Thomas Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel

Tuchel in 2016
Personal information
Full name Thomas Tuchel
Date of birth (1973-08-29) 29 August 1973
Place of birth Krumbach, West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Dortmund (Head coach)
Youth career
TSV Krumbach
1988–1992 FC Augsburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Stuttgarter Kickers 8 (1)
1994–1998 SSV Ulm 69 (2)
Total 77 (3)
Teams managed
2007–2008 FC Augsburg II
2009–2014 Mainz 05
2015– Borussia Dortmund

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Thomas Tuchel (German pronunciation: [ˈtʰoːmas ˈtʊxəl]; born 29 August 1973) is a German retired footballer and the current head coach of Borussia Dortmund.

Playing career

Tuchel's youth club was TSV Krumbach. In 1988, he moved to nearby FC Augsburg (then fourth-tier Bundesliga). He then got the opportunity to play in the 2. Bundesliga for Württemberg side Stuttgarter Kickers from 1992. He played in only eight matches in 1992–93, and, after an even more disappointing 1993–94 season, when he was dropped from Kickers first team, he joined Regionalliga Süd, a third-tier side SSV Ulm, where he played in 69 matches for the Swabian side in four years before ending his active career due to a chronic cartilage injury in 1998.

Coaching career

Early career

2000–08: Early career

Tuchel began his coaching career in 2000 as head coach of the Under 19 of VfB Stuttgart. After five years he returned to his former club FC Augsburg, where he worked as youth team co-ordinator for three years.[1]

2009–15: Mainz

He was named as the new head coach of 1. FSV Mainz 05 on 3 August 2009, after the club was promoted to the Bundesliga.[2] He had been a youth team coach for Mainz for the previous 12 months.[3] He signed a two-year contract after being promoted to that position from the 1. FSV Mainz 05 Under 19 side.[2]

In the 2010–11 season, Tuchel coached Mainz to seven wins in their first seven games, including an away victory over Bayern Munich. The team finished fifth in the rankings. Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen both made approaches for Tuchel in the latter–half of the 2013–14 season.[4] Tuchel led Mainz to a 2014–15 UEFA Europa League spot during the 2013–14 season[5] after finishing the season in seventh place.[6] Tuchel asked to be released from his contract prematurely.[7] Tuchel left the position of head coach on 11 May 2014.[4] However, Mainz refused to release him from his contract. He finished his Mainz career with a record of 72 wins, 46 draws, and 64 losses.[8] Tuchel later said of his decision to leave the club: “I couldn’t see how we could reinvent ourselves once more the coming summer.”[9]

2015–Present: Borussia Dortmund

2015–16 season

On 19 April 2015, it was announced that Tuchel would replace Jürgen Klopp as manager of Borussia Dortmund from the 2015–16 season.[3][10] He had his first training session on 29 June 2015.[11] His first pre–season match finished in a 17–0 win against a team of German Olympians on 4 July 2015.[12] He won his first competitive match: a 1–0 UEFA Europa League win against Austrian club Wolfsberg.[13] Tuchel's Dortmund had a run of 11 consecutive wins, a run that ended on 23 September 2015 in an away match at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, a game that finished 1-1.

In his first season at Dortmund, Tuchel led the club to the quarter-final stage of the Europa League, where they were knocked out by his predecessor Klopp's Liverpool.[14] On 20 April 2016, Dortmund qualified for the 2016 DFB-Pokal Final by winning 3–0 away at Hertha BSC,[15] however, they lost in the final to Bayern Munich on penalties.

2016–17 season

During their first pre-season friendly in China for the 2016 International Champions Cup, Tuchel led Dortmund to a 4–1 defeat of Manchester United.[16] Despite losing on penalties to Manchester City in their next match, they finished top of the China table with 4 points.[17] However, they did not receive the trophy due to one of the other matches being cancelled.[18]

Managerial statistics

As of 3 December 2016
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Augsburg II 1 July 2007[19] 30 June 2008[19] 34 17 8 9 50.00
Mainz 05 3 August 2009[2] 11 May 2014[4] 182 72 46 64 39.56 [8]
Borussia Dortmund 29 June 2015[10][11] Present 77 52 14 11 67.53 [20][21]
Total 293 141 68 84 48.12 —

References

  1. ↑ "Mainz hat wieder einen Klopp" (in German). bild.de. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Thomas Tuchel übernimmt". kicker (in German). 3 August 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 Dunbar, Russ (19 April 2015). "'Rule-breaker' Tuchel takes on job of replacing Klopp at Dortmund". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Hummel, Thomas (11 May 2014). "Verwirrspiel um Tuchel löst sich auf". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Tuchel leaving Mainz 05". Deutsche Welle. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "1. Bundesliga – Spieltag / Tabelle" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Mainz-Manager Heidel: Trainer Tuchel will zurücktreten". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  8. 1 2 "1. FSV Mainz 05" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Jurgen Klopp v Thomas Tuchel - The False 9". The False 9. 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  10. 1 2 "Borussia Dortmund: Thomas Tuchel to replace Jurgen Klopp". BBC Sport. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 Reinold, Jan (30 June 2015). "BVB: Erste Einheit unter Tuchel" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  12. ↑ Singer, Jonny (4 July 2015). "Borussia Dortmund kick off pre-season by putting SEVENTEEN goals past team of German Olympic legends in charity match". Daily Mail. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel 'satisfied' with first win". ESPN FC. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "Europa League: Dortmund knocked out by famous Liverpool comeback". Deutsche Welle. 14 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Marco Reus drives Borussia Dortmund past Hertha Berlin to German Cup final". Deutsche Welle. 20 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund thrash Manchester United in China". ESPN FC. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Man City beat Borussia Dortmund 6-5 on penalties in ICC". ESPN. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  18. ↑ . ESPN FC. 25 July 2016 http://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/2016/07/25/match-decision-manchester-derby-birds-nest-beijing/1469428457403. Retrieved 28 July 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. 1 2 "Thomas Tuchel" (in German). weltfussball. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Borussia Dortmund". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  21. ↑ "Managers: Thomas Tuchel". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

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