Thomas Berthold

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Thomas Berthold
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Berthold
Date of birth	November 12, 1964
Place of birth	Hanau, Germany
Height	185 cm
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	retired
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1982-1987 1987-1989 1989-1991 1992-1993 1993-2000	Eintracht Frankfurt Hellas Verona AS Roma Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart	111 (17) 52 (2) 62 (3) 30 (1) 191 (4)[dubious — see talk page]
National team**
1985-1994	Germany	62 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 4, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 4, 2006.

Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a German football coach and former defender.

Contents 1 Career 2 Trivia 2.1 Television appearances 3 External links

[edit] Career

Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse.

He played 322 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals for Eintracht Frankfurt between 1982 and 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas Verona (1987–1989) and AS Roma (1989–1991). He then returned to Germany, signing for FC Bayern München (1991–1993) and VfB Stuttgart (1993–2000). Berthold's last season as an active player was with the Turkish league club Adanaspor for whom he played until 15 January 2001.

Between 1985 and 1994 Berthold made 62 international appearances for the West German and German national football teams, participating in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico and EURO 88 in West Germany. He was a member of the West German team which won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German team which took second place in the European Football Championship in Sweden in 1992. His last appearance in international competition was in the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Television appearances

• 10 June 2006 BBC's sports quiz A Question of Sport - World Cup special preceding England's opening game in the finals

[edit] External links

• Thomas Berthold Autograph (german)

	West Germany squad - 1986 World Cup Runner-up
1 Schumacher | 2 Briegel | 3 Brehme | 4 Förster | 5 Herget | 6 Eder | 7 Littbarski | 8 Matthäus | 9 Völler | 10 Magath | 11 Rummenigge | 12 Stein | 13 Allgöwer | 14 Berthold | 15 Augenthaler | 16 Thon | 17 Jakobs | 18 Rahn | 19 Allofs | 20 Hoeneß | 21 Rolff | 22 Immel | Coach: Beckenbauer

	West Germany squad - 1990 World Cup Champions (3rd Title)
1 Illgner | 2 Reuter | 3 Brehme | 4 Kohler | 5 Augenthaler | 6 Buchwald | 7 Littbarski | 8 Häßler | 9 Völler | 10 Matthäus | 11 Mill | 12 Aumann | 13 Riedle | 14 Berthold | 15 Bein | 16 Steiner | 17 Möller | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Pflügler | 20 Thon | 21 Hermann | 22 Köpke | Coach: Beckenbauer

	Germany squad - 1994 World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Illgner | 2 Strunz | 3 Brehme | 4 Kohler | 5 Helmer | 6 Buchwald | 7 Möller | 8 Häßler | 9 Riedle | 10 Matthäus | 11 Kuntz | 12 Köpke | 13 Völler | 14 Berthold | 15 Gaudino | 16 Sammer | 17 Wagner | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Kirsten | 20 Effenberg | 21 Basler | 22 Kahn | Coach: Vogts