Michael Kügler

Michael Kügler (born 3 September 1981 in Olpe) is a German footballer who currently is a player-manager for SV Dahl-Friedrichsthal.

Michael Kügler
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-09-03) 3 September 1981
Place of birth Olpe, West Germany
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SV Dahl-Friedrichsthal (player-manager)
Number 8
Youth career
SV Dahl-Friedrichsthal
0000–1995 SpVg Olpe
1995–2000 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Borussia Dortmund II 55 (2)
2002–2004 1. FC Nürnberg II 36 (3)
2002–2004 1. FC Nürnberg 3 (0)
2004–2006 VfL Osnabrück 59 (2)
2006–2009 Dynamo Dresden 20 (2)
2009 Dynamo Dresden II 3 (0)
2009–2010 Sportfreunde Lotte[1] 19 (2)
2010–2016 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn
2016 SV Ottfingen
2018– SV Dahl-Friedrichsthal
Teams managed
2017–2018 SV Ottfingen
2019– SV Dahl-Friedrichsthal (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Club career

In his early youth, he played for SV Dahl-Friedrichsthal and SpVg Olpe before moving to the youth department of Borussia Dortmund in 1995.[2] Kügler was discovered by scouts from Dortmund after a rather successful time at SpVg Olpe and brought into the youth department of the Dortmund club. He won the German championship with the B-juniors in 1998. In 2000, he was promoted to the reserve team where he played for two seasons.[2]

Kügler then moved to 1. FC Nürnberg on a free transfer and played two Bundesliga games for the club in its relegation season. In the following season in the 2. Bundesliga, he only made one appearance due to injuries and he then left FCN in summer 2004.

Later career

After six years at 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn, he moved to SV Ottfingen in the summer 2016. At the end of the year, he was announced as the club's new head coach.[3][4] Beside that, he also played a few games for the club's reserve team. On 4 February 2018, Kügler was replaced by Sascha Lichtenthäler.[5]

Two years later he moved to VfL Osnabrück in the Regionalliga Nord on a free transfer. He played 59 league games and two DFB-Pokal games. From the 2006–07 season, he was under contract with Dynamo Dresden. Initially, however, he was hardly used there due to serious knee injuries. On 28 August 2009, the contract with Dynamo Dresden, which originally ran until the end of June 2010, was terminated by mutual agreement. Kügler then moved to Sportfreunde Lotte.

In the summer 2018, Kügler returned to his first club, SV Dahl-Friedrichsthal, as a player and sporting director. At the end of 2018, he was appointed player-head coach of the club on an interim basis until the end of the season.[6] Kügler still also maintained his duties as a sporting director. From the 2020–21 season, he would function as a player-assistant coach.[6]

References
  1. "Michael Kügler" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  2. "Viel Potenzial, viel Verletzungspech". Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). 29 December 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  3. Meckel, Michael (29 December 2016). "Michael Kügler kommt – Paukenschlag beim SV Ottfingen". Westfälische Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. "Die Trainer des SV Ottfingen I". SV 1931 Ottfingen e. V. (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. "Sascha Lichtenthäler wird Trainer beim SV Ottfingen". Sauerlandkurier (in German). 4 February 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  6. "Michael Kügler übernimmt A-Ligist Dahl-Friedrichsthal". Sauerlandkurier (in German). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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