René Klingbeil (born 2 April 1981) is a German retired footballer who is an assistant coach of Carl Zeiss Jena. His first senior club was Borussia Mönchengladbach. He then went on to Hamburger SV. In 2007, he joined Viking FK in Norway. He was released in the summer of 2008 and was offered a contract by Dynamo Dresden but declined their first offer.