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Thomas Schaaf
Schaaf with Werder Bremen in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-04-30) 30 April 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
BBV Union Bremen
1972–1978 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1980 Werder Bremen II 59 (0)
1978–1995 Werder Bremen 281 (14)
Total 340 (14)
Teams managed
1995–1999 Werder Bremen II
1999–2013 Werder Bremen
2014–2015 Eintracht Frankfurt
2015–2016 Hannover 96
2021 Werder Bremen (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Schaaf (born 30 April 1961 in Mannheim) is a former German football player. Schaaf was a defender.

After the death of his father the Schaaf family went to Bremen. They lived near the Weser Stadion, and Thomas Schaaf came to SV Werder. He spent all his active and manager time with SV Werder. In 1972 he came to Werder Bremen's youth academy. In 1978 he turned professional. From 1978 to 1994 he played 281 matches for Werder Bremen. He was twice German champion with Bremen, in 1988 and 1993, and twice Cup winner (1991, 1994). He also won the UEFA Cup in 1992. As player he played two times for the German U21 national team.

Schaaf began his coaching career during his active career. He was then coach of Werder's youth teams U17 (1987/88) and U19 (1988 - 1995). From 1993 to 1995 he was assistance coach in the first team. After four years as coach with the second team he became coach of the first team in 1999. He is still coach. As coach of the first team he won the German Bundesliga in 2004 and was three times Cup winner (1999, 2004, 2009). From 2004 his team qualified 5 times for the UEFA Champions League.

Thomas Schaaf is married and has a daughter. He is also engaged in social issues. He is ambassador for the "Zentrum für trauernde Kinder und Jugendliche " (center for mourning children and youths).

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
Club Season League Cup[n 1] Europe[n 2] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Werder Bremen 1978–79 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
1979–80 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980–81 2. Bundesliga 19 1 4 0 23 1
1981–82 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 1 0
1982–83 21 1 1 1 5 0 27 2
1983–84 29 1 5 0 4 0 38 1
1984–85 32 1 4 0 2 0 38 1
1985–86 30 3 2 0 2 0 34 3
1986–87 29 4 2 0 2 0 33 4
1987–88 29 1 4 1 9 1 42 3
1988–89 23 2 5 0 4 1 32 3
1989–90 19 0 2 0 5 0 26 0
1990–91 13 0 1 0 14 0
1991–92 18 0 4 0 6 0 28 0
1992–93 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1993–94 9 0 3 0 3 0 15 0
1994–95 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Career total 281 14 37 2 43 2 361 18
As of 22 May 2021
Team From To Record
M W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Werder Bremen II 1 July 1995[3] 9 May 1999[3] 137 64 30 43 277 187 +90 046.72 [4][5][6][7]
Werder Bremen 10 May 1999[8] 18 May 2013[8] 672 321 141 210 1,218 903 +315 047.77 [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Eintracht Frankfurt 21 May 2014[25] 26 May 2015[26] 36 12 10 14 59 64 −5 033.33 [27][28]
Hannover 96 28 December 2015[29] 3 April 2016[30] 11 1 0 10 4 23 −19 009.09 [31][32]
Werder Bremen 16 May 2021[33] 30 June 2021 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 000.00
Total 857 398 181 278 1,560 1,181 +379 046.44
  1. Total includes two DFL-Supercup matches (1988, 1991)
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , UEFA Cup and European Super Cup

Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen

Individual

References

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