Thomas Schaaf

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

Career
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
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupTotal includes two DFL-Supercup matches (1988, 1991)EuropeIncludes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup , UEFA Cup and European Super CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWerder Bremen1978–79Bundesliga1000—101979–800000—001980–812. Bundesliga19140—2311981–82Bundesliga1000—101982–8321111502721983–8429150403811984–8532140203811985–8630320203431986–8729420203341987–8829141914231988–8923250413231989–9019020502601990–9113010—1401991–9218040602801992–93500010601993–949030301501994–9530000030Career total2811437243236118

Manager

TeamFromToRecordWerder Bremen II1 July 19959 May 1999Werder Bremen10 May 199918 May 2013Eintracht Frankfurt21 May 201426 May 2015Hannover 9628 December 20153 April 2016Werder Bremen16 May 202130 June 2021 Total—

Notes

Honours
Player
Werder Bremen
Bundesliga: 1987–88, 1992–93
DFB-Pokal: 1990–91, 1993–94; runner-up: 1988–89, 1989–90
2. Bundesliga: 1980–81
DFL-Supercup: 1988, 1993, 1994; runner-up: 1991
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92
UEFA Super Cup runner-up: 1992

Manager
Werder Bremen
Bundesliga: 2003–04
DFB-Pokal: 1998–99, 2003–04, 2008–09; runner-up: 1999–2000, 2009–10
DFB-Ligapokal: 2006; runner-up: 1999, 2004
DFL-Supercup: 2009
UEFA Cup runner-up: 2008–09

Individual
German Football Manager of the Year: 2004

References

 Other websites 
 Fansite Thomas Schaaf (German) 
 Profile Official Werder Homepage (German) 

Category:1961 births
Category:Living people
Category:German football managers
Category:German footballers
Category:Sportspeople from Mannheim
Category:SV Werder Bremen managers
Category:Werder Bremen players