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Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a former German
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, who played as a defender. He currently works as a pundit and analyst for several TV stations.


Club career

Berthold was born in
Hanau Hanau () is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main and is part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its Hanau Hauptbahnhof, station is a ...
,
Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
. His first club was TuSpV KeWa Wachenbuchen before he joined the youth ranks of SG Eintracht Frankfurt in 1978. He played 332 games in the
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, scoring 22 goals. He began his career in 1982 with
Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in
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: for
Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...
(1987–1989) and
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(1989–1991). He then returned to Germany, signing for
FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which play ...
(1991–1993) and
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 Stu ...
(1993–2000). Berthold's last season as an active player was with the Turkish league club
Adanaspor Adanaspor is a Turkish professional football club based in Adana, currently performing at the TFF First League. The club is founded in 1954 by the middle-class merchants and artisans in response to the alienation within city's then most popular c ...
for whom he played until 15 January 2001.


International career

Between 1985 and 1994 Berthold made 62 international appearances, scoring 1 goal, for the
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and
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national teams, participating in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and 1988 European Championships in West Germany. He was a member of the West German team which won the 1990 World Cup, but wasn't in the German team which took second place in the European Championships in Sweden in 1992. His last appearance in international competition came shortly after the
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.


Career statistics


Club


International


International goals

:''Score and results list West Germany's goal tally first.''


Honours


Club

;A.S. Roma *
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: 1990–91 *
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: Runner-up 1990–91 ;VfB Stuttgart *
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: 1996–97 *
DFB-Ligapokal The DFL-Ligapokal (, officially Premiere Ligapokal , previously DFB-Ligapokal ) or the ''German League Cup'' was a German football competition that took place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top five teams of the previous ...
: Runner-up 1997, 1998 *
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: Runner-up 1997–98


International

;Germany *
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:
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; Runner-up
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Individual

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Team of the Season: 1993–94


Media career

* On 10 June 2006, he appeared in
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's sports quiz
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–
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preceding England's opening game in the finals. * He is a frequent football pundit/analyst for German TV channels
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and Liga total!. * Berthold was the onfield anchorman for
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's pan-European coverage of the
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commenting as well as interviewing players and coaches in English, German, Italian and Spanish. * He appeared as a
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for
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's German language coverage of the 2013 Audi Cup. * He appeared as a frequent pundit for
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's
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coverage. * In August 2020, he spoke at a demonstration in Stuttgart, protesting against the anti-coronavirus measures introduced by the national government.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berthold, Thomas 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Hanau Association football central defenders German expatriate footballers German footballers German football managers Germany international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers FC Bayern Munich footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players VfB Stuttgart players Hellas Verona F.C. players A.S. Roma players Adanaspor footballers Bundesliga players Serie A players Süper Lig players 1986 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1988 players 1990 FIFA World Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Footballers from Hesse