Tonda Eckert

Tonda Eckert

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 32)
Team information
Current team	Southampton (interim manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2025–	Southampton (caretaker)

Tonda Eckert (born 31 January 1993) is a German professional football coach who is the interim head coach at EFL Championship club Southampton.

Coaching career

After coaching the youth teams of 1. FC Köln, RB Salzburg and Bayern Munich in his native Germany, ^[1] Eckert was appointed assistant manager to Gerhard Struber at Barnsley in August 2020 ^[2] until January 2022. ^[3] In January 2022, he joined Genoa as assistant to Alexander Blessin.

In July 2025, Eckert was appointed Under-21s head coach at Southampton. ^{[4] [5]} Following the dismissal of Will Still on 2 November 2025, Eckert was appointed interim head coach. ^{[6] [7]} His first match as head coach was a 2–1 victory away to Queens Park Rangers on 5 November. ^[8]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record

As of 5 November 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Southampton		2 November 2025	Present	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00

References

1. "Southampton parts ways with coach Still – will a young German take over?". sportsoftheday. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
2. "Tonda Eckert interview". Barnsley FC. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
3. "Who is Southampton interim boss Tonda Eckert and what can we expect?". Southern Daily Echo. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
4. "Tonda Eckert appointed Under-21s Head Coach". Southampton FC. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
5. "Tonda Eckert: Under-21s Head Coach". Southampton FC. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
6. "Southampton sack Still after five months in charge". BBC Sport. 2 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
7. "Club statement: Will Still". Southampton FC. 2 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
8. Lepkowski, Chris (5 November 2025). "Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2025.