |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/vfl-osnabruck-ii/5921/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[VfL Osnabrück]] (caretaker)
|align=left|March 22, 2011
|align=left|April 11, 2011
{{WDL|2|0|2|0|for=2|against=2|diff=yes}}
||<ref name=OSN>{{cite web |title=VfL Osnabrück: Matches |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/vfl-osnabruck/1027/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[VfL Osnabrück|VfL Osnabrück II]]
|align=left|July 1, 2011
|align=left|June 30, 2014
{{WDL|90|39|24|27|for=179|against=118|diff=yes}}
|<ref name=OSI/>
|-
|align=left|[[VfL Osnabrück]]
|align=left|August 23, 2015
|align=left|October 4, 2017
{{WDL|92|39|26|27|for=124|against=104|diff=yes}}
|<ref name=OSN/>
|-
|align=left|[[FSV Zwickau]]
|align=left|July 1, 2018
|align=left|February 6, 2023
{{WDL|187|66|53|68|for=278|against=242|diff=yes}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=FSV Zwickau: Matches |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/germany/fsv-zwickau/2370/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=February 8, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|align=left|[[SSV Jahn Regensburg|Jahn Regensburg]]
|align=left|May 10, 2023
|align=left|October 27, 2024
{{WDL|58|23|14|21|for=84|against=96|diff=yes}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=SSV Jahn Regensburg: Matches |url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/germany/ssv-jahn-2000-regensburg/998/|work=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|522|206|144|172|for=821|against=685|diff=yes}}
!—	
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Sports links}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120206062356/http://www.hornetsports.com/assets/sports/msoccer/History_Records.pdf Cal State-Sacramento stats]

{{VfL Osnabrück managers}}
{{FSV Zwickau managers}}
{{SSV Jahn Regensburg managers}}

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