Kai Oswald (born 29 November 1977 in Geislingen an der Steige) is a German former football player.[1] Oswald is currently the manager of VfB Stuttgart's U16 squad.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 November 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Geislingen an der Steige, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart (U16 Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Geislingen | |||
| TG Böhmenkirch | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1998 | VfB Stuttgart II | ||
| 1998–1999 | VfB Stuttgart | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | FC Hansa Rostock | 66 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | Hannover 96 | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → MSV Duisburg (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | (0) |
| 2006 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 20 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2015 | VfB Stuttgart (U15) | ||
| 2015 | VfB Stuttgart (U17) | ||
| 2015–2016 | VfB Stuttgart (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | VfB Stuttgart (U19) | ||
| 2017– | VfB Stuttgart (U16) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played for five seasons in the Bundesliga for VfB Stuttgart, FC Hansa Rostock and Hannover 96.
Coaching career edit
Oswald started his coaching career as a youth coach of VfB Stuttgart.[2] After a period as assistant manager for several of the youth teams from U14 to U19, Oswald was in charge of the U15's for two years[3][4] before he in the summer 2015 was promoted to manager of the U17's.[5]
In November 2015, he was promoted to first team assistant manager under Jürgen Kramny.[6] From the summer 2016, he took charge of the U19's before he at the end of the year took charge of the U16's.[7]
Honours edit
- DFB-Ligapokal finalist: 1998
References edit
- ^ "Oswald, Kai" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ Training mit Jugendtrainern des VfB Stuttgart, fc-rechberghausen.de, 22 June 2010
- ^ The U15 of VfB Stuttgart at the Cordial Cup for the first time!, old.cordialcup.com, April 2015
- ^ VfB-Nachwuchstrainer Oswald erinnert sich gern an seine Jenaer Zeit, tlz.de, 27 October 2015
- ^ U17 gewinnt gegen Nürnberg, stuttgarter-zeitung.de, 31 October 2015
- ^ Interview mit Kai Oswald: Ausruhen verboten, stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 10 January 2016
- ^ HEIKO GERBER SOLL STUTTGARTS U 19 RETTEN, dfb.de, 21 December 2016
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