Tim Cassel

Tim Cassel (born September 9, 1972 in Eutin ) is a former German soccer goalkeeper and today's functionary. The native of Ostholstein came to several appearances in the 2nd Bundesliga for VfB Lübeck and is currently the managing director of the Schleswig-Holstein Football Association.

Career

Cassel began playing football at TSV Malente in his youth and played in the senior division for TSV Pansdorf , SV Sereetz and TuS Hoisdorf , before moving to the then regional league club VfB Lübeck in 2001. He was always a substitute goalkeeper for the Lübeck team and was only used on the last match day against Dresdner SC in the Regionalliga season , when VfB's promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga was already certain. In Lübeck's first second division season, Cassel made his professional debut on October 18, 2002 against MSV Duisburg . In a collision with Duisburg captain Carsten Wolters , the VfB goalkeeper was injured before half-time and was also out for the next few months with a broken shin. In 2003/04 he was used two more times for VfB, but only played the full 90 minutes in the home game against FSV Mainz 05 .

Afterwards, the sociology student was still active for a few seasons at Meiendorfer SV and Eintracht Norderstedt . He received his doctorate in 2006 with his dissertation The field of football. A social and cultural historical investigation into the beginnings of football in Schleswig-Holstein 1890-1914 and after the end of his playing career he became an official at the Schleswig-Holstein Football Association. He has been the association's managing director since 2017.

literature

• Christian Jessen: Cassel, Tim . In: VfB Lübeck. A century of football history in the Hanseatic city. . Verlag Die Werkstatt, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7307-0460-8 , p. 299.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tim Cassel's bad luck hits VfB hard. In: kicker.de . Accessed July 31, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Full text of the dissertation at the University of Hamburg