Shad Forsythe

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Shad Forsythe (2023)

Shad Forsythe (born 8 June 1973) is an American soccer fitness coach who was most recently a fitness coach at Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund until June 2025.

Career

Early in his career, Forsythe worked as a Performance Manager for the US-based company EXOS, before moving into football fulltime. [1]

In 2004, Forsythe was appointed fitness coach for the Germany national team, where he worked for ten years. [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2014, he was hired as Head of Performance at Arsenal in England. [6] [7] [1] Forsythe left the team in June 2022. [8]

In 2022, he was appointed fitness coach of German club Borussia Dortmund after revising interest from Milan. [9] [10] [11] In June 2025, his contract with Borussia Dortmund ended. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "How a US company became performance pioneers in European football".
  2. "Germany physically, mentally prepped for PKs by American fitness guru". si.com.
  3. "SHAD FORSYTHE: "WIR WUSSTEN: WIR WERDEN IMMER STÄRKER"". dfb.de.
  4. "Fitness ace may be Arsène Wenger's and Arsenal's best new signing". theguardian.com.
  5. ""Wir werden immer stärker"". faz.net.
  6. "'Sneaky' Arsenal are scoring late goals because of fitness approach, says Arsene Wenger's performance chief". standard.co.uk.
  7. "Arsenal improved their injury record by 25% in a year - this is the American coach who helped them do it".
  8. "Arsenal's Shad Forsythe to join Borussia Dortmund". OneFootball. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  9. "Athletik-Chef Forsythe: Ist er der wichtigste Neue beim BVB?". fussball.news.
  10. "BVB-Fitness-Chef Shad Forsythe - der Mann gegen Reynas Tränen". 90min.de.
  11. "Shad Forsythe to snub AC Milan interest with Darren Burgess set to leave Arsenal". football.london.
  12. https://www.msn.com/de-de/sport/fussball/kovac-sorgt-f%C3%BCr-personalbeben-beim-bvb/ar-AA1GXpi2?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=b748aefa50f2498983336de946604b3f&ei=8