Jens Keller

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Jens Keller
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Jens Keller (2016)
Personnel
birthday November 24, 1970
place of birth Stuttgart ,  Germany
size 182 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1981-1987 VfL Stuttgart-Wangen
1987-1989 VfB Stuttgart
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1992 VfB Stuttgart Amat. ? (?)
1989-1992 VfB Stuttgart 1 (0)
1992-1995 TSV 1860 Munich 48 (1)
1995-1998 VfL Wolfsburg 75 (4)
1998-2000 VfB Stuttgart 48 (1)
2000-2002 1. FC Cologne 55 (0)
2002-2005 Eintracht Frankfurt 50 (3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2009 VfB Stuttgart U19
2009-2010 VfB Stuttgart (assistant coach)
2010 VfB Stuttgart
2012 FC Schalke 04 U17
2012-2014 FC Schalke 04
2016-2017 1. FC Union Berlin
2018-2019 FC Ingolstadt 04
2019-2020 1. FC Nuremberg
1 Only league games are given.

Jens Keller (born November 24, 1970 in Stuttgart ) is a German soccer coach and former player .

Career as a player

In 1981 Jens Keller started playing soccer at VfL Stuttgart-Wangen. In 1987 he moved to the youth team at VfB Stuttgart, where he was promoted to the professional team in 1989 without making a breakthrough. He had his only Bundesliga appearance at VfB in November 1990, when he was substituted on in the second half in the 1-0 defeat by Werder Bremen . In the 1991/92 season , when VfB became German champions , he was not used in the league.

1860 Munich

In the summer of 1992 , Keller signed a contract with TSV 1860 Munich , who had just been relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga to the Bayernliga . Under coach Werner Lorant , the defensive specialist played 20 games and scored one goal; 1860 became champion and then also prevailed in the promotion round . In the second division season 1993/94 Keller was used 23 times. In the end, the lions rose again as third in the table. Keller stayed in Munich for a year and a half, but was only used five times as a supplementary player in the Bundesliga. In addition to his 48 league appearances, Keller also played two games in the DFB Cup in 1860 .

VfL Wolfsburg

In the winter break of the 1995/96 season , he moved to VfL Wolfsburg , which was in a relegation zone in the 2nd Bundesliga. Keller became a regular player and rose to second place in the Bundesliga after the 1996/97 season with VfL, trained by Willi Reimann ; VfL played in the top league for the first time in the club's history.

VfB Stuttgart

Although Keller had earned himself a regular place in the first division in Wolfsburg, he moved back to VfB Stuttgart after a Bundesliga season in 1998 for a transfer fee of DM 300,000 . This time, Keller established himself as a regular player in the following two seasons. The highlights of his time with the Swabians include the four 1998/99 UEFA Cup matches against Feyenoord Rotterdam - 3-0 away win after a 3-1 home defeat - and Club Brugge , which VfB were eliminated after extra time.

1. FC Cologne

After two seasons in Stuttgart, he was committed to the 2000/01 season for 750,000 DM from 1. FC Cologne . In the following years he completed 55 Bundesliga games and finally rose in 2002 with the club in the 2nd Bundesliga. Keller's contract was not renewed.

Eintracht Frankfurt

Keller then moved to the second division club Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2002 , where Willi Reimann was again his coach, who appointed him captain. Keller played 33 games in the team that qualified third in the second division for the Bundesliga. Right at the beginning of the following Bundesliga season, Keller suffered severe cartilage damage to his knee and was therefore out for the rest of the season; Eintracht immediately descended again. He also remained captain under the new trainer Friedhelm Funkel . From the fourth match day of the second division 2004/05 season , Keller was fit again and could play through until the winter break. An ankle injury sustained at training camp prior to the start of the season, however, turned out to be more severe than originally diagnosed, and surgery became inevitable in January 2005. After further complications, he did not make any further competitive appearances for Eintracht, which secured promotion at the end of the season. Keller's contract was not renewed; an existing affiliation contract, which provided for its continued use at Eintracht after the end of his career, was canceled in exchange for compensation of 100,000 euros, as no suitable position had been found for him.

Keller was now preparing for a career as a coach and took appropriate courses.

Career as a coach

VfB Stuttgart

For the 2008/09 season , Keller took over as head coach of the VfB Stuttgart A youth team. On December 6, 2009, he became assistant coach of the first team under the new VfB head coach Christian Gross , who replaced Markus Babbel . The VfB A youth team became champions of the south / south-west group of the U-19 Bundesliga without Jens Keller. The first team, which was in 15th place in the Bundesliga when the new coaching team took office, became the best team in the second half of the Bundesliga and qualified sixth for the newly created Europa League .

In October 2010, after Gross was given leave of absence, Keller became head coach of the team, which found itself in last place in the Bundesliga after seven match days. Only two months later he was released from work and was succeeded by Bruno Labbadia . After his suspension as head coach, he worked for VfB as a scout .

FC Schalke 04

Jens Keller (2013)

For the 2012/13 season , Keller took over the B youth team of FC Schalke 04 as head coach.

On December 16, 2012 he took over the first team after Huub Stevens' leave of absence . With Keller, Schalke reached 4th place at the end of the season, which entitles them to qualify for the Uefa Champions League. The contract, which expired at the end of the season, was extended by two years in May 2013. Schalke prevailed against PAOK Thessaloniki in the qualifying round for the Champions League and finally reached the round of 16 in the competition. In the Bundesliga, at the end of the 2013/14 season, he finished third and qualified for the Champions League.

On October 6, 2014, Keller was given a leave of absence after only two wins from the first ten competitive games of the 2014/15 season .

1. FC Union Berlin

For the 2016/17 season , Keller took over the second division team of 1. FC Union Berlin from André Hofschneider and reached fourth place in the table with the team. On December 4, 2017, Keller was given leave of absence after three consecutive games without a win. This came as a surprise to both Keller and the public. At this point in time, 1. FC Union was in fourth place in the table, three points behind on third place. According to their own statements, both Keller and his advisor Thomas Eichin had "good discussions about a contract extension during the winter break" in the previous week.

FC Ingolstadt 04

On December 2, 2018, Keller took over the second division team of FC Ingolstadt 04, which after 15 match days with eight points in the last place in the table, as the successor to interim coach Roberto Pätzold , who had taken over the team after Alexander Nouri had been released. He signed a contract until the end of the 2018/19 season .

On April 2, 2019, FC Ingolstadt split from Jens Keller. The reason for this was a five-game losing streak.

1. FC Nuremberg

On November 13, 2019, Keller took over the second division team of the relegated 1. FC Nürnberg , which after the 13th matchday of the 2019/20 season was 14th with 14 points and before that in the DFB Cup against the third division 1. FC Kaiserslautern resigned as the successor to Damir Canadi . He received a contract that ran until June 30, 2021. After Keller had finished the regular playing time in 16th place, he was released and replaced by Michael Wiesinger for the relegation .

Private

Jens Keller is married, has two children and lives in Lohmar .

successes

as a player:

Web links

Commons : Jens Keller  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jens Keller - Trainer data sheet . transfermarkt.de. April 28, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  2. ^ Ingo Durstewitz: Frankfurt simulation games . Frankfurter Rundschau, May 3, 2005
  3. ↑ On the current situation ( Memento from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ Labbadia is the new head coach at VfB ( Memento from September 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ Thomas Näher: Coach kick: Keller's heart continues to beat for the Reds . Stuttgarter Nachrichten , December 12, 2010.
  6. ↑ Jens Keller is the new head coach of the B-Juniors at FC Schalke 04 . ( Memento from April 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) FC Schalke 04, April 18, 2012.
  7. ↑ FC Schalke 04 on leave Huub Stevens - Jens Keller takes over . ( Memento from December 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) FC Schalke 04, December 16, 2012.
  8. ↑ Jens Keller remains head coach at Schalke 04 . focus.de. May 10, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  9. ↑ Change of coach: Why Schalke didn't sign Thomas Tuchel as coach . derwesten.de , published and accessed on October 7, 2014.
    S04 separates from Jens Keller - Roberto Di Matteo takes over . Report from Schalke 04, published and accessed on October 7, 2014.
  10. ↑ André Hofschneider is the new head coach of 1. FC Union Berlin. In: fc-union-berlin.de. 1. FC Union Berlin , December 4, 2017, accessed on December 4, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Coach Jens Keller surprisingly dismissed. Retrieved December 5, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Despite fourth place: Union Berlin dismisses Jens Keller. Evening newspaper, December 4, 2017.
  13. ↑ Union separates from Keller. sportschau.de, accessed on December 5, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Union coach "stunned" after being expelled. Retrieved December 5, 2017 .
  15. ↑ After the HSV game, Jens Keller will take over until the summer! , November 30, 2018, accessed November 30, 2018.
  16. ↑ Ingolstadt dismisses Keller. Sports information service, April 2, 2019, accessed April 2, 2019 .
  17. ↑ FCI is entering the season's final spurt without Jens Keller and Thomas Stickroth. In: FC Ingolstadt April 2nd, 2019, accessed on April 2nd, 2019 .
  18. ↑ New head coach! Jens Keller takes over the club , fcn.de, November 12, 2019, accessed on November 12, 2019.
  19. ↑ With Michael Wiesinger and Marek Mintal in the relegation , fcn.de, June 29, 2020, accessed on June 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart