Kai Oswald

Kai Oswald
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-11-29) 29 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Geislingen an der Steige, West Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
VfB Stuttgart (U16 Manager)
Youth career
SC Geislingen
TG Böhmenkirch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1998 VfB Stuttgart II
1998–1999 VfB Stuttgart 5 (0)
1999–2002 FC Hansa Rostock 66 (3)
2002–2003 Hannover 96 2 (0)
2003–2004MSV Duisburg (loan) 21 (0)
2004–2005 Karlsruher SC 17 (0)
2006 SpVgg Unterhaching 20 (1)
2007–2008 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 VfB Stuttgart (U15)
2015 VfB Stuttgart (U17)
2015–2016 VfB Stuttgart (assistant)
2016 VfB Stuttgart (U19)
2017– VfB Stuttgart (U16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kai Oswald (born 29 November 1977 in Geislingen an der Steige) is a German former football player.[1] Oswald is currently the manager of VfB Stuttgart's U16 squad.

He played for five seasons in the Bundesliga for VfB Stuttgart, FC Hansa Rostock and Hannover 96.

Coaching career

Oswald started his coaching career as a youth coach of VfB Stuttgart.[2] After a period as assistant manager for several of the youth teams from U14 to U19, Oswald was in charge of the U15's for two years[3][4] before he in the summer 2015 was promoted to manager of the U17's.[5]

In November 2015, he was promoted to first team assistant manager under Jürgen Kramny.[6] From the summer 2016, he took charge of the U19's before he at the end of the year took charge of the U16's.[7]

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Oswald, Kai" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ Training mit Jugendtrainern des VfB Stuttgart, fc-rechberghausen.de, 22 June 2010
  3. ^ The U15 of VfB Stuttgart at the Cordial Cup for the first time!, old.cordialcup.com, April 2015
  4. ^ VfB-Nachwuchstrainer Oswald erinnert sich gern an seine Jenaer Zeit, tlz.de, 27 October 2015
  5. ^ U17 gewinnt gegen Nürnberg, stuttgarter-zeitung.de, 31 October 2015
  6. ^ Interview mit Kai Oswald: Ausruhen verboten, stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 10 January 2016
  7. ^ HEIKO GERBER SOLL STUTTGARTS U 19 RETTEN, dfb.de, 21 December 2016