Peter André Perchtold (born 2 September 1984) is a German football coach and former player who played as a

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and he is the currently assistant manager

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club of

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB S ...

Club career

Perchtold was born in

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

. In October 2007, he was promoted to the first team of

. He had his professional debut on 20 October 2007 against

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. In July 2008, he moved to 1. FC Nürnberg. In January 2011, he moved to A-League club

Gold Coast United Gold Coast United Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in Gold Coast, Queensland. The earliest incarnation of the club formed in 1966 and its home ground was at Nikiforides Family Park in Broadbeach. The first era of Gold Coast Unit ...

. He was sacked by Gold Coast United for not agreeing to cancel the final year of his two-year contract. In December 2011, an arbitrator ruled against Gold Coast United in this case and damages were awarded to Perchtold – including an amount for the impact to Perchtold's career due to the unfair sacking. In July 2011, he joined

1. FSV Mainz 05 II 1. FSV Mainz 05 II is a German association football club from the town of Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the reserve team of 1. FSV Mainz 05. The team's greatest achievement came in 2014 when it won promotion to the 3. Liga for the first tim ...

and was made the side's captain. He was suspended until the end of August 2011 (four matches) after receiving a red card in his first match where his team lost 2–1 to

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...

in round 1 of the Regionalliga West 2011–12 season.

Coaching career

In 2013 he became assistant coach of Martin Schmidt at

. Two years later Perchtold got the same position in the Bundesliga team of 1. FSV Mainz 05. He joined FC Schalke 04 as assistant of

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in 2017. In 2020 Perchtold became assistant coach of Pellegrino Matarazzo at

References

External links

Peter Perchtold Interview
Living people 1984 births German people of Austrian descent Footballers from Nuremberg German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players 1. FC Nürnberg players A-League Men players Gold Coast United FC players 1. FSV Mainz 05 II players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia {{germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub