Thomas Letsch

Thomas Letsch (born 26 August 1968) is a German professional football manager who is the manager of Eredivisie club Vitesse.

Thomas Letsch
Letsch managing FC Liefering in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-08-26) 26 August 1968
Place of birth Esslingen, Germany
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Club information
Current team
 Vitesse (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
1997–2000 VfB Oberesslingen/Zell (player manager)
2001–2002 Stuttgarter Kickers II
2001–2003 Stuttgarter Kickers (assistant)
2003–2004 FC Union Heilbronn
2005–2007 SSV Ulm 1846 (assistant)
2008–2009 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
2012–2013 Red Bull Salzburg (U16)
2013–2015 Red Bull Salzburg (assistant)
2014–2015 Red Bull Salzburg (U18)
2015 Red Bull Salzburg (caretaker)
2015–2017 FC Liefering
2017 Erzgebirge Aue
2018–2019 Austria Wien
2020– Vitesse

Managerial career

Letsch was never a professional footballer and started his coaching career at VfB Oberesslingen/Zell as player-manager.[1] In July 2001, he became manager of Stuttgarter Kickers's reserve team until 2002, but was also a part of the first team staff until the end of the 2002–03 season. He then moved to FC Union Heilbronn and was the manager for one season. From January 2005 until July 2007, he was the assistant manager of SSV Ulm 1846.[2] From January 2008 to June 2009, he was the manager of SG Sonnenhof Großaspach.

In July 2012 he went to Salzburg where managed the under-16 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg. Two months later, he was also appointed as football director of academy.[3] In the following season, he was promoted to first team assistant manager.[2] From July 2014, he was manager for the under-18 squad.[4] During his time with the under-18s, he was also the assistant coach for FC Red Bull Salzburg. In December 2015, after the firing of Peter Zeidler, he was for two matches head coach of Salzburg. In the 2015–16 season, he also managed the team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in the UEFA Youth League. Following Zeidler, he became manager of FC Liefering in June 2015.

On 18 June 2017, Erzgebirge Aue appointed Letsch as their new manager, replacing the Schalke 04-bound Domenico Tedesco on a three-year contract.[5] However, after just three games, Aue sacked Letsch due to the club's poor form and results.[6]

On 27 February 2018, he was appointed Austria Wien manager until the end of 2017–18 season, replacing Thorsten Fink.[7][8] He was sacked on 11 March 2019.[9]

On 26 May 2020, it was announced that he would replace Edward Sturing as the new manager of Eredivisie side Vitesse, for the start of the 2020–21 season.

References
  1. So tickt der neue Austria-Trainer Thomas Letsch, 90minuten.at, 27 February 2018
  2. Profile at Footballdatbaase, footballdatabase.eu
  3. Trainerteam der Akademie neu geordnet, redbullsalzburg.at, 5 September 2012
  4. Salzburg: Ein Ungar hilft Hütter, kurier.at, 23 May 2014
  5. "Tedesco-Nachfolger gefunden: Letsch übernimmt in Aue" (in German). Sport Bild. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  6. "Aue wirft Trainer Letsch raus" (in German). Rheinische Post. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. "FK Austria Wien – Thomas Letsch von seinen Aufgaben entbunden". www.fk-austria.at. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  8. ""Die ideale Lösung": Letsch folgt auf Fink". kicker. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. Austria trennt sich von Thomas Letsch und Andreas Ogris, 90minuten.at, 11 March 2019
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