Sven Kmetsch

Sven Kmetsch
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-08-13) 13 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Bautzen, East Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive 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 1860 Munich (assistant)[2]
2016– Schalke 04 II (assistant)[3]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Kmetsch (born 13 August 1970) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of Schalke 04 II.

Club career

Kmetsch was born in Bautzen, Saxony. Including his youth career, he 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 to 2005 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7][8][9]
Club Season League National cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Dresden 1988–89 DDR-Oberliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
1989–90 DDR-Oberliga 2 0 1 0 3 0
1990–91 NOFV-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 (loan) 1989–90 Liga B 7 0 0 0 7 0
BSG Stahl Riesa (loan) 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

References

  1. ^ "Sven Kmetsch ist neuer Co-Trainer des FSV Frankfurt" (in German). FSV Frankfurt. 9 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Sven Kmetsch komplettiert das Löwen-Trainerteam" (in German). fupa.net. 15 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Sven Kmetsch wird neuer Co-Trainer der U23" (in German). schalke04.de. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  4. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (28 August 2019). "Sven Kmetsch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Lernen bei Buyo, Ruhnert wartet auf Magath" (in German). Reviersport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  6. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (28 August 2019). "Sven Kmetsch - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Sven Kmetsch - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Sven Kmetsch - Club matches - DFB-Pokal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Sven Kmetsch » Club matches » FDGB-Pokal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 January 2020.