 Schneider in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Schneider | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-11-24)24 November 1972 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Rheinhausen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1983 | TSV Höfingen | ||
| 1983–1991 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1994 | VfB Stuttgart II | 34 | (2) |
| 1991–2003 | VfB Stuttgart | 133 | (7) |
| 2003–2005 | Hannover 96 | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 175 | (9) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2009 | FC Dingolfing (youth) | ||
| 2009–2010 | FC Dingolfing | ||
| 2011–2013 | VfB Stuttgart (youth) | ||
| 2013–2014 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| 2014–2018 | Germany (assistant coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Schneider (born 24 November 1972) is a German professionalfootball manager and former player who played as adefender. He was the assistant manager toJoachim Löw for theGermany national team. Schneider had previously been manager ofBundesliga clubVfB Stuttgart.
Schneider joinedVfB Stuttgart as a 10-year-old, and progressed through the youth teams, making his breakthrough in the 1991–92 season. He made two appearances that year, deputising forUwe Schneider (no relation) as the club won theBundesliga title. He spent the next couple of years back inStuttgart's reserve team, and it wasn't until August 1994 that he made his third Bundesliga appearance, when he replacedMarc Kienle in a 2–2 draw with1. FC Köln at theGottlieb-Daimler-Stadion. Over the next seven years he established himself as a regular member of Stuttgart's first-team, playing alongside experienced defenders such asThomas Berthold,Zvonimir Soldo andFrank Verlaat, and such were his performances that he was almost called up to theGermany national team by then coachBerti Vogts. In1997 Stuttgart won theDFB-Pokal, and Schneider played in the final, replacingMatthias Hagner for the last 20 minutes of the victory overFC Energie Cottbus. The following year he was in the starting line-up for theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, but Stuttgart lost 1–0 toChelsea.
Injury caused Schneider to miss the entire 2001–02 season, and after only four appearances the following year, he left VfB Stuttgart, after 20 years, to joinHannover 96, then managed byRalf Rangnick, who had coached him at Stuttgart. He spent two seasons with Hannover, and only made eight appearances, and was forced to retire early in the summer of 2005, due to illness brought on by atick bite that had been spotted too late.
In 2007 Schneider took up the coaching of the under-19 team ofBayernliga side FC Dingolfing, and managed the first-team for the 2009–10 season. After attending theHennes Weisweiler coaching academy inCologne, he returned toVfB Stuttgart in 2011, to coach the club's under-17 side.
On 26 August 2013, Schneider became the head coach ofVfB Stuttgart's first team, replacing Bruno Labbadia, who was on a 3-game losing streak.[1] Schneider was sacked by Stuttgart on 9 March 2014 and replaced byHuub Stevens.[2] Schneider was sacked after a 2–2 draw against Eintracht Braunschweig, who was in last place at the time. However, manager Fredi Bobic was quoted saying that VfB Stuttgart and Schneider will work together again in the future.[3] Prior to the draw, Stuttgart had lost eight consecutive matches.[3] Schneider was the sixth coaching casualty during the2013–14 season.[2]
On 2 September 2014, Germany's managerJoachim Löw appointed Schneider as assistant coach, following former assistantHansi Flick's promotion to sporting director.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | 26 August 2013[1] | 9 March 2014[2] | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 021.74 | [4] |
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