Michael Kraft (soccer player)

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Michael Kraft
Michael Kraft Face.jpg
Michael Kraft (2006)
Personnel
birthday April 23, 1966
place of birth DernbachGermany
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
1972-1984 SpVgg EGC Wirges
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1984-1988 SpVgg EGC Wirges ? (?)
1988-1990 1. FC Cologne 1 (0)
1990-1993 Bakırköyspor 81 (0)
1993-1998 1. FC Cologne 26 (0)
1998-1999 FC Gütersloh 17 (0)
2000-2001 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2000-2001 FC Carl Zeiss Jena
2002-2003 Red and white awls
2003 Bucheon SK (goalkeeping coach)
2004 Incheon United (goalkeeping coach)
2005 Prussia Münster (assistant trainer)
2006-2013 Werder Bremen (goalkeeping coach)
2014-2015 Eintracht Frankfurt (goalkeeping coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Michael Kraft (born April 23, 1966 in Dernbach ) is a German soccer coach and former soccer player . He was a goalkeeper and played 27 Bundesliga games in goal for 1. FC Köln . He worked as a goalkeeping coach for a long time under Thomas Schaaf at Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt .

Career

player

Although Michael Kraft was active as a professional footballer for eleven years, he usually only sat on the bench as number two. He was a regular goalkeeper at Bakırköyspor in Turkey and at 1. FC Cologne after Bodo Illgner moved to Real Madrid . A year later he lost his place again to Andreas Menger . At FC Gütersloh he was the regular goalkeeper for a half-series in the 2nd Bundesliga.

successes

  • 1981/82 Rhineland-Palatinate A youth champion with SpVgg EGC Wirges
  • 1988/89 German runner-up in 1989 with 1. FC Köln
  • 2006 Supercup winner with Werder Bremen
  • 2009 DFB Cup winner with Werder Bremen
  • 2009 UEFA Cup finalist with Werder Bremen
  • 2010 DFB Cup finalist with Werder Bremen
  • six times participation in the Champions League with Werder Bremen

Trainer

After finishing his active career, he went to South Korea and worked at Bucheon SK and Incheon United as a goalkeeping coach. In the first half of the 2005/06 season he was assistant coach at Preußen Münster under head coach Colin Bell . From January 2006 he worked as a goalkeeping coach at Werder Bremen as the successor to Dieter Burdenski . In May 2012, his contract was extended by two years until 2014. Werder Bremen also ended their collaboration with Kraft after head coach Thomas Schaaf left and released him until the end of his contract. Together with Schaaf as head coach, Kraft was hired by Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2014 , after Schaaf's contract cancellation until June 30, 2016

Private

Michael Kraft is married and has two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Werder separates from his co-trainers on www.kicker.de on May 24, 2013, accessed on May 25, 2013