Sven Kmetsch

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Sven Kmetsch
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 52)
Place of birth Bautzen, East Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Schalke 04 II (assistant)
Youth career
1975–1978 Motor Großdubrau
1978–1981 Motor Bautzen
1981–1989 Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1989 Dynamo Dresden II 12 (1)
1989–1995 Dynamo Dresden 102 (7)
1989–1990 → TSG Meißen 7 (0)
1990 → Stahl Riesa (loan) 5 (0)
1995–1998 Hamburger SV 80 (4)
1998–2005 Schalke 04 88 (2)
Total314(14)
International career
1997–1998 Germany 2 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2010 Schalke 04 II
2008 Schalke 04 II
2010–2011 FC Ingolstadt 04 (assistant)
2012–2015 FSV Frankfurt (assistant) [1]
2015–2016 1860 Munich (assistant) [2]
2016– Schalke 04 II (assistant) [3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Kmetsch (born 13 August 1970) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Schalke 04 II.

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Club career

Kmetsch was born in Bautzen, Saxony. Including his youth career, he spent 14 years at Dynamo Dresden, winning the double in his penultimate season before German reunification, with one of his midfield teammates being Matthias Sammer. After combining East and West German football in the summer of 1991, he would play with the team four consecutive years in the Bundesliga, [4] his competition debut coming on 14 September 1991, in a 3–0 home win against SG Wattenscheid 09.

After Dynamo's double relegation in 1995, Kmetsch spent three seasons with Hamburger SV, enjoying his best year in 1996–97 – 32 games, four goals – but his team could only rank 13th. He subsequently signed for FC Schalke 04, where he would win two consecutive German Cups, being however mostly a backup player during his seven-year spell.

After no appearances whatsoever from 2003 to 2005 combined, Kmetsch retired, having various spells as coach of Schalke's second team. After being released in early 2010, he held talks with TSV Germania Windeck and Bayer Leverkusen II to join Heiko Scholz's coaching staff. [5]

International career

Kmetsch gained two caps for Germany, his debut coming on 10 September 1997, in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Armenia, in Dortmund: at half-time, with the score at 0–0 (eventually 4–0), he was replaced by another débutant, Lars Ricken.

His second and final appearance (another start, in a 2–0 win) was made five months later, in a friendly with Oman. [6]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [7] [8] [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Dresden 1988–89 DDR-Oberliga 100010
1989–90 DDR-Oberliga201030
1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga 611071
1991–92 Bundesliga 30331334
1992–93 Bundesliga34121362
1993–94 Bundesliga27250322
1994–95 Bundesliga200020
Total10271221149
Dynamo Dresden II 1988–89 Liga B 10100101
TSG Meißen (loan)1989–90Liga B700070
BSG Stahl Riesa (loan)1989–90Liga B500050
Hamburger SV 1995–96 Bundesliga26010270
1996–97 Bundesliga32450374
1997–98 Bundesliga22010230
Total80470874
Schalke 04 1998–99 Bundesliga18221203
1999–2000 Bundesliga24010250
2000–01 Bundesliga501060
2001–02 Bundesliga18020200
2002–03 Bundesliga23120251
Total88381964
Career total2921527331918

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Sven Kmetsch ist neuer Co-Trainer des FSV Frankfurt" (in German). FSV Frankfurt. 9 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Sven Kmetsch komplettiert das Löwen-Trainerteam" (in German). fupa.net. 15 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sven Kmetsch wird neuer Co-Trainer der U23" (in German). schalke04.de. 21 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (28 August 2019). "Sven Kmetsch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF . Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Lernen bei Buyo, Ruhnert wartet auf Magath" (in German). Reviersport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (28 August 2019). "Sven Kmetsch - International Appearances". RSSSF . Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sven Kmetsch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF . Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "Sven Kmetsch - Club matches - DFB-Pokal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Sven Kmetsch » Club matches » FDGB-Pokal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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