Thomas Kraft
Thomas Kraft, 2011
Thomas Kraft ( born July 22, 1988 in Churches, Rhineland -Palatinate ) is a German football goalkeeper who stands since the 2011/12 season at Hertha BSC under contract.
Career
Clubs
Youth
In Daaden grew up, he started eight years in the sport Daaden friends. Four years later he moved to VfB knowledge, which he left in 2002 for a change to the SG 06 Betzdorf. From 2004 to 2011 force for Bayern Munich was active. There he first played for the U-19 Juniors, with whom he lost the final of the German A- Junior Championship at FC Schalke 04 in the 2005/06 season.
FC Bayern Munich
From the 2006/07 season was one of force as a contract player and third goalkeeper on the extended first team of FC Bayern. There he was first in the winter break of 2006/ 07, used in the 4-3 victory against Olympique Marseille in the match for 3rd place at the Dubai Cup. Due to Injury failures of Oliver Kahn and Bernd Dreher Thomas Kraft in the 2007/ 08 season was as a replacement for Michael Rensing several times a squad of League and UEFA Cup matches, however, was not used. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season, signed a professional contract with force the first team. At the same time he was goalkeeper of the second team, first in the Regionalliga Süd and from 2008 in the 3rd league.
From the 2010/11 season stood as the second force behind goalkeeper Hans- Jorg Butt in the first team squad. For this he made his competitive debut 7 August 2010 in a 2-0 win at the - revived after 14 years - Super Cup against FC Schalke 04 to its first use in the Champions League came force on 23 November 2010 ( 5th Round ) in the 2:3 defeat in the away match against AS Roma. The next Matchday it was used again in the 3-0 win against FC Basel on 90 minutes. On 12 January 2011 coach van Gaal announced to start with Thomas Kraft as the No. 1 goal in the second half. Three days later, 18 games, debuted force in the 1-1 away draw against VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga with a good performance: First, he prepared the interim 1:0 Thomas Müller in the seventh minute before, then, in the 45th minute, he stopped a penalty of the Brazilian Grafite. After the sacking of Van Gaal in April 2011 ordered interim coach Andries Jonker Jörg Butt for the last five games of the season back into the goal. End of the season 2010/11 extended power his contract with Bayern Munich and not left the club.
Hertha BSC
Force moved free transfer to Hertha BSC and signed a valid contract until June 30, 2015. For the Berlin debuted force on 6 August 2011 ( Matchday 1 ) in the 0-1 defeat at home to 1.FC Nuremberg.
After he had insulted 2012 referee Wolfgang Stark after relegation in the relegation match against Hertha BSC Fortuna Dusseldorf on May 15, Thomas Kraft from the DFB for the first four games of the second division season 2012/13 has been locked.
National
In the national jersey of the U -16 national force completed his only game that ended 2-0 on 26 May 2004 in Prüm against the U-16 selection of Belgium.
Achievements
- German Champion 2008 and 2010
- DFB Cup Winner 2010
- DFL - Supercup Winner 2010
- A German Junior Vice- Champion in 2006 and 2007
- Second division champions in 2013
Awards
- White vest -winner ( 1): 2013