Christian Titz

Christian Titz
Titz in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-04-01) 1 April 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Mannheim, West Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
1. FC Magdeburg (head coach)
Youth career
FC Viktoria Neckarhausen[1]
SV Sandhausen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1994 FC Viktoria Neckarhausen[1]
1994–1997 Waldhof Mannheim[2]
1997–1999 SG Egelsbach
1999–2000 SC Idar-Oberstein
Managerial career
2000–2004 Alemannia Aachen U19[3]
2005–2006 1. FC Passau
2009 Viktoria Köln
2011–2014 FC Homburg
2015–2017 Hamburger SV U17
2017–2018 Hamburger SV II
2018 Hamburger SV
2019–2020 Rot-Weiss Essen
2021– 1. FC Magdeburg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Titz (pronounced [ˈti:ts]; born 1 April 1971) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of 1. FC Magdeburg. Besides coaching, Titz has published several specialised books on football training methods.[4]

During his active career, he most notably played for 2. Bundesliga for SV Waldhof Mannheim in the mid-1990s before ending his playing career in the Regionalliga for SC Idar-Oberstein in 2000. He then embarked on a coaching career, managing the youth teams of several clubs between 2000 and 2006 and again 2009, as well as amateur clubs while at the same time working for the United States Soccer Federation. From 2011 to 2014, Titz coached FC 08 Homburg in the Regionalliga Südwest before joining Hamburger SV in 2015, initially taking over the U17-team and later the reserve team. From 13 March 2018, he was head coach of the Hamburger SV first team before being dismissed on 23 September 2018. Prior to the 2019–20 season he joined Regionalliga club Rot-Weiss Essen but was dismissed after one season after failing to reach play-off promotions.

  1. ^ a b Kehl, Matthias; Kraus-Vierling, Stephan (12 May 2018). "Christian Titz ist Edingen-Neckarhäuser: Als HSV-Retter ins Goldene Buch der Gemeinde". rnz.de. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Hamburger SV: Christian Titz verabschiedet sich nach Entlassung". sport1.de. Sport1. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Rot-Weiss Essen: Trennung von Trainer Christian Titz". media-sportservice.de. Media-Sportservice West. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  4. ^ "HSV-Trainer Christian Titz: „Wir glauben noch an den Klassenerhalt"". Aachener Zeitung. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2020.