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Personal information
Full name Thomas Berthold
Date of birth (1964-11-12) 12 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Hanau, West Germany
Height 1.85m
Playing position Defender
Youth career
0000–1978 KEWA Wachenbuchen
1978–1982 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1987 Eintracht Frankfurt 111 (17)
1987–1989 Hellas Verona 52 (2)
1989–1991 A.S. Roma 62 (3)
1991–1993 Bayern Munich 30 (1)
1993–2000 VfB Stuttgart 191 (4)
2001 Adanaspor 5 (0)
Total 451 (27)
National team
1984–1986 West Germany U-21 5 (0)
1985–1994 (West) Germany 62 (1)
Honours
A.S. Roma
Winner Coppa Italia 1991
Runner-up UEFA Cup 1991
VfB Stuttgart
Winner DFB-Pokal 1997
Runner-up DFB Liga-Pokal 1997
Runner-up UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998
Runner-up DFB Liga-Pokal 1998
 West Germany
Runner-up FIFA World Cup 1986
Winner FIFA World Cup 1990
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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

Club career

Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse. 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 Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals. He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas Verona (1987–1989) and A.S. Roma (1989–1991). He then returned to Germany, signing for FC Bayern Munich (1991–1993) and VfB Stuttgart (1993–2000). Berthold's last season as an active player was with the Turkish league club Adanaspor for whom he played until 15 January 2001.

International career

Between 1985 and 1994 Berthold made 62 international appearances, scoring 1 goal, for the West German and German 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 1994 World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Other Europe Total
1982–83 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 7 1 0 0 7 1
1983–84 28 3 1 0 2 0 31 3
1984–85 30 7 2 0 32 7
1985–86 25 2 1 1 26 3
1986–87 21 4 4 0 25 4
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
1987–88 Hellas Verona Serie A 28 1 7 1 7 1 42 3
1988–89 24 1 8 0 32 1
1989–90 A.S. Roma 32 2 6 0 38 2
1990–91 30 1 7 2 12 0 49 3
Germany League DFB-Pokal Other Europe Total
1991–92 Bayern Munich Bundesliga 30 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 35 1
1992–93 0 0 0 0
1993–94 VfB Stuttgart 31 0 1 0 32 0
1994–95 29 1 3 1 32 2
1995–96 27 0 1 0 28 0
1996–97 28 2 3 0 1 0 32 2
1997–98 31 1 5 0 2 0 6 0 44 1
1998–99 22 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 32 0
1999–2000 23 0 3 0 26 0
Turkey League Turkish Cup Other Europe Total
2000-01 Adanaspor 1. Lig 5 0 5 0
Total 451 27 56 5 7 0 34 1 548 33

International

Germany national team
Year Apps Goals
1985 9 1
1986 12 0
1987 2 0
1988 5 0
1989 3 0
1990 15 0
1991 3 0
1994 13 0
Total 62 1

International goals

Score and results list West Germany's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 April 1985 Strahov Stadium, Prague  Czechoslovakia 1–0 5–1 1986 World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club

A.S. Roma
VfB Stuttgart

International

Germany

Individual

Media career

  • On 10 June 2006, he appeared in BBC's sports quiz A Question of Sport – World Cup special preceding England's opening game in the finals.
  • He is a frequent football pundit/analyst for German TV channels Sport1 and Liga total!.
  • Berthold was the onfield anchorman for Eurosport's pan-European coverage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 commenting as well as interviewing players and coaches in English, German, Italian and Spanish.
  • He appeared as a color commentator for n-tv's German language coverage of the 2013 Audi Cup.
  • He appeared as a frequent pundit for British Eurosport's 2014 World Cup 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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