Timo Schultz (born 26 August 1977) is a German former

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, and

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, who last managed

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

Career

Born in

Wittmund Wittmund is a town and capital of the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography Wittmund is a town of 21,000 inhabitants located in Germany's historic coastal district of East Frisia, between the towns of Aurich and Jever. The ...

, Schultz is a youth product of

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, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

. After playing for the club's reserves for four years, he went on to play for

VfB Lübeck VfB Lübeck is a German association football club playing in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein in the country's north. In addition to its football side the 1,000 member sports club also has departments for badminton, women's gymnastics, handball, and ...

and

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

. In 2005, Schultz joined

as a midfielder. He made his professional debut in the

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on 10 August 2007 when he started in a game against 1. FC Köln. After the 2009–10 season, St. Pauli was promoted to the Bundesliga, where he debuted on 25 September 2010 against

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...

. His career ended in 2012. Since 2011, Schultz worked in the coaching staff of FC St. Pauli as an assistant coach and youth coach. On 12 July 2020, it was announced that he would be head coach of St. Pauli for the 2020–21 season. This is his first head coaching position of a senior side. His first match was a 4–2 loss to SV Elversberg in the

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. He was sacked in December 2022.

Coaching record

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* * 1977 births Living people Association football midfielders German footballers VfB Lübeck players Holstein Kiel players FC St. Pauli players SV Werder Bremen II players Holstein Kiel II players FC St. Pauli II players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players Oberliga (football) players German football managers FC St. Pauli managers Footballers from Lower Saxony People from Wittmund {{germany-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub