Thomas Berthold

Thomas Berthold

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Berthold
Date of birth	12 November 1964 (1964-11-12)
Place of birth	Hanau, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1987	Eintracht Frankfurt	111	(17)
1987–1989	Hellas Verona	52	(2)
1989–1991	AS Roma	62	(3)
1991–1993	Bayern Munich	30	(1)
1993–2000	VfB Stuttgart	191	(4)
2001	Adanaspor	5	(0)
Total		451	(27)
National team
1984–1986	West Germany U-21	5	(0)
1985–1994	Germany	62	(1)
Honours AS Roma Winner Coppa Italia 1991 Runner-up UEFA Cup 1991 VfB Stuttgart Winner DFB-Pokal 1997 Runner-up DFB Liga-Pokal 1997 Runner-up UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998 Runner-up DFB Liga-Pokal 1998 West Germany Runner-up FIFA World Cup 1986 Winner FIFA World Cup 1990
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a German football coach and former defender.

Career

Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse.

He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals. 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 (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 football teams, participating in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany. He was a member of the West German team which won the 1990 FIFA World Cup, but wasn't at the German team which took second place in the European Football Championship in Sweden in 1992. His last appearance in international competition was in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1982–83	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bundesliga	7	1
1983–84			28	3
1984–85			30	7
1985–86			25	2
1986–87			21	4
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
1987–88	Hellas Verona	Serie A	28	1
1988–89			24	1
1989–90	AS Roma	Serie A	32	2
1990–91			30	1
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1991–92	Bayern Munich	Bundesliga	30	1
1992–93			0	0
1993–94	VfB Stuttgart	Bundesliga	31	0
1994–95			29	1
1995–96			27	0
1996–97			28	2
1997–98			31	1
1998–99			22	0
1999–2000			23	0
Country	Germany		332	22
	Italy		114	5
Total			446	27

Germany national team
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

International goals

Score and results list West Germany's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 April 1985	Strahov Stadium, Prague	Czechoslovakia	1–0	5–0	1986 World Cup qualifier

Honours

• World Cup (1): 1990; Runner-up 1986
• Coppa Italia (1): 1990–91
• DFB-Pokal (1): 1996–97
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1990–91
• DFB-Ligapokal: Runner-up 1997, 1998
• Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1997–98

Trivia

• On 10 June 2006, he appeared in BBC's sports quiz A Question of Sport – World Cup special preceding England's opening game in the finals.

External links

• Thomas Berthold at fussballdaten.de (German)