Hans-Ulrich Thomale (born 6 December 1944) is a German

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manager and former player.

Career

Thomale played as a

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and defender for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and

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in the

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. Thomale has been the manager and sporting director for former club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. He also managed

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club

Chengdu Wuniu Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. () was a Chinese professional football club based in Chengdu, China who last played in the 26,000 seater Shuangliu Sports Center in the China League One division. The club was founded on 26 February 1996 and was formerly kn ...

in 1998.

References

1944 births Living people East German footballers Dresdner SC players East German football managers German football managers FC Erzgebirge Aue managers 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig managers Grazer AK managers KSV Hessen Kassel managers FC 08 Homburg managers KFC Uerdingen 05 managers FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers Association football defenders German expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate football managers in China German expatriate sportspeople in China Footballers from Saxony People from Meissen (district) {{Germany-footy-bio-stub