Kai Herdling

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kai Herdling
Personnel
birthday June 27, 1984
place of birth Heidelberg ,  Germany
size 180 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1996-2000 SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim
2000-2002 SpVgg Neckarsteinach
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2002-2008 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 56 0(7)
2003-2008 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II 63 (47)
2008 SV Waldhof Mannheim 14 (10)
2009-2016 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II 141 (60)
2010-2016 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 25 0(2)
2012 →  Philadelphia Union  (loan) 4 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2009–2012 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U15 (assistant coach)
2016-2018 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II (assistant coach)
2018-2020 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U16
2020 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (assistant coach; interim)
2020– TSG 1899 Hoffenheim U17
1 Only league games are given.

Kai Herdling (born June 27, 1984 in Heidelberg ) is a former German soccer player and today's coach . The striker was under contract with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim from 2002 to 2016, with two brief interruptions .

Career as a player

Herdling played in his youth for SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim and SpVgg Neckarsteinach . At the beginning of the 2002/03 season he moved to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the Regionalliga Süd . From the 2005/06 season onwards, Kai Herdling only played for the second TSG Hoffenheim team playing in the Baden-Württemberg Oberliga and was top scorer in the 2006/07 season with 26 goals. Through his four appearances in the first team, he was involved in the Hoffenheim regional league runner-up in 2007 and the associated promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga .

Herdling played his first second division game on March 28, 2008 in a 2-0 win against FC Augsburg . He scored his first goal in the 2nd Bundesliga on April 13, 2008, when he scored the only Hoffenheim goal in their 2-1 defeat by Alemannia Aachen .

In the round of 16 and in the third round of the 2003/04 DFB Cup, Herdling shot TSG Hoffenheim into the quarter-finals when they scored 3-2 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen .

Kai Herdling moved to the regional league team SV Waldhof Mannheim at the beginning of the 2008/09 season , but went back to Hoffenheim for the second half of the season . Herdling was mostly used by the second team in the major league, which he scored in the 2009/10 season with 17 goals in 33 games for promotion to the regional league. He received his first Bundesliga appearance in the professional squad of Hoffenheim on March 7, 2010 against 1. FSV Mainz 05 .

On April 16, 2012, Herdling moved to the US MLS team Philadelphia Union on loan until June 2012 with the option of an extension until December 31, 2012 , where he made his debut against San José Earthquakes . After coach Piotr Nowak was dismissed , Herdling decided to return.

For the 2013/14 season , Herdling was promoted to the first team by coach Markus Gisdol at the age of 30 . In the first competitive game of the season in the DFB Cup against SG Aumund-Vegesack , he scored a brace after being substituted on.

Due to good performances in the Hinserie of the 2013/14 season, his contract was extended early on January 29, 2014 to June 30, 2016. Herdling ended his active career after the 2015/16 season.

Career as a coach

Herdling was Frank Fröhling's assistant coach for the C1 juniors (U15) at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim during his playing career . He held this position from the 2009/10 season until he moved to the USA in spring 2012.

After the end of his career, Herdling became co-trainer of Marco Wildersinn alongside Andreas Ibertsberger for the second TSG team, which played in the fourth-class Regionalliga Südwest , for the 2016/17 season . After two seasons, he took over the B2 Juniors (U16) as head coach for the 2018/19 season .

After the season 2019/20 in the youth field due to the COVID-19 pandemic had been canceled, took Herdling together with the previous assistant coach Matthias Kaltenbach and the U19 coach Marcel Rapp from 31 matchday of the season 2019/20 the Bundesliga team of Alfred Schreuder until the end of the season. The club described the transitional arrangement as a "team solution", in which Kaltenbach was the official head coach. The coaching team won 3 of the last 4 games and finished the season in 6th place, which qualified them directly for the Europa League .

For the 2020/21 season , Herdling took over the B1 Juniors (U17) who play in the B Juniors Bundesliga .

successes

  • 2007: Regional league champion and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with TSG Hoffenheim
  • 2007: Top scorer in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II, 26 goals)
  • 2008: Promotion to the 1st Bundesliga (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
  • 2011: Top scorer of the Regionalliga Süd (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II, 19 goals)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TSG gets Herdling kicker.de
  2. ↑ Herdling moves to the USA kicker.de
  3. ^ Recap: Lenhart's brace hands Union 2-1 home loss philadelphiaunion.com
  4. ↑ Kai Herdling another Hoffenheim / 5-1 victory in the first test
  5. ↑ Modeste celebrates a two-goal debut
  6. ↑ Hoffenheim extended with late bloomer Herdling
  7. ↑ TSG veteran Herdling has to end his career. May 12, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Looking back ahead , Achtzehn99.de, March 27, 2015, accessed on June 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Mr. Hoffenheim "has changed sides , eightzehn99.de, November 2, 2016, accessed on June 9, 2020.
  10. ↑ Kai Herdling: From professional to U16 head coach , achtzehn99.de, September 3, 2018, accessed on June 9, 2020.
  11. ↑ TSG and coach Schreuder end their collaboration , achtzehn99.de, June 9, 2020, accessed on June 9, 2020.
  12. ↑ Kaltenbach officially Hoffenheim coach against RB Leipzig , bnn.de, June 12, 2020, accessed on June 17, 2020.
  13. ↑ Galm admitted to the football teacher course / Herdling coaches U17 , achtzehn99.de, April 8, 2020, accessed on June 9, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Herdling, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg , Germany