Tim Kruse (born 10 January 1983) is a German

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coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons in ...

Career

Kruse made his debut on the professional league level in the

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for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 17 August 2008 when he started in a game against TuS Koblenz. Kruse retired at the end of the 2018–19 season. In January 2020, he was hired as assistant coach of Sebastian Abt at his former club,

.Sebastian Abt wird Cheftrainer bei Energie Cottbus
rbb24.de, 3 January 2020

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1983 births Living people People from Mayen Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Fortuna Düsseldorf players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players 1. FC Saarbrücken players Hallescher FC players FC Energie Cottbus players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players German football managers FC Energie Cottbus managers {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub