Sven Kmetsch

Sven Kmetsch

Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Bautzen, East Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Schalke 04 II (assistant)
Youth career
1975–1978	Motor Großdubrau
1978–1981	Motor Bautzen
1981–1989	Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
Total		314	(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.

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]}

Club	Season	League			National cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dynamo Dresden	1988–89	DDR-Oberliga	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1989–90	DDR-Oberliga	2	0	1	0	3	0
	1990–91	NOFV-Oberliga	6	1	1	0	7	1
	1991–92	Bundesliga	30	3	3	1	33	4
	1992–93	Bundesliga	34	1	2	1	36	2
	1993–94	Bundesliga	27	2	5	0	32	2
	1994–95	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		102	7	12	2	114	9
Dynamo Dresden II	1988–89	Liga B	10	1	0	0	10	1
TSG Meißen (loan)	1989–90	Liga B	7	0	0	0	7	0
BSG Stahl Riesa (loan)	1989–90	Liga B	5	0	0	0	5	0
Hamburger SV	1995–96	Bundesliga	26	0	1	0	27	0
	1996–97	Bundesliga	32	4	5	0	37	4
	1997–98	Bundesliga	22	0	1	0	23	0
	Total		80	4	7	0	87	4
Schalke 04	1998–99	Bundesliga	18	2	2	1	20	3
	1999–2000	Bundesliga	24	0	1	0	25	0
	2000–01	Bundesliga	5	0	1	0	6	0
	2001–02	Bundesliga	18	0	2	0	20	0
	2002–03	Bundesliga	23	1	2	0	25	1
	Total		88	3	8	1	96	4
Career total			292	15	27	3	319	18

Honours

• DDR-Oberliga: 1989–90
• FDGB-Pokal: 1989–90
• DFB-Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02
• DFB-Ligapokal: runner-up 2001, 2002

References

1. "Sven Kmetsch ist neuer Co-Trainer des FSV Frankfurt" (in German). FSV Frankfurt. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 5 July 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.

External links

• Sven Kmetsch at WorldFootball.net
• Sven Kmetsch at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Sven Kmetsch at National-Football-Teams.com