Thomas Bertels

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Thomas Bertels
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-11-05) 5 November 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Geseke, West Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Left-back, left midfielder [1]
Team information
Current team
 Schalke 04 (U17 manager)
Youth career
–2005 TuS Ehringhausen
2005–2007 SuS Bad Westernkotten
2007–2008 RW Horn
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 SV Lippstadt
2009–2011 SC Verl 61 (11)
2011–2019 SC Paderborn 149 (8)
2014–2019 SC Paderborn II 149 (8)
2019–2020 TuS Ehringhausen 13 (1)
2021–2023 VfB Schloß Holte 37 (21)
Managerial career
2018–2022 SC Paderborn (youth coach)
2022–2023 SC Paderborn II
2023– Schalke 04 (U17 manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Bertels (born 5 November 1986) is a German former professional footballer [2] who played either as a left-back or as a left midfielder, and current manager of Schalke 04's U17 squad.

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Coaching career

In January 2019, Bertels retired as a professional player. [3]

In July 2018, Bertels became co-coach of SC Paderborn's U19s while still playing for the club's reserve team. In 2019, he became coach of Paderborn U16s [4] while playing for lower-league team TuS Ehringhausen. [5]

On 24 February 2022, Bertels took over Paderborn's reserve team in the Oberliga Westfalen, succeeding Michél Kniat, who moved to third-division club SC Verl. [6] During this time, he played for lower-league side VfB Schloß Holte. [6] After promotion to the Regionalliga West, he left Paderborn a year before the end of his contract to take over Schalke 04's U17s. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Bertels". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bertels, Thomas" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Kleimann, Hartmut (14 January 2019). "Thomas Bertels blickt fast ohne Wehmut zurück auf seine Profilaufbahn". Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ↑ SC Paderborn: Bertels‘ Zukunft als Jugendtrainer, liga-zwei.de, 17 December 2018
  5. ↑ Beineke, Frank (1 December 2020). "Ex-Profi Thomas Bertels hilft den Paderborner Perspektivspielern" [Ex-professional Thomas Bertels helps the Paderborn prospects]. Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 Beineke, Frank (24 February 2022). "Ex-Profi Thomas Bertels übernimmt die Paderborner U21" [Ex-professional Thomas Bertels takes over the Paderborn U21s]. Neue Westfälische (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ↑ Das ist der Nachfolger von Onur Cinel und neue U17-Trainer, reviersport.de, 17 June 2023
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