Oliver Kreuzer
| Oliver Kreuzer | ||
 Oliver Kreuzer (2010)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Oliver Emil Kreuzer | |
| birthday | November 13, 1965 | |
| place of birth | Mannheim , Germany | |
| size | 180 cm | |
| position | Defense | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| until 1985 | SpVgg Ketch 06 | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1985-1991 | Karlsruher SC | 182 (8) |
| 1991-1997 | FC Bayern Munich | 150 (8) |
| 1997-2002 | FC Basel | 124 (19) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1982 | Germany U16 | 2 (0) |
| 1982-1984 | Germany U18 | 4 (1) |
| 1986-1989 | Germany U21 | 7 (0) |
| 1988 | Germany Olympia | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Oliver Kreuzer Emil (* 13. November 1965 in Mannheim ) is a German football - functionary and former - player .
In the Bundesliga, the defender played for Karlsruher SC and FC Bayern Munich , with whom he won the German championship in 1994 and 1997 and the 1996 UEFA Cup . He then ended his playing career in Switzerland at FC Basel , with whom he won the Swiss championship and the cup in 2002.
He then took on official roles as team manager and head of sport at clubs in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. With his participation, FC Basel became twice champions and once cup winners, FC Red Bull Salzburg once champions and SK Sturm Graz once champions and cup winners. After stints at Karlsruher SC and Hamburger SV , he was employed by TSV 1860 Munich until June 2016 , and since November 2016 - for the second time - he has been the sports director of Karlsruher SC.
Career as a player
society
Oliver Kreuzer was born on November 13, 1965 as the son of Manfred and Ursula Kreuzer in Mannheim. Emerging from the youth of SpVgg 06 Ketsch, for whom Uli Stielike and Jochen Kientz had also played, Kreuzer was signed by the second division club Karlsruher SC in 1985 . On February 22, 1986 (25th matchday) he made his debut for 86 minutes in a 1-1 draw in the away game against SG Wattenscheid 09 , before he was substituted for Michael Harforth . In his first season initially used 13 times, he was used in the following season under coach Winfried Schäfer in 37 of 38 games, scored 2-0 at halftime on August 23, 1986 (5th matchday) in the game at SSV Ulm 1846 his first goal and the final score. At the end of the season he was promoted to the Bundesliga with the team . In this he played 132 times for Baden from 1987 to 1991 and scored six goals, his first on September 26, 1987 (10th match day) in a 1-1 home game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen .
FC Bayern Munich
After that, Kreuzer switched from KSC to FC Bayern Munich, as did Mehmet Scholl and goalkeeper Oliver Kahn in those years . With Bayern, he finished tenth in the Bundesliga in his first season, which was the club's worst placement since 1978. He worked under the coaches Jupp Heynckes , Søren Lerby and Erich Ribbeck . After a runner-up, he won his first championship title with Bayern in 1994 , where trainer Ribbeck was replaced by Franz Beckenbauer during the winter break . In the following season Bayern were sixth under coach Giovanni Trapattoni . Under his successor Otto Rehhagel , who was replaced by and by club president Franz Beckenbauer towards the end of the season, another runner-up followed and he won the UEFA Cup in final games against Girondins Bordeaux , in which the future world footballer Zinedine Zidane participated. Under coach Giovanni Trapattoni, who returned to Munich, Kreuzer won his second German championship in 1996/97 .
On the 22nd matchday his Bundesliga career came to an end in the 45th minute with a 2-0 defeat at Arminia Bielefeld - after 282 games with 14 goals, 150 of which for Bayern with eight goals. At FC Bayern, his most prominent team-mates included the record international players Lothar Matthäus , Mehmet Scholl , Mario Basler , Jürgen Klinsmann , Thomas Helmer , Oliver Kahn and the Brazilian world champion Jorginho .
FC Basel
In the summer of 1997, Kreuzer moved to Switzerland for the first division club FC Basel , for whom he played until the winter break of the 2001/02 season. His last league game was a 5-1 home win on October 27, 2001 against Xamax Neuchâtel . At the end of the season, the team coached by Christian Gross won the first championship title in 22 years and with a 2-1 final victory after extra time at home in St. Jakob-Park against the Grasshopper Club Zurich also won their first cup since 1975. In the team loomed especially Murat Yakin , goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler and Argentine Christian Gimenez out as a striker.
National team (youth and U21)
Kreuzer made his debut in the national jersey on March 12, 1982 in Regensburg in the 1-1 draw of the U16 national team against the U16 team of Czechoslovakia , against which he also played two days later in Passau (0-0). For the U18 national team , Kreuzer played four times, for the first time on October 13, 1982 in Homburg in a 3-0 win over Belgium , and most recently on April 10, 1984 in Kufstein in a 1-0 win over Austria . He scored his only goal on May 4, 1983 in Schaffhausen in a 5-2 victory over Switzerland .
On September 9, 1986 cruiser made his debut for the U21 national team in Glasgow in the 0-1 defeat against Scotland . In 1987 he played against England , Denmark , Luxembourg , the Netherlands and Bulgaria . Not appointed in 1988, he completed his last international match on May 30, 1989 in Reykjavík in a qualifying match for the European Championship in a 1-1 draw against Iceland . Before that, he had briefly belonged to the Olympic selection and played his only game for them on August 30, 1988 in a preparatory game in Siegen in the 2-1 victory over the selection of Nigeria, but was not appointed to the squad for the Olympic Games .
Career as a team manager / sports director
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FC Basel
After the end of his playing career, Kreuzer stayed with FC Basel and from January 2002 acted as team manager together with club factotum Gusti Nussbaumer . In the course of time there was friction between Kreuzer, coach Christian Gross and Gigi Oeri , the club's board member and blond eminence . Kreuzer's contract, which expired in 2005, was not extended. During his time as team manager, he won the 2003 Cup and the 2004 and 2005 championships .
RB Salzburg
On October 1, 2006, he took up the post as sports director at FC Red Bull Salzburg , where he met three former companions from his time at Bayern: Giovanni Trapattoni and Lothar Matthäus acted as coaching team, while ex-national player Alexander Zickler stormed and footballer of the year was. After winning the Austrian championship in 2007 , Kreuzer was given leave of absence in September of that year.
Storm Graz
From August 2008 to May 2011, Kreuzer was the sports director of the Austrian Bundesliga club SK Sturm Graz . With coach Franco Foda , the team won the 2010 cup with a 1-0 final win over SC Wiener Neustadt and in 2011 they were three points ahead of Red Bull Salzburg as Austrian champions.
Karlsruher SC
On May 27, 2011, Kreuzer signed a three-year contract as sporting director at Karlsruher SC , who had just finished the season in the 2nd Bundesliga season as 15th, just above the relegation ranks. In Kreuzer's first season, KSC changed coach twice - from Rainer Scharinger to Jørn Andersen , the first foreign top scorer in the Bundesliga in 1990, to Markus Kauczinski - did not get past 16th place and had to play in relegation games against SSV Jahn Regensburg . After results of 1: 1 and 2: 2, the KSC had to relegate to the 3rd division due to the away goal rule. In the following season, under the retained coach Kauczinski, the immediate resurgence as a third division champion succeeded.
Hamburger SV
In June 2013 he reached an agreement with Hamburger SV , which finished seventh in the 2012/13 Bundesliga season, to succeed the Danish Frank Arnesen as the director of sport for the next three years . “From a purely sporting point of view, HSV is my most important station as a manager. It was clear to me from the start that I wanted to seize this opportunity and use it, ”he said.
The 2013/14 season was unsatisfactory for HSV. After a coach change from Thorsten Fink to Bert van Marwijk , who had become vice world champion with the Netherlands in 2010, to Mirko Slomka , the club was 16th and had to play in relegation games against second division third SpVgg Greuther Fürth . After results of 0: 0 and 1: 1, the class was held due to the away goal rule.
On July 14, 2014, HSV released him from his duties. On October 10, 2014, Hamburger SV converted the separation into a dismissal without notice. The club accused him of having "repeatedly violated his duties of loyalty" after the separation in newspaper and TV interviews. This allegation was later withdrawn after an out-of-court settlement and Kreuzer received 800,000 euros in severance payment. The 2014–15 season was very similar to the previous year for Hamburger SV under Kreuzer's successor Peter Knäbel , who held the title of “Director of Professional Football”.
1860 Munich
From November 5, 2015, Kreuzer became the successor to Necat Aygün - who acted as an interim solution after the resignation of the controversial Gerhard Poschner - sports director at the relegation-threatened second division TSV 1860 Munich . Transfers initiated by Kreuzer during the winter break were seen as a decisive factor in staying in the league. On June 22, 2016 the amicable separation of Kreuzer and TSV 1860 Munich was announced. After a restructuring of the club's management, the club wanted to make room for Thomas Eichin, who had just escaped relegation from the first division club SV Werder Bremen .
Karlsruher SC
Kreuzer returned to Karlsruher SC on December 1, 2016 as the successor to the released sports director Jens Todt . In his first half of the year he was relegated directly to the club, having arrived in the third division, KSC failed in 2017/18 in the relegation to Erzgebirge Aue. A year later the time had finally come when KSC made it to the second Bundesliga in 2019.
Others
Oliver Kreuzer has two sons from his first marriage. Niklas (* 1993) was promoted from the third division to the second division with Dynamo Dresden in 2016 and was also appointed to German youth national teams. Tim Kreuzer (born March 1, 1997) was at the same time, after he had previously played in the youth team of FC Basel, in the fifth-class Oberliga Hamburg at SC Victoria Hamburg defender.
successes
player
official
- Swiss champions : 2004 , 2005
- Swiss Cup Winner : 2003
- Austrian champion : 2007 , 2011
- Austrian Cup Winner : 2010
Web links
- Oliver Kreuzer in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Oliver Kreuzer in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oliver Emil Kreuzer , northdata.de, accessed on February 4, 2020.
- ↑ New sporting leadership for the bulls: Heinz Hochhauser and Thomas Linke ( Memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Oliver Kreuzer new sporting director at KSC ( Memento from May 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
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↑ KSC reaches agreement with HSV: Contractual relationship with Oliver Kreuzer will end on June 11 ( memento from June 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Perfect: Oliver Kreuzer will be the new head of sports at HSV. Hamburger SV, June 2, 2013, archived from the original on June 7, 2013 ; Retrieved November 25, 2016 . - ↑ Kai Schiller, Alexander Laux: Oliver Kreuzer: "You have to pay a high price" . Interview in Die Welt , June 15, 2013, accessed on November 25, 2016.
- ↑ HSV releases sports director Oliver Kreuzer. Hamburger SV, July 14, 2014, archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ HSV dismisses Oliver Kreuzer for an important reason. Hamburger SV press release, October 10, 2014, archived from the original on October 10, 2014 ; Retrieved November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Karsten Lübben, Sebastian Wolff: HSV agrees cruiser with me . kicker.de , April 28, 2015, accessed on November 25, 2016.
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↑ 2. Bundesliga: Oliver Kreuzer becomes head of sport in 1860 . Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 4, 2015, accessed on November 25, 2016.
Jörg Marwedel, Philipp Schneider: 1860 Munich separates from Oliver Kreuzer . Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 22, 2016, accessed on November 25, 2016. - ↑ As of December 1, 2016: Oliver Kreuzer becomes the new KSC sports director: Karlsruher SC. (No longer available online.) Karlsruher SC, November 25, 2016, archived from the original on November 26, 2016 ; Retrieved November 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Tim Kreuzer . transfermarkt.de , accessed on November 25, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cruiser, Oliver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kreuzer, Oliver Emil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim , Germany |