Dirk Schuster
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 December 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1986 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Sachsenring Zwickau | 12 | (1) |
| 1988–1990 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 40 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 35 | (4) |
| 1991–1997 | Karlsruher SC | 167 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | 1. FC Köln | 62 | (5) |
| 1999–2000 | Antalyaspor | 29 | (0) |
| 2000 | VfB Admira Wacker Mödling | 10 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | LR Ahlen | 50 | (6) |
| 2002–2004 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 36 | (4) |
| 2004–2006 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 66 | (4) |
| 2006 | ASV Durlach | ||
| 2007 | Alemannia Wilferdingen | ||
| National team | |||
| 1990 | East Germany | 4 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Germany | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007 | ASV Durlach | ||
| 2009–2012 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
| 2012–2016 | SV Darmstadt 98 | ||
| 2016 | FC Augsburg | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Dirk Schuster (born 29 December 1967) is a retired German football defender and current manager, having last coached FC Augsburg.
Schuster, who lived his youth in the East Germany, was one of the first East German players to make the move into the West, starting in Eintracht Braunschweig and soon moving on to Karlsruher SC in 1991, where he established himself as a respected center-back.
A move to 1. FC Köln in 1997 proved less successful, and in the following journeyman years he played in Turkey and Austria. He then played for newly promoted Second Bundesliga club LR Ahlen in 2000, where he has a good stint, before he returned to Austria and then played in the Oberliga, the fourth-highest league with Waldhof.
He was capped three times in the German national team and before that four times in the East German national team. He made his debut for East Germany against the United States in East Berlin in March 1990.
Schuster's first coaching job was as interim coach for ASV Durlach between 16 October 2006 and 10 January 2007.
On 30 May 2009 he was named as the new head coach of the Stuttgarter Kickers, where he signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2011, which was prematurely extended on 1 April 2010 until 20 June 2012. He guided Kickers to the Regionalliga Süd title in 2011–12, and promotion to the 3. Liga, but was sacked in November 2012 after going five games without scoring a goal. He was appointed manager of 3. liga side SV Darmstadt 98 a month later. He finished with a record of 55 wins, 35 draws, and 26 losses.
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