Thomas Wolter (born 4 October 1963) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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or a defender, and the current manager of

SV Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

's youth academy.

Club career

Born in

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, Wolter arrived at

in the summer of 1984, from local amateurs Hamburg Eimsbütteler Ballspiel Club. After only three games in his first season in the

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he became first-choice, and remained his entire professional career with the same club. Due to injury, Wolter was only able to appear in 16 matches in the 1987–88 campaign as the

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team won the second national championship in its history, the first in 23 years. He also appeared in four

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finals in the late 80s/early 90s, winning two and losing two. Wolter played in 34 official contests in 1991–92 – this included six in the season's

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which ended in conquest, with the player being stretchered off in the first half of the 2–0 final win against

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. He retired in June 1998 at almost 35 years of age, with nearly 400 official games – 312 in the (West) German top-flight - to his credit. In the molds of another Werder legend,

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, Wolter continued his career at the club as a manager, starting in the reserve team. In July 2013 he was appointed at the youth academy, while Viktor Skrypnyk replaced him at the reserves.

International career

Wolter gained one

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for

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, playing 60 minutes in a 3–1 friendly loss with

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, on 16 December 1992.

Honours

Werder Bremen *

: 1987–88, 1992–93 *

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: 1990–91, 1993–94; runners-up 1988–89, 1989–90 * DFL-Supercup: 1988, 1993, 1994; runners-up 1991 *

: 1991–92

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolter, Thomas 1963 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Bundesliga players SV Werder Bremen players SV Werder Bremen II players Germany international footballers German football managers 3. Liga managers SV Werder Bremen II managers SV Werder Bremen non-playing staff West German footballers

Club career

International career

Honours

See also

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