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Thomas Kleine
Kleine with Greuther Fürth in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-12-28) 28 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Wermelskirchen, West Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1998 SV 09/35 Wermelskirchen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Bayer Leverkusen II 95 (6)
2001–2003 Bayer Leverkusen 10 (0)
2003–2007 Greuther Fürth 131 (13)
2007 Hannover 96 II 2 (0)
2007 Hannover 96 9 (1)
2008–2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach 30 (3)
2010–2014 Greuther Fürth 105 (2)
2014–2015 Greuther Fürth II 15 (0)
Total 397 (25)
International career
2003 Germany Team 2006 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015 Greuther Fürth II (caretaker)
2015–2022 Greuther Fürth II
2022–2023 SpVgg Bayreuth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Kleine (born 28 December 1977) is a German football manager and former player.[1][2]

Career

Born in Wermelskirchen, Kleine began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club SV 09 Wermelskirchen where he remained until 1998, when he moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen's amateur ranks.

He played regularly with the amateurs in the lower league structures, but was unable to push his way into the full squad until the 2001–02 season. He finally made his Bundesliga debut on 19 December 2001 in a 3–1 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg.

Later that season he made further progress, managing six more Bundesliga appearances and, perhaps more significantly, seven games in their Champions League campaign, facing the likes of Barcelona and Manchester United. The club eventually achieved the honour of runners-ups, although Kleine himself did not compete beyond the second group stage. The team also finished runners-up in both the league and cup.

Following this season, Kleine left for 2. Bundesliga team SpVgg Greuther Fürth, looking to become a first team regular. He was a virtual ever-present in his four seasons with the club, amassing 131 appearances and catching the eye of Bundesliga club Hannover 96, especially with nine goals in his final season. On 13 February 2007, he agreed to join Hannover 96 from the 2007–08 season onward.

In January 2008, Kleine moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach for a fee of €700,000. He returned to his former club SpVgg Greuther Fürth on 1 July 2010.[3]

After coaching several years the second team in Fürth and being an as assistant in Düsseldorf, he was as the appointed head coach of SpVgg Bayreuth.[4] He was sacked in May 2023.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Kleine, Thomas" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Kleine bleat trainer der U23" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Fürth: Aus Bahlingen kommt Vogler" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Thomas Kleine ist neuer Bayreuth-Trainer". dfb.de (in German). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Bayreuth stellt Trainer Kleine frei". dfb.de (in German). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.


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