Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 June 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Volendam | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
SV Untermettingen | |||
SV 08 Laufenburg | |||
Schaffhausen | |||
–2010 | SC Freiburg | ||
Managerial career | |||
Cape Town All Stars (youth) | |||
2019 | AS Trenčín | ||
2020–2021 | Basel II | ||
2021–2023 | Volendam (assistant coach) | ||
2023 | Volendam |
Matthias Kohler (born 9 June 1991) is a German football manager who was recently the head coach for Eredivisie club Volendam.
As a youth player, Kohler joined the youth academy of German Bundesliga side SC Freiburg after playing for the youth academy of FC Schaffhausen in the Swiss lower leagues. [1]
Kohler started his career with the youth academy of South African club Cape Town All Stars. [2]
In 2019, Kohler was appointed manager of AS Trenčín in the Slovakian top flight.
In 2020, he was appointed manager of Swiss third division team FC Basel II.
In June 2023, Eredivisie side Volendam announced that Kohler would become the club's new head coach for the 2023–24 season. [3] On 3 December 2023, Kohler resigned his position of becoming the manager.
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