Thomas Bertels (born 5 November 1986) is a German former professional
footballer who played either as a
left-back or as a
left midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
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 current manager of
Schalke 04's U17 squad.
Coaching career
In January 2019, Bertels retired as a professional player.
In July 2018, Bertels became co-coach of
SC Paderborn
Sport-Club Paderborn 07 e.V., commonly known as simply SC Paderborn 07 () or SC Paderborn, is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has enjoyed its greatest successes since the turn of the mille ...
's U19s while still playing for the club's reserve team. In 2019, he became coach of Paderborn U16s while playing for lower-league team TuS Ehringhausen.
On 24 February 2022, Bertels took over Paderborn's reserve team in the
Oberliga Westfalen, succeeding
Michél Kniat
Michél Kniat (born 18 November 1985) is a German football manager who manages Arminia Bielefeld
Career
Kniat started his managerial career at Blumenthaler SV in 2014, where he became player-manager and remained at the club for four seasons. He ...
, who moved to third-division club
SC Verl.
During this time, he played for lower-league side VfB Schloß Holte.
After promotion to the Regionalliga West, he left Paderborn a year before the end of his contract to take over
Schalke 04's U17s.
Das ist der Nachfolger von Onur Cinel und neue U17-Trainer
reviersport.de, 17 June 2023
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Men's association football midfielders
German men's footballers
SV Lippstadt 08 players
SC Verl players
SC Paderborn 07 players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
German football managers
FC Schalke 04 non-playing staff
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