Sven Kmetsch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Bautzen, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 II (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1978 | Motor Großdubrau | ||
| 1978–1981 | Motor Bautzen | ||
| 1981–1989 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Dynamo Dresden II | 12 | (1) |
| 1989–1995 | Dynamo Dresden | 102 | (7) |
| 1989–1990 | → TSG Meißen | 7 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Stahl Riesa (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Hamburger SV | 80 | (4) |
| 1998–2005 | Schalke 04 | 88 | (2) |
| Total | 314 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Germany | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2010 | Schalke 04 II | ||
| 2008 | Schalke 04 II | ||
| 2010–2011 | FC Ingolstadt 04 (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2015 | FSV Frankfurt (assistant)[1] | ||
| 2015–2016 | TSV 1860 Munich (assistant)[2] | ||
| 2016– | Schalke 04 II (assistant)[3] | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sven Kmetsch (born 13 August 1970 in Bautzen, Saxony) is a retired German footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder and currently is the assistant manager of Schalke 04 II.
Club career
Including his youth career, Kmetsch spent 14 years at Dynamo Dresden, winning the double in his penultimate season before German reunification, with one of his midfield teammates being Matthias Sammer. After combining East and West German football in the summer of 1991, he would play with the team four consecutive years in the Bundesliga,[4] his competition debut coming on 14 September 1991, in a 3–0 home win against SG Wattenscheid 09.
After Dynamo's double relegation in 1995, Kmetsch spent three seasons with Hamburger SV, enjoying his best year in 1996–97 – 32 games, four goals – but his team could only rank 13th. He subsequently signed for FC Schalke 04, where he would win two consecutive German Cups, being however mostly a backup player during his seven-year spell.
After no appearances whatsoever from 2003–05 combined, Kmetsch retired, having various spells as coach of Schalke's second team. After being released in early 2010, he held talks with TSV Germania Windeck and Bayer Leverkusen II to join Heiko Scholz's coaching staff.[5]
International career
Kmetsch gained two caps for Germany, his debut coming on 10 September 1997, in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Armenia, in Dortmund: at half-time, with the score at 0–0 (eventually 4–0), he was replaced by another débutant, Lars Ricken.
His second and final appearance (another start, in a 2–0 win) was made five months later, in a friendly with Oman.[6]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dynamo Dresden | 1988–89 | Oberliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989–90 | Oberliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1990–91 | Oberliga | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1991–92 | Bundesliga | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 4 | |
| 1992–93 | Bundesliga | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
| 1993–94 | Bundesliga | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 1994–95 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 102 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 114 | 9 | ||
| Dynamo Dresden II | 1988–89 | Liga B | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| TSG Meißen | 1989–90 | Liga B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| BSG Stahl Riesa | 1989–90 | Liga B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Hamburger SV | 1995–96 | Bundesliga | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1996–97 | Bundesliga | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| 1997–98 | Bundesliga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 87 | 4 | ||
| Schalke 04 | 1998–99 | Bundesliga | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| 1999–2000 | Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2001–02 | Bundesliga | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| Total | 88 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 96 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 292 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 319 | 18 | ||
Honours
- DDR-Oberliga: 1989–90
- FDGB-Pokal: 1989–90
- DFB-Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02
- DFB-Ligapokal: runner-up 2001, 2002
References
- ^ "Sven Kmetsch ist neuer Co-Trainer des FSV Frankfurt" (in German). FSV Frankfurt. 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Sven Kmetsch komplettiert das Löwen-Trainerteam" (in German). fupa.net. 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Sven Kmetsch wird neuer Co-Trainer der U23" (in German). schalke04.de. 21 June 2016.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (28 August 2019). "Sven Kmetsch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Lernen bei Buyo, Ruhnert wartet auf Magath" (in German). Reviersport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (28 August 2019). "Sven Kmetsch - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Sven Kmetsch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
- ^ "Sven Kmetsch - Club matches - DFB-Pokal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Sven Kmetsch » Club matches » FDGB-Pokal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
External links
- Sven Kmetsch at WorldFootball.net
- Sven Kmetsch at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Sven Kmetsch at National-Football-Teams.com
