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Yann-Benjamin Kugel (2009)

Yann-Benjamin Kugel (born December 16, 1979 in Troisdorf ) is a German fitness trainer and was the athletic trainer for the German national soccer team until February 2018 .

Career

Kugel studied at the German Sport University in Cologne and sports science in Costa Rica . He then worked in Spain from 2007.

In summer 2008, Kugel was employed by Werder Bremen as a fitness trainer for the professional team. The management reacted to the poor fitness of the players and the resulting susceptibility to muscle injuries in the preseason. Aaron Hunt , whom he himself cites as a prime example of his work, had Kugel complete additional training sessions with exercises for the thigh and gluteus muscles to combat his knee problems. These had previously thrown him back again and again. Hunt himself assessed the work with Kugel positively and said he felt "really fit and fresh" again.

For the soccer World Cup 2010 , the DFB signed Kugel as the fourth fitness trainer of the German national team. The contact came through Shad Forsythe , who knew Kugel from two training courses at Mark Verstegen's company, Athletes' Performance in the United States . The tabloid Bild linked Kugel's commitment to the DFB with the importance of Mesut Özil, who was then Bremen . Kugel was permanently employed by the DFB after the World Cup. Initially, he also worked for Werder Bremen at the same time.

At the European Football Championship in 2012 , he looked after the German team together with Forsythe and Darcy Norman . They were supported in the preparation by Mark Verstegen. The fourth fitness trainer should enable individual training units for individual players in preparation.

In April 2012, Kugel announced that he did not want to extend his contract with Werder Bremen, which was running out at the end of the season. He explained that he wanted to devote himself to new tasks in addition to his work at the DFB. Kugel's successor at Werder Bremen was Reinhard Schnittker, who previously worked at the University of Paderborn . On July 9, 2012, the reigning Austrian champions FC Red Bull Salzburg announced that Kugel would be the new athletic trainer in Roger Schmidt's team .

Since June 18, 2013, in addition to his work in the national team, Kugel has been responsible for the athletics department of 1. FC Köln and has been responsible for the licensed players as well as conceptually for the youth teams of 1. FC Köln. On November 28, 2017 it became known that Kugel would no longer look after the active professional team due to a lack of trust with head coach Peter Stöger . Since June 2018 Kugel has been a manager at Fastward.Football, an agency he co-founded for sporting "performance management". In addition, he has been "head of performance" at SK Gaming since August 2019 and in the same position at the Israel Football Association since September 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fitness trainer Kugel gives up job at the DFB. In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger. February 23, 2018, accessed September 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Homepage of the German Sport University Cologne: Well-known students and alumni of the German Sport University Cologne
  3. ↑ The national team • Team behind the team - fitness trainer - Yann Benjamin Kugel. Brief biography. DFB, archived from the original on May 30, 2014 ; accessed on December 4, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Kai Niels Bogena: This time Werder Bremen should be fit for the start of the season . Die Welt, July 6, 2008
  5. ↑ Malte Rehnert: It 's going really well for Kugel . District newspaper Syke, July 28, 2010
  6. ↑ Enrico Bach: Aaron Hunt: Homework done, curse defeated? Werder Bremen, July 5, 2009, archived from the original on December 13, 2015 ; accessed on December 4, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Björn Knips: "I just want to play more" . District newspaper Syke, September 6, 2009
  8. ↑ Athletics trainer Kugel: This is how he makes the DFB-Elf fit for the EM . Interview on transfermarkt.de, February 29, 2012
  9. ↑ 10 reasons why we become world champions . Picture taken June 15, 2010
  10. ↑ "The athleticism of footballers is becoming more and more important" . Schwäbische Zeitung, June 19, 2012
  11. ↑ Axel Kintzinger and Stefan Rommel: The muscle man of the DFB ( Memento from June 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) . Financial Times Deutschland, June 28, 2012
  12. ↑ Malte Rehnert: Ball stops at Werder . District newspaper Syke, April 23, 2012
  13. ↑ Malte Rehnert: Schnittker follows Kugel . District newspaper Syke, July 7, 2012
  14. ↑ The Red Bulls' coaching team is complete. Red Bull Salzburg, July 9, 2012, archived from the original on July 12, 2012 ; accessed on December 4, 2018 .
  15. ^ 1. FC Köln: Complete FC coaching team , June 18, 2013
  16. ↑ Athletic trainer sidelined. In: Express , November 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ FASTFORWARD.FOOTBALL. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Yann-Benjamin Kugel. In: linkedin. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kugel, Yann-Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fitness trainer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Troisdorf , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany