ABOUT MICHAEL HOLZER
German-born soccer coach based in Southern California known for training players of all levels. He has experience learning from professional teams including Leicester City , Bayern Munich , and Barcelona . He has amassed more than 240,000 followers on his coachmichael_california Instagram account.
He joined Instagram in September 2012.
He trained soccer players including Alyssa Thompson , Gisele Thompson , and Sydney Leroux . He trained soccer players from Mexico, Canada, the Philippines, Armenia, and Jamaica.
In June 2024, he and his wife Gina Holzer welcomed a daughter named Emma. In November 2024, he became a United States citizen.
At Leicester City, he shadowed the club's Head Coach Brendan Rodgers . At DC United, he shadowed Head Coach Wayne Rooney .
