Thomas Berthold
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| Full name | Thomas Berthold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 November 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hanau, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1978 | KEWA Wachenbuchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1987 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 111 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Verona | 52 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Roma | 62 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Bayern Munich | 30 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2000 | VfB Stuttgart | 191 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Adanaspor | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 451 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | West Germany U21 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1994 | (West) Germany | 62 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a former German footballer and manager, who played as a defender. He currently works as a pundit and analyst for several TV stations.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse. His first club was TuSpV KeWa Wachenbuchen before he joined the youth ranks of SG Eintracht Frankfurt in 1978.
He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals.[1] He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas Verona FC (1987–1989) and AS Roma (1989–1991). He then returned to Germany, signing for FC Bayern Munich (1991–1993) and VfB Stuttgart (1993–2000). Berthold's last season as an active player was with the Turkish league club Adanaspor for whom he played until 15 January 2001.
International career
[edit | edit source]Between 1985 and 1994 Berthold made 62 international appearances, scoring 1 goal, for the West German and German national teams, participating in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and 1988 European Championships in West Germany. He was a member of the West German team which won the 1990 World Cup, but wasn't in the German team which took second place in the European Championships in Sweden in 1992. His last appearance in international competition came shortly after the 1994 World Cup.[2]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1982–83 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| 1983–84 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 1984–85 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 7 | ||||
| 1985–86 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
| 1986–87 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 4 | ||||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1987–88 | Verona | Serie A | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 42 | 3 | |
| 1988–89 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 1989–90 | Roma | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | |||
| 1990–91 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 12 | 0 | 49 | 3 | |||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1991–92 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 1992–93 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1993–94 | VfB Stuttgart | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 1994–95 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 1996–97 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
| 1997–98 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| 1998–99 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 1999–2000 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Turkey | League | Turkish Cup | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2000-01 | Adanaspor | 1. Lig | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 451 | 27 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 548 | 33 | ||
International
[edit | edit source]| Germany national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1985 | 9 | 1 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| Total | 62 | 1 |
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Score and results list West Germany's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 30 April 1985 | Strahov Stadium, Prague |  Czechoslovakia |
1–0 | 5–1 | 1986 World Cup qualifier |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- Roma
- Coppa Italia: 1990–91
- UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1990–91
- VfB Stuttgart
- DFB-Pokal: 1996–97
- DFB-Ligapokal: Runner-up 1997, 1998
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1997–98
International
[edit | edit source]- Germany
- FIFA World Cup: 1990; Runner-up 1986
Individual
[edit | edit source]- Onze Mondial: 1986, 1987[3]
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1993–94[4]
Media career
[edit | edit source]- On 10 June 2006, he appeared in BBC's sports quiz A Question of Sport – World Cup special preceding England's opening game in the finals.
- He is a frequent football pundit/analyst for German TV channels Sport1 and Liga total!.
- Berthold was the onfield anchorman for Eurosport's pan-European coverage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 commenting as well as interviewing players and coaches in English, German, Italian and Spanish.
- He appeared as a color commentator for n-tv's German language coverage of the 2013 Audi Cup.
- He appeared as a frequent pundit for British Eurosport's 2014 World Cup coverage.
- In August 2020, he spoke at a demonstration in Stuttgart, protesting against the anti-coronavirus measures introduced by the national government.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Thomas Berthold at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Hanau
- Men's association football central defenders
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German men's footballers
- German football managers
- Germany men's international footballers
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- VfB Stuttgart players
- Hellas Verona FC players
- AS Roma players
- Adanaspor footballers
- Bundesliga players
- Serie A players
- Süper Lig players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1988 players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup–winning players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- German expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- West German men's footballers
- West German expatriate men's footballers
- West German expatriate sportspeople in Italy