Thomas Ernst

Thomas Ernst

Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-12-23) 23 December 1967
Place of birth	Wiesbaden, West Germany
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1974–1981	FV Biebrich
1981–1986	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1991	Eintracht Frankfurt II	126	(0)
1987–1994	Eintracht Frankfurt	5	(0)
1994–1995	FSV Frankfurt	27	(0)
1995–2000	VfL Bochum	71	(0)
2001–2003	VfB Stuttgart	19	(0)
2003–2006	1. FC Kaiserslautern	30	(0)
2004–2005	→ 1. FC Kaiserslautern II	1	(0)
Total		279	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	FSV Frankfurt
Medal record Eintracht Frankfurt Winner DFB-Pokal 1987–88 VfL Bochum Winner 2. Bundesliga 1995–96 Runner-up 2. Bundesliga 1999–00 VfB Stuttgart Runner-up Bundesliga 2002–03
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Ernst (born 23 December 1967 in Wiesbaden, Hesse) is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Ernst started playing professionally with Eintracht Frankfurt. At the Hessian club, he could only amass five Bundesliga appearances in seven years combined, being barred by legendary Uli Stein. In 1994, he moved clubs but stayed in the city, joining FSV Frankfurt in the second division.

After one season, Ernst joined VfL Bochum also in level two, only appearing twice in his first two seasons combined. His best individual year happened in 1998–99, when he appeared in 32 league games, but the North Rhine-Westphalia side suffered top flight relegation, as second from bottom.

From 2000–06, Ernst remained in the top division, with VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, but again appeared almost exclusively as a backup, until his retirement at the age of 38. In 19 professional seasons, he appeared in 152 league games, 106 of those in the first division.

Ernst moved into managing immediately after retiring, working as a goalkeeper coach with Germany women's national football team. The following year, he had his first head coach experience, with former club FSV Frankfurt, and returned to Bochum in 2008, as director of football.

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1986–87	Eintracht Frankfurt II	Oberliga Hessen	5	0	–		–		5	0
1987–88			30	0	–		–		30	0
1988–89			33	0	–		–		33	0
1989–90			30	0	–		–		30	0
1990–91			28	0	–		–		28	0
1987–88	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
1988–89			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989–90			0	0	0	0	–		0	0
1990–91			0	0	0	0	–		0	0
1991–92			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992–93			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993–94			4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994–95	FSV Frankfurt	2. Bundesliga	27	0	0	0	–		27	0
1995–96	Bochum		1	0	0	0	–		1	0
1996–97		Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
1997–98			18	0	0	0	1	0	19	0
1998–99			32	0	2	0	–		34	0
1999–00		2. Bundesliga	18	0	3	0	–		21	0
2000–01		Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	–		1	0
2000–01	Stuttgart		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2001–02			3	0	0	0	–		3	0
2002–03			14	0	1	0	4	0	19	0
2003–04	Kaiserslautern		6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2004–05			21	0	2	0	–		23	0
2005–06			3	0	1	0	–		4	0
2004–05	Kaiserslautern II	Oberliga Südwest	1	0	–		–		1	0
Total	Germany		279	0	9	0	5	0	293	0
Career total			279	0	9	0	5	0	293	0

External links

• Thomas Ernst at fussballdaten.de (in German)