Tonda Eckert

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Tonda Eckert
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Eckert with Southampton in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
(head coach)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2025– Southampton

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

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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] This was followed by further victories: 3–1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday on 8 November [9] and 5–1 away to Charlton Athletic on 22 November. [10] On 5 December, Eckert was appointed as manager on a permanent basis. [11]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record

As of 9 December 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecordRef
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Southampton Flag of England.svg 2 November 2025Present7601219+12085.71 [12]

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.
  9. ↑ "Southampton 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Charlton Athletic 1–5 Southampton". BBC Sport. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Eckert confirmed as new Men's First Team Head Coach". Southampton FC. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Managers: Tonda Eckert". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 November 2025.


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