Thomas Ernst

Thomas Ernst
Personal information
Date of birth23 December 1967
Place of birthWiesbaden, West Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
1974–1981FV Biebrich
1981–1986Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1986–1991Eintracht Frankfurt II126(0)
1987–1994Eintracht Frankfurt5(0)
1994–1995FSV Frankfurt27(0)
1995–2000VfL Bochum71(0)
2001–2003VfB Stuttgart19(0)
2003–20061. FC Kaiserslautern30(0)
2004–2005→ 1. FC Kaiserslautern II1(0)
Total279(0)
Teams managed
2007–2008FSV Frankfurt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Thomas Ernst (born 23 December 1967 in Wiesbaden, Hesse) is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2]

Career

Ernst started playing professionally with Eintracht Frankfurt. At the Hessian club, he could only amass five Bundesliga appearances in seven years combined, being barred by legendary Uli Stein. In 1994, he moved clubs but stayed in the city, joining FSV Frankfurt in the second division.

After one season, Ernst joined VfL Bochum also in level two, only appearing twice in his first two seasons combined. His best individual year happened in 1998–99, when he appeared in 32 league games, but the North Rhine-Westphalia side suffered top flight relegation, as second from bottom.

From 2000–06, Ernst remained in the top division, with VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, but again appeared almost exclusively as a backup, until his retirement at the age of 38. In 19 professional seasons, he appeared in 152 league games, 106 of those in the first division.

Ernst moved into managing immediately after retiring, working as a goalkeeper coach with Germany women's national football team. The following year, he had his first head coach experience, with former club FSV Frankfurt, and returned to Bochum in 2008, as director of football.

Statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
1986–87 Eintracht Frankfurt II Oberliga Hessen 5 0 – – 5 0
1987–88 30 0 – – 30 0
1988–89 33 0 – – 33 0
1989–90 30 0 – – 30 0
1990–91 28 0 – – 28 0
1987–88 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
1988–89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989–90 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
1990–91 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
1991–92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992–93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993–94 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994–95 FSV Frankfurt 2. Bundesliga 27 0 0 0 – 27 0
1995–96 Bochum 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
1996–97 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
1997–98 18 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
1998–99 32 0 2 0 – 34 0
1999–00 2. Bundesliga 18 0 3 0 – 21 0
2000–01 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
2000–01 Stuttgart 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001–02 3 0 0 0 – 3 0
2002–03 14 0 1 0 4 0 19 0
2003–04 Kaiserslautern 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004–05 21 0 2 0 – 23 0
2005–06 3 0 1 0 – 4 0
2004–05 Kaiserslautern II Oberliga Südwest 1 0 – – 1 0
Total Germany 279 0 9 0 5 0 293 0
Career total 279 0 9 0 5 0 293 0

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Ernst" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ernst, Thomas" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

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