.jpg) Schaaf with Werder Bremen in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 April 1961 | ||
| 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) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1995–1999 | Werder Bremen II | ||
| 1999–2013 | Werder Bremen | ||
| 2014–2015 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 2015–2016 | Hannover 96 | ||
| 2021 | Werder Bremen (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Schaaf (born 30 April 1961) is a German professional football manager, who last managed Werder Bremen and former player who played as a defender. A 'one-club man', Schaaf spent his entire playing career with Bundesliga club Werder Bremen. He started coaching the team in 1999 and stepped down in 2013, being one of the longest-serving coaches in the Bundesliga.[2][3]
- ^ "Thomas Schaaf". UEFA. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Twenty of football's great one-club men". Soccer Lens. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "Thomas Schaaf and Werder Bremen part ways". Deutsche Welle. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.