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Full name | Thomas Berthold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 12 November 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hanau, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1978 | KEWA Wachenbuchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1982 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1987 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 111 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | Verona | 52 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Roma | 62 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Bayern Munich | 30 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2000 | VfB Stuttgart | 191 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Adanaspor | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 451 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | West Germany U21 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1994 | (West) Germany | 62 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a former German footballer and manager, who played as a defender. He currently works as a pundit and analyst for several TV stations.
Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse. His first club was TuSpV KeWa Wachenbuchen before he joined the youth ranks of SG Eintracht Frankfurt in 1978.
He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals. [1] He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas Verona FC (1987–1989) and AS Roma (1989–1991). He then returned to Germany, signing for FC Bayern Munich (1991–1993) and VfB Stuttgart (1993–2000). Berthold's last season as an active player was with the Turkish league club Adanaspor for whom he played until 15 January 2001.
Between 1985 and 1994 Berthold made 62 international appearances, scoring 1 goal, for the West German and German national teams, participating in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and 1988 European Championships in West Germany. He was a member of the West German team which won the 1990 World Cup, but wasn't in the German team which took second place in the European Championships in Sweden in 1992. His last appearance in international competition came shortly after the 1994 World Cup. [2]
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
1982–83 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
1983–84 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
1984–85 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 7 | ||||
1985–86 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
1986–87 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 4 | ||||
Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1987–88 | Verona | Serie A | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 42 | 3 | |
1988–89 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
1989–90 | Roma | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | |||
1990–91 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 12 | 0 | 49 | 3 | |||
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
1991–92 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
1992–93 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
1993–94 | VfB Stuttgart | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
1994–95 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||||
1995–96 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
1996–97 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
1997–98 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
1998–99 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
1999–2000 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
Turkey | League | Turkish Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
2000-01 | Adanaspor | 1. Lig | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 451 | 27 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 548 | 33 |
Germany national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1985 | 9 | 1 |
1986 | 12 | 0 |
1987 | 2 | 0 |
1988 | 5 | 0 |
1989 | 3 | 0 |
1990 | 15 | 0 |
1991 | 3 | 0 |
1994 | 13 | 0 |
Total | 62 | 1 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 30 April 1985 | Strahov Stadium, Prague | Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1986 World Cup qualifier |
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