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". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "Germany physically, mentally prepped for PKs by American fitness guru". si.com. 3 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "SHAD FORSYTHE: "WIR WUSSTEN: WIR WERDEN IMMER STÄRKER"". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. dfb.de.
  4. ↑ Lawrence, Amy (9 August 2014). "Fitness ace may be Arsène Wenger's and Arsenal's best new signing". The Guardian. theguardian.com.
  5. ↑ ""Wir werden immer stärker"". faz.net. 26 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "'Sneaky' Arsenal are scoring late goals because of fitness approach, says Arsene Wenger's performance chief". standard.co.uk. 28 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Arsenal improved their injury record by 25% in a year - this is the American coach who helped them do it". Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  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. 21 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Shad Forsythe to snub AC Milan interest with Darren Burgess set to leave Arsenal". football.london. 12 June 2019.
  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


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