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Torsten Spittler

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Torsten Spittler
Personal information
Full name Torsten Frank Spittler
Place of birth Germany
Team information
Current team
TuS Holzkirchen (manager)
Managerial career
Years Team
1993–1998 1860 Munich (youth)
1998 Germany U16 (assistant)
1999 Nepal
2000 Perak FA
2003–2005 Yemen (technical director)
2005 Sierra (technical director)
2006–2007 Okanagan Challenge
2009–2011 Mozambique (technical director)
2016–2017 Bhutan
2019 Myanmar U15
2020– TuS Holzkirchen

Torsten Frank Spittler (born 1962) is a German football manager. He was managed the Bhutan national football team. He was head coach of the Nepal national team in 1999. He started his career as a youth coach before becoming an assistant coach for the Germany Under-16 national team.[1]

Coaching career

Spittler has been the football technical director in Mozambique.[2][3][4] He was named Talent Development and Performance Expert for the Oman Football Association in October 2015.[5]

He was the Perak FA manager for the 2000 season.[6] He has also worked as coach and technical director for football in various countries such as Nepal, Yemen, Sierra Leone, India and Canada in conjunction with German Foreign Office, German Football Association (DFB) and Bavarian Football Association (BFV). From 2006 to 2007, he was head coach of Canadian side Okanagan Challenge of the Pacific Coast Soccer League after previously working in Canada as a touring-coach for the Alberta Soccer Association in 1999.[citation needed]

On 1 October 2016, Spittler became the head coach of Bhutan.[7]

References

  1. ^ Tshedup, Younten. "German to lead national squad". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Völlig neue Erfahrung in Mosambik" [Completely new experience in Mozambique] (in German). bfv.de. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Fußball-Förderung in Mosambik ist angelaufen" [Football fostering in Mozambique has been started] (in German). dosb.de. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Talentsichtung in den Townships" [Talent scouting in the Townships] (in German). bfv.de. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ "OFA appoints Germany's Spittler as Talent Development and Performance Expert". Times of Oman. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Spittler takes charge of Perak". New Straits Times via Google News. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. ^ Tshedup, Younten (6 October 2016). "German to lead national squad". Kuensel. Retrieved 31 March 2017.