Thomas Letsch

Last updated

Thomas Letsch
FC Liefering gegen SV Austria Salzburg (Marz 2016) 26.JPG
Letsch managing FC Liefering in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-08-26) 26 August 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Esslingen, West Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Team information
Current team
 VfL Bochum (manager)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1997–2000 VfB Oberesslingen/Zell (player-manager)
2001–2002 Stuttgarter Kickers II
2003–2004 FC Union Heilbronn
2008–2009 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
2015 Red Bull Salzburg (caretaker)
2015–2017 FC Liefering
2017 Erzgebirge Aue
2018–2019 Austria Wien
2020–2022 Vitesse Arnhem
2022–2024 VfL Bochum

Thomas Letsch (born 26 August 1968) is a German professional football manager who last managed Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.

Contents

Managerial career

Letsch was never a professional footballer and started his coaching career at VfB Oberesslingen/Zell as player-manager. [1] In July 2001, he became manager of Stuttgarter Kickers's reserve team until 2002, but was also a part of the first team staff until the end of the 2002–03 season. He then moved to FC Union Heilbronn and was the manager for one season. From January 2005 until July 2007, he was the assistant manager of SSV Ulm 1846. [2] From January 2008 to June 2009, he was the manager of SG Sonnenhof Großaspach.

In July 2012 he went to Salzburg where managed the under-16 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. Two months later, he was also appointed as football director of academy. [3] In the following season, he was promoted to first team assistant manager. [2] From July 2014, he was manager for the under-18 squad. [4] During his time with the under-18s, he was also the assistant coach for FC Red Bull Salzburg. In December 2015, after the firing of Peter Zeidler, he was for two matches head coach of Salzburg. In the 2015–16 season, he also managed the team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in the UEFA Youth League. Following Zeidler, he became manager of FC Liefering in June 2015.

On 18 June 2017, Erzgebirge Aue appointed Letsch as their new manager, replacing the Schalke 04-bound Domenico Tedesco on a three-year contract. [5] However, after just three games, Aue sacked Letsch due to the club's poor form and results. [6]

On 27 February 2018, he was appointed Austria Wien manager until the end of 2017–18 season, replacing Thorsten Fink. [7] [8] He was sacked on 11 March 2019. [9]

On 26 May 2020, he was announced as the new manager of Vitesse Arnhem after club icon Edward Sturing. Letsch made a good start to the 2020–21 season. The club went on to secure fourth place in the Eredivisie, reached the final of the Dutch Cup (which was lost 2–1 to AFC Ajax) and ensuring qualification for the UEFA Europa Conference League.

In September 2022, he left Arnhem and moved to VfL Bochum. [10] After the club fell to 15th place in the 2023–24 season, Letsch was sacked on 8 April 2024. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felix Magath</span> German football player and manager (born 1953)

Wolfgang Felix Magath is a German football manager and former player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Huub Stevens</span> Dutch footballer and manager

Hubertus Jozef Margaretha "Huub" Stevens is a Dutch former professional football manager and player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horst Hrubesch</span> German footballer and manager

Horst Hrubesch is a German professional football manager and former player who manages the Germany women national team. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as well as the European Cup title in 1983. He was a key member of the West Germany team that made it to the final of the 1982 World Cup, losing to Italy. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer for his heading skills as a centre forward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcel Koller</span> Swiss football manager (born 1960)

Marcel Martin Koller is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tobias Schweinsteiger</span> German footballer

Tobias Schweinsteiger is a retired German footballer, who last coached VfL Osnabrück. As player he was deployed as a midfielder or forward. He is the older brother of former German international Bastian Schweinsteiger.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thorsten Fink</span> German football player and coach

Thorsten Fink is a German football coach and a former footballer, who is the currently head coach of Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marco Rose</span> German football manager (born 1976)

Marco Rose is a German professional football manager who is currently the manager of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and a former player who was a defender for Lokomotive Leipzig, Hannover 96 and Mainz 05.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gertjan Verbeek</span> Dutch footballer and manager

Gertjan Verbeek is a Dutch former professional footballer who last managed Eerste Divisie side Almere City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marc Rzatkowski</span> German footballer

Marc Rzatkowski is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

The 2011–12 season was MSV Duisburg's 112th season and their 4th season in the 2. Bundesliga after failing to be promoted. They reached the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal final last year.

The 2011–12 season is the 102nd season of competitive football in Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Zeidler</span> German football manager (born 1962)

Peter Zeidler is a German football manager who manages Swiss club St. Gallen.

The 2012–13 2. Bundesliga was the 39th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football league. The season began on 3 August 2012 and ended with the last games on 19 May 2013, with a winter break held between the weekends around 15 December 2012 and 2 February 2013.

The 2012–13 season is the 103rd season of competitive football in Germany.

The 2012–13 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 113th season in club history. In 2012–13 the club played in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's first season back in this league, after it was relegated from the Fußball-Bundesliga in 2012. They were denied an instant return to the top flight after finishing 3rd and losing in the relegation play-offs to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 5–2 on aggregate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rico Benatelli</span> German footballer

Rico Benatelli is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Austrian club Austria Klagenfurt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FC Liefering</span> Association football club

FC Liefering GmbH is an Austrian association football club, originally from Liefering, Salzburg. It currently plays in the Second League, the second tier of Austrian football. Since 2012, Liefering has been a reserve team for Austrian Football Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerald Baumgartner</span> Austrian association football coach

Gerald Baumgartner is an Austrian association football coach. He has been head coach of Red Bull Salzburg (A), Pasching, St. Pölten, Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg and SV Ried.

The 2017–18 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest German football league. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018 with the match between VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli (0:1) and ended with the 34th match day on 13 May 2018. From 19 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, the season was interrupted by a winter break.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Domenico Tedesco</span> Italian-German football manager (born 1985)

Domenico Tedesco is an Italian-German football manager who is currently the head coach of the Belgium national team.

References

  1. ↑ So tickt der neue Austria-Trainer Thomas Letsch, 90minuten.at, 27 February 2018
  2. 1 2 Profile at Footballdatbaase, footballdatabase.eu
  3. ↑ Trainerteam der Akademie neu geordnet, redbullsalzburg.at, 5 September 2012
  4. ↑ Salzburg: Ein Ungar hilft Hütter, kurier.at, 23 May 2014
  5. ↑ "Tedesco-Nachfolger gefunden: Letsch übernimmt in Aue" (in German). Sport Bild. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Aue wirft Trainer Letsch raus" (in German). Rheinische Post. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "FK Austria Wien – Thomas Letsch von seinen Aufgaben entbunden". www.fk-austria.at. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. ↑ ""Die ideale Lösung": Letsch folgt auf Fink". kicker. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Austria trennt sich von Thomas Letsch und Andreas Ogris, 90minuten.at, 11 March 2019
  10. ↑ "Thomas Letsch named as new VfL head coach". vfl-bochum.de. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "VfL stellt Thomas Letsch mit sofortiger Wirkung frei" (in German). VfL Bochum 1848. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.