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Karsten Neitzel

Karsten Neitzel is a former German football player and former manager. He previously served as both head and assistant coach of Malaysia Super League club Selangor.

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Karsten Neitzel
Neitzel in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-12-17) 17 December 1967
Place of birth Dresden, East Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1977–1980 BSG Robotron Radeberg
1980–1986 Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Dynamo Dresden II 69 (5)
1985–1989 Dynamo Dresden 10 (0)
1989–1991 Chemie Halle 48 (1)
1991–1992 Hallescher FC 23 (1)
1992–1994 Stuttgarter Kickers 79 (1)
1994–1997 SC Freiburg 18 (0)
Total 247 (8)
International career
East Germany U-21
Managerial career
1997–2007 SC Freiburg (assistant)
1997–2008 SC Freiburg II
2009–2010 Urawa Red Diamonds (assistant)
2011–2012 VfL Bochum (assistant)
2012–2013 VfL Bochum (caretaker)
2013–2016 Holstein Kiel
2017–2018 SV Elversberg
2018–2019 Rot-Weiss Essen
2021–2022 Selangor
2022 Selangor (assistant)1
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karsten Neitzel (born 17 December 1967) is a former German football player and former manager.23 He previously served as both head and assistant coach (to Michael Feichtenbeiner) of Malaysia Super League club Selangor.4

Managerial career

VfL Bochum

On 8 April 2013, Neitzel was sacked as the manager of VfL Bochum.5

Selangor

In 16 November 2020, he was appointed as the manager of Malaysia Super League club Selangor6

In 21 November 2021, he was appointed as assistant coach under Michael Feichtenbeiner of Malaysia Super League club Selangor7

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Dresden II 1985–86 DDR-Liga 0 0 — 0 0
1986–87 21 0 — 21 0
1987–88 24 2 — 24 2
1988–89 24 3 — 24 3
Total 69 5 0 0 69 5
Dynamo Dresden 1985–86 DDR-Oberliga 6 0 0 0 6 0
1986–87 3 0 — 3 0
1987–88 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988–89 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 10 0 0 0 10 0
Chemie Halle 1989–90 DDR-Oberliga 23 1 — 23 1
1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga 25 0 — 25 0
Total 48 1 0 0 48 1
Hallescher FC 1991–92 2. Bundesliga 23 1 2 0 1 0 26 1
Stuttgarter Kickers 1992–93 2. Bundesliga 44 1 1 0 — 45 1
1993–94 35 0 1 0 — 36 0
Total 79 1 2 0 0 0 81 1
SC Freiburg 1994–95 Bundesliga 5 0 1 0 — 6 0
1995–96 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
1996–97 2 0 1 0 — 3 0
Total 18 0 3 0 0 0 21 0
Career total 247 8 7 0 1 0 255 8

Managerial statistics

As of 20 November 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat. From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win%
SC Freiburg II Germany 1 July 1999 31 December 2008 291 138 69 84 047.42
VfL Bochum Germany 25 October 2012 8 April 2013 20 6 5 9 030.00
Holstein Kiel Germany 1 July 2013 16 August 2016 134 51 42 41 038.06
SV Elversberg Germany 1 July 2017 11 March 2018 28 13 8 7 046.43
RW Essen Germany 8 April 2018 4 June 2019 48 21 10 17 043.75
Selangor Malaysia 1 December 20208 20 November 2021 9 30 14 6 10 046.67
Career Total 551 243 140 168 044.10
References

References

  1. "Karsten Neitzel Commits To The Red Giants Project".
  2. Karsten Neitzel neuer Chef-Trainer an der Hafenstraße Archived 18 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine‚ rot-weiss-essen.de, 8 April 2018
  3. "Neitzel, Karsten" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  4. "Karsten Neitzel Commits To The Red Giants Project".
  5. "Abschied von Todt und Neitzel, Neururer übernimmt" (in German). VfL Bochum. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  6. "Selangor Football Club - Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor". www.selangorfc.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. "Karsten Neitzel Commits To The Red Giants Project".
  8. "Karsten Neitzel appointed Selangor head coach". Malay Mail. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. "Selangor make changes to coaching set-up | New Straits Times". 24 November 2021.
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