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Tim Kruse

Tim Kruse is a German football coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of FC Energie Cottbus.

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Tim Kruse
Tim Kruse as a player for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-10) 10 January 1983
Place of birth Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate,
West Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Energie Cottbus (assistant)
Youth career
Union Rösrath
–2000 TV Hoffnungsthal
2000–2001 Bayer Leverkusen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Bayer Leverkusen II 56 (?)
2004–2007 Fortuna Düsseldorf 75 (7)
2007–2011 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 89 (5)
2011–2014 FC Saarbrücken 69 (3)
2014–2016 Hallescher FC 71 (5)
2016–2019 Energie Cottbus 64 (1)
International career
Germany U-20 7 (0)
Managerial career
2020– Energie Cottbus (assistant)
2020 Energie Cottbus (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tim Kruse (born 10 January 1983) is a German football coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of FC Energie Cottbus.

Career

Kruse made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 17 August 2008 when he started in a game against TuS Koblenz.

Kruse retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.1 In January 2020, he was hired as assistant coach of Sebastian Abt at his former club, FC Energie Cottbus.2

Career statistics

As of matches played on 28 May 2018.
Club Season League Cup Total Ref.
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen II 2001–02 Regionalliga Nord 5 0 — 5 0 3
2002–03 17 1 17 1 3
2003–04 Oberliga Nordrhein 34 ?? 1 0 35 ??
Totals 56 1 1 0 57 1 —
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2004–05 Regionalliga Nord 25 4 1 0 26 4 4
2005–06 32 2 — 32 2 5
2006–07 18 1 18 1 6
Totals 75 7 1 0 76 7 —
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2007–08 Regionalliga Nord 34 1 — 34 1 7
2008–09 2. Bundesliga 32 3 1 0 33 3 8
2009–10 7 0 1 0 8 0 9
2010–11 16 1 0 0 16 1 10
Totals 89 5 2 0 91 5 —
1. FC Saarbrücken 2011–12 3. Liga 33 1 1 0 34 1 11
2012–13 22 2 1 0 23 2 12
2013–14 14 0 3 0 17 0 3
Totals 69 3 5 0 74 3 —
Hallescher FC 2013–14 3. Liga 15 0 — 15 0 3
2014–15 33 4 33 4 13
2015–16 23 1 1 0 24 1 14
Totals 71 5 1 0 72 5 —
Energie Cottbus 2016–17 Regionalliga Nordost 23 0 — 23 0 15
2017–18 24 1 1 0 25 1 16
Totals 47 1 1 0 48 1 —
Career totals 407 22 11 0 418 22 —
References

References

  1. Kehrt Tim Kruse zurück zu Energie Cottbus?, lr-online.de, 11 July 2019
  2. Sebastian Abt wird Cheftrainer bei Energie Cottbus, rbb24.de, 3 January 2020
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