Jens Keller
Jens Keller (2013 )
Jens Keller (born 24 November 1970 in Stuttgart ) is a German former football player and current football coach.
Career
Player
1981 Jens Keller began at VfL Stuttgart -Wangen (now sporting culture Stuttgart) to play football. In 1987 he moved to the youth of VfB Stuttgart, where he in 1989, the inclusion in the squad of first team managed without him the breakthrough. It remained in a single Bundesliga use when he came off the bench in November 1990 with VfB in a 0-1 defeat to Werder Bremen for the second half. In the 1991/92 season, as the German champions VfB was, he did not play in the league.
In the summer of 1992, Keller went to TSV 1860 Munich, who had just descended from the 2nd Bundesliga in the Bavarian League. Under coach Werner Lorant, he played 20 games and scored one goal. At the end of the season finished in 1860 the first place and then sat down in the promotion round by. In the second division season 1993/94 the basement was used 23 times. At the end of the lion rose Ranking third on again. Keller remained after the promotion to the Bundesliga one and a half years in Munich, but was used as a reserve player only five times. In addition to his 48 league operations denied cellar for 1860 two matches of the DFB Cup.
During the winter break of the season 1995/96 he moved to VfL Wolfsburg, who was in the 2nd Bundesliga relegation zone. Keller was a regular player and rose after the 1996/97 season with the trained by Willi Reimann VfL as runner-up for the first time in the Bundesliga.
Keller was able to assert itself as a regular player also in the first division, but moved with a transfer fee of € 300,000 after a Bundesliga season, back to his original club VfB Stuttgart. Again, Keller was able to maintain a regular place in the following two seasons. Among the highlights of his time with the Swabians are the four games in the UEFA Cup in 1998/99 against Feyenoord Rotterdam - 3-0 away win after a 1:3 home defeat - and FC Bruges, as VfB retired after the extension.
After two seasons in Stuttgart, he was obliged to season 2000/ 01 for 750,000 euros from the 1st FC Cologne. In the following years he completed 55 Bundesliga games and eventually rose in 2002 with the club in the 2nd Bundesliga from. Keller's contract was not renewed in the sequence.
Keller then moved up to second division side Eintracht Frankfurt in the back Willi Reimann was his coach and appointed him captain. Keller came to 33 games in the team that qualified as third in the 2nd Bundesliga for the Bundesliga. Right at the beginning of the next Bundesliga season, Keller suffered a serious cartilage damage to the knee and was thus made for the rest of the season; harmony rose immediately off again. The new coach of Frankfurt, Friedhelm glitter, Reserve left him as captain. From the fourth matchday of the new second division season cellar was fit again and was able to play until the winter break. An ankle injury he had suffered in training camp before the season started, but proved to be more serious than originally thought, and in January 2005 an operation was inevitable. After further complications, he came for the harmony, the end of the season secured the re-emergence, at no further obligation stakes. The contract was not renewed cellar. Also, an existing connection agreement, providing for an alternative use of Keller's career at Eintracht after completion, was lifted for a compensation of 100,000 euros, since no suitable position was found for him.
Keller began to prepare for a coaching career and took courses. Also in the tradition of the team TSV 1860 he was active.
Coach
For the 2008/09 season took over as head coach of the cellar A youth team of VfB Stuttgart. On 6 December 2009, Keller assistant coach of the first team under the new VfB coach Christian Gross, who replaced Markus Babbel. The A youth team of VfB was without Jens Butler of South / Southwest Group of the U-19 league. The first team, at the inauguration of the new coach team of horses still in 15th place in the Bundesliga, was best team in the Bundesliga second round, qualifying with the sixth place for the Europa League.
In October 2010, the basement was after the leave of large head coach of the team that was after seven games in last place in the Bundesliga. Two months later, he was re-opened, and was succeeded by Bruno Labbadia. After his suspension as head coach, he worked as a scout for VfB.
For the 2012/13 season took over the basement as head coach of the B- youth team of FC Schalke 04 on 16 December 2012, he took over after the leave of Huub Stevens as coach the first team of FC Schalke 04 at the time of his move to the professionals were the Schalke Junior B after 14 games without losing points at the top of the Bundesliga Season West. The end of the season expiring contract was extended in May 2013 for a further two years until 2015.
Private
Jens Keller lives in Cologne, is married and has two children.
Achievements
As a player:
- Rise to the Bundesliga: 1994, 1997, 2003, 2005
- German champion: 1992 ( with no league use )
- League Cup: Finalist 1998