Peter André Perchtold (born 2 September 1984) is a German
football coach and former player who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
and he is the currently assistant manager
Bundesliga
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club of
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 S ...
.
Club career
Perchtold was born in
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
. In October 2007, he was promoted to the first team of
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 S ...
. He had his professional debut on 20 October 2007 against
Hamburger SV
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.
In July 2008, he moved to
1. FC Nürnberg.
In January 2011, he moved to
A-League club
Gold Coast United
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. He was sacked by Gold Coast United for not agreeing to cancel the final year of his two-year contract. In December 2011, an arbitrator ruled against Gold Coast United in this case and damages were awarded to Perchtold – including an amount for the impact to Perchtold's career due to the unfair sacking.
In July 2011, he joined
1. FSV Mainz 05 II
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It is the reserve team of 1. FSV Mainz 05. The team's greatest achievement came in 2014 when it won promotion to the 3. Liga for the first tim ...
and was made the side's captain. He was suspended until the end of August 2011 (four matches) after receiving a red card in his first match where his team lost 2–1 to
Rot-Weiss Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.
The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...
in round 1 of the Regionalliga West 2011–12 season.
Coaching career
In 2013 he became assistant coach of
Martin Schmidt at
1. FSV Mainz 05 II
1. FSV Mainz 05 II is a German association football club from the town of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.
It is the reserve team of 1. FSV Mainz 05. The team's greatest achievement came in 2014 when it won promotion to the 3. Liga for the first tim ...
. Two years later Perchtold got the same position in the Bundesliga team of
1. FSV Mainz 05. He joined
FC Schalke 04 as assistant of
Domenico Tedesco
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People
* Domenico Alfani, Italian painter
* Domenico Allegri, Italian composer
* Domenico Alvaro, Italian mobster
* Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter
* Domenico Auri ...
in 2017. In 2020 Perchtold became assistant coach of
Pellegrino Matarazzo at
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 S ...
.
References
External links
Peter Perchtold Interview
Living people
1984 births
German people of Austrian descent
Footballers from Nuremberg
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
VfB Stuttgart players
VfB Stuttgart II players
1. FC Nürnberg players
A-League Men players
Gold Coast United FC players
1. FSV Mainz 05 II players
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
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