Oliver Barth (born 6 October 1979) is a German

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coach and former player.

Coaching career

In January 2017, Barth joined

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

's coaching team. He became assistant coach of the club's second team playing in the

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, under his former

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund ...

teammate

Andreas Hinkel Andreas Hinkel (born 26 March 1982) is a German football coach and a former player. Hinkel played as a right-back and earned 21 caps for the Germany national team. He was known for his attacking play on the flanks and defensive solidity. He sta ...

. On 1 July 2018, Barth joined Greuther Fürth as assistant coach to Damir Burić. In the first main round of the

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, Barth replaced Burić, who could not be there due to a bereavement in his family. In February 2019, the club sacked from Burić and Barth after the team lost 6–0 in

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VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

strengthened head coach

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's staff for the 2019–20 season with Barth as an additional assistant to enable the first assistant coach

Heiko Butscher Heiko Butscher (born 28 July 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is the current under-19 head coach of VfL Bochum. Career Butscher joined Eintracht Frankfurt from SC Freiburg in 2012. He previously pl ...

. Barth left the club on 4 January 2020.VfL and Oliver Barth split up
vfl-bochum.de, 4 January 2020

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* 1979 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Baden-Württemberg Men's association football defenders Stuttgarter Kickers players Fortuna Düsseldorf players SC Freiburg players VfR Aalen players Stuttgarter Kickers II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players {{germany-footy-defender-1970s-stub