Thorsten Legat

Thorsten Legat ( born November 7, 1968 in Bochum ) is a former German football player and current coach.

Playing career

As a football player he was at VfL Bochum ( 1986-1991 ), Werder Bremen ( 1991-1994 ), Eintracht Frankfurt (1994 /95), VfB Stuttgart ( 1995-1999 ) and FC Schalke 04 ( 2000-2001 ) under contract. Legat graduated 243 Bundesliga games, scored 15 goals, saw 34 yellow cards and a yellow / red card.

VfL Bochum

Legate comes from the youth of the VfL ​​Bochum and came to the 1986/87 season in the first team of VfL Bochum. On 6 September 1986 the 5th Round, he came to his pro debut in the Bundesliga. In the 1-1 draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach, the then coach Hermann Gerland Bochum- it changed in the 69th minute for Peter Knäbel. In the next game, the midfielder was the first time in the starting lineup of the White Blue, where he completed the full 90 minutes. By the end of the season, the then young players came on another five short assignments. In the following years, legate prevailed and gradually developed into the trunk force. In the season 1987/88 he managed the 4-4 draw against FC 08 Homburg the interim ahead 3-2 after he was only ten minutes earlier on as a substitute for Minas Hantzidis. This was also his first goal in a league competitive match. After Legat 1990/91 season played a strong and apart from goalkeeper Andreas Wessels graduated from the most games for the Bochum and behind attacker Josef Nehl with seven goals was the second best scorer of his team, signed him in the summer of 1991, the SV Werder Bremen.

Werder Bremen

During the three years that played legate for the Bremer, the midfielder was regularly placed in the starting lineup. After his first year at the Weser he celebrated his greatest success in the active football: the team he reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1992 after he still played both games in the semi-final against FC Bruges, legate was in the final but just a spectator. . Against AS Monaco won Werder in this game 2-0. In the following year he celebrated with the Hanseatic city dwellers the German championship. For the season 1993/94 legate was not always the first choice. He completed 22 games, but was eight times only once or replaced. After all, he could sweeten this for him personally less successful season with the Bremen nor by winning the DFB Cup.

Eintracht Frankfurt

In summer 1994, we began to move to Eintracht Frankfurt. The defensive legate was obliged to replace Uwe Bein on the 10 - position - a role that he did not get along. Together with Ralf Falk Mayer, Jay Jay Okocha and Ralf Weber made ​​legate the backbone in the middle of Hesse. After he was first round still regulars, worsened his situation and legacy came in the second half of the series of the season to just seven games, where he was a four - or replaced. The frankfurters were in this season only ninth in the league, the UEFA Cup, the team retired in the quarterfinals against Juventus Turin.

VfB Stuttgart

After only one year in Frankfurt legate went to VfB Stuttgart. In four years with the Swabians, however, he was never able to fight for a regular place. Against competitors such as Andreas Buck, Matthias Hagner, Marco Haber, Krisztian Lisztes or Gerhard Poschner the defensive player to put rarely. After two Achilles tendon surgery, he was no longer considered by coach Ralf Rangnick prior to the 1999/2000 season, but still had a contract with a term until the end of season 2001. According to a racist diatribe against his teammate Pablo Thiam him in late 1999 but was terminated without notice.

FC Schalke 04

The beginning of 2000 changed legate for two years for FC Schalke 04 in Stuttgart as it had the defensive all-rounder even with the miners hard to work out a regular place. Opponent as Yves own smoke, Nico van Kerckhoven or Markus Happe legacy received from coach Huub Stevens rarely have a chance and so came in the first year to just four games for the Royal Blues. On his first mission he had to wait until the 18th game day, before Stevens mustered him in the starting lineup in a 2-1 away win at Arminia Bielefeld. The following year, 2001, he had, after he no longer use graduated from throughout the season, to end his career due to disability sport.

Coaching career

Between 2004 and 2005, oversaw a legacy the U19 SV Werder Bremen. From 2005 to 2007 he was the coach of the WSV Bochum 06, 2008, he was introduced as the new coach of the Witten football club TuRa Rüdinghausen. After a short term as well as clashes with board and players, he resigned from the club in August 2008 again, after he was stopped in the previous month. Since early 2010 Thorsten Legat coach in the youth department at SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 was the end of the 2010/11 season, the club of it isolated. From the summer of 2012 oversaw a legacy the U15 Juniors Wuppertal SV. On 23 October 2013, took over as coach of the dismissed Joachim Hopp at the State division 1 FC Wülfrath.

Remarkable

Away from the football pitch, he made headlines in June 2007 when he took out in the parking lot of a McDonalds in Remscheid against a group of young people a samurai sword from alleged self-defense. He was sentenced on 16 December 2008 to a fine of 1,000 Euros to a charitable institution. Even as an active player was repeatedly overshadowed by gaffes and off the field bequest career. New Year's Eve 1996/97 he hit a man in Bochum hospital.

Achievements

  • Winners of the European Cup Winners' Cup: 1992
  • Finalist in the European Cup Winners' Cup: 1998
  • German Masters: 1993
  • German Vice-Champion: 2001
  • DFB Cup winner: 1994, 1997, 2001
  • DFB Cup finalist: 1988
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