Thorsten Fink
Thorsten Fink 2006
Thorsten Fink ( born October 29, 1967 in Dortmund- Marten ) is a German football coach and former football player.
- 2.1 FC Red Bull Salzburg
- 2.2 FC Ingolstadt 04
- 2.3 FC Basel
- 2.4 Hamburger SV
- 3.1 as a player
- 3.2 as coach
Career as a player
Clubs
About the Youth Club SV Roland Marten and the youth department of Borussia Dortmund, for Fink 1983-1989 was active, he reached the age of 21 to the second division SG Wattenscheid 09 His debut as a professional for the club was the defensive midfielder on 29 July 1989 (1st Round ) 4-1 victory at home against SpVgg Bayreuth. His first goal he scored the opening goal in a 3-0 away win over Hannover 96 on 16 August 1989 ( 4th Round ). From 1990 - the SG had risen in the Bundesliga - and 1994 he completed for Wattenscheid in the Bundesliga 125 games (25 goals), the mean to today 's club record.
After the descent 1994, he moved to league rivals Karlsruher SC, 1997, he signed with FC Bayern Munich. He reached his greatest sporting success with Bayern in 2001 by winning the Champions League. He was also four times German champion and three- time Cup winner. In addition, he was a player of the team that the World Cup against Boca Juniors Buenos Aires took 2001.
Fink played 150 Bundesliga games for Bayern Munich, before he played in the then Regionalliga Süd for the second team of FC Bayern in 2003. There he was team captain, forced him to a cartilage damage in the knee to end his career. His last game he made on April 2, 2006.
Finch scored 40 goals in 367 first division, second division in 37 games and a goal in 86 league games third six goals.
National
His only international game he played for the U-21 national team in a 1-1 draw against Cameroon in Yaounde senior team.
Career as a coach
Thorsten Fink supported by his time in the first team of FC Bayern Munich, the Regional team under Hermann Gerland and completed parallel to the end of 2005 training as a football coach at the Sports University in Cologne.
FC Red Bull Salzburg
From 5 September 2006 to June 16, 2007 Thorsten Fink coached the amateur team of the Austrian football club FC Red Bull Salzburg. With this he became a master of the Regional League West and climbed into the First League ( second highest league in Austria ) on. He then trained as an assistant to Giovanni Trapattoni the first division club Red Bull Salzburg, for the now also played his former teammate Alexander Zickler.
FC Ingolstadt 04
5 January 2008 Fink signed a contract as head coach of the German third division FC Ingolstadt 04, with which he ascended to the 2nd Bundesliga on 31 May 2008. As Tabellenzwölfter the first round of the FCI fell after eleven games without a win in the second half on a relegation back, and Fink was suspended on 21 April 2009. 16 days before Finch was the association nor a job guarantee was granted until end of season. Supervisory Board member Andreas Schleef had stressed in an interview on April 17 that "a coaching change at the present time no longer makes sense. " In an interview on May 10, 2009 the Supervisory Board Chairman Peter Jack Werth took the view that you are already at a much earlier time of Thorsten Fink should separate.
FC Basel
On 9 June 2009 Fink Christian Gross succeeded by as coach of FC Basel. Equipped with a three-year contract he won despite a poor start in his first season, his first title as a coach, the Swiss Cup and a week later the championship. The team presented with 90 goals in 36 league games a new scoring record for Switzerland. On 24 August 2010, Fink moved with his team in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League 2010 /11. The contract with Thorsten Fink was extended without exit clause until June 2013 On October 30, 2010. In May 2011 he won the 14th Swiss Cup Basel, the person entitled to participate again in the Champions League.
Hamburger SV
On October 17, 2011, Fink coach of Bundesliga club Hamburger SV as a successor to Michael Oenning, who had been released on 19 September 2011. His contract with FC Basel had previously been dissolved by mutual consent and upon payment of a transfer fee by HSV. Fink took over the team after the 9th Round on the bottom of the table. In the remainder of the first round, he managed to stabilize the team and to lead in 13th place. After a weaker second half of the HSV came back into the relegation battle, but finished the season in 15th place in the table from.
In the 2012/13 season of HSV missed under his leadership after a false start early in the season with seventh place on the final day of qualifying for an international competition. After a poor start to the 2013/14 season Fink was released after a 2:6 against Borussia Dortmund on 17 September 2013.
Achievements
As a player
- German B- Junior Champion 1984
- German Champion 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
- DFB Cup winners 1998, 2000, 2003
- Champions League winners in 2001
- World Cup winners in 2001
As coach
- Swiss Champion 2010, 2011 ( with FC Basel )
- Swiss Cup Winner 2010 ( with FC Basel )
- Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga 2008 ( with FC Ingolstadt 04)