Thomas Gerstner (born 6 November 1966) is a German

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manager and former player. He is the manager of the German club

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Playing career

Gerstner was born in

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. He predominantly played in the 2. Bundesliga. In the 1989–90 season, he played for

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in the

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. During this season, he scored his only first division goal on 22 August against

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. The next three years, he played for second division side

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, who were almost promoted in the 1991–92 season.

Managerial career

Towards the end of his playing career, he was a player-manager for

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Obe ...

in the 1998–99 season. After the end of his playing career, he managed

from 1 October 2002 to 30 June 2003. From August 2006 to June 2006, he was with oberliga club

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. After the end of his contract in Schönberg, he became the new assistant manager of Austrian club

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. On 24 June 2009, he became the manager of the newly relegated Second Bundesliga team

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

. His contract ran until 30 June 2010, but on 11 March 2010 Arminia Bielefeld officials dismissed Gerstner. The team was then managed by caretakers Frank Eulberg and

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until the end of the season. On 28 February 2011, Gerstner took over

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, but he was fired after two months due to lack of success. In May 2017 he became new manager of the

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. In 2018 he became new manager of the German

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side

MSV Duisburg (women) Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as MSV Duisburg, is a German women's football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German women's football. History The women ...

. He managed them until June 2021. In November 2021 he returned as manager of his old club

References

External links

Thomas Gerstner
at fussballportal.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerstner, Thomas 1966 births Living people People from Worms, Germany German footballers Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Association football defenders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Arminia Bielefeld players FC 08 Homburg players VfB Oldenburg players VfL Wolfsburg players 1. FC Saarbrücken players FC Carl Zeiss Jena players Dynamo Dresden players German football managers 2. Bundesliga managers 3. Liga managers FC Carl Zeiss Jena managers Arminia Bielefeld managers Kickers Offenbach managers MSV Duisburg managers