Sven Kmetsch

Sven Kmetsch
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-08-13) 13 August 1970
Place of birth Bautzen, East Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
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)
National team
1997–1998 Germany 2 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2010 Schalke 04 II (assistant)[1]
2008 Schalke 04 II (caretaker)[1]
2010–2011 FC Ingolstadt 04 (assistant)[1]
2012–2015 FSV Frankfurt (assistant)[1]

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Sven Kmetsch (born 13 August 1970, in Bautzen, Saxony) is a retired German footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Including his youth career, Kmetsch spent 14 years at Dynamo Dresden, winning the double in his last season, with one of his midfield teammates being Matthias Sammer. After the German reunification, he would play with the team four consecutive years in the Bundesliga, 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.[2]

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 debutee, Lars Ricken.

His second and final appearance was made five months later, in a friendly with Oman (another start, in a 2–0 win).

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sven Kmetsch ist neuer Co-Trainer des FSV Frankfurt" (in German). FSV Frankfurt. 9 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Lernen bei Buyo, Ruhnert wartet auf Magath" (in German). Reviersport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

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