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Sven Köhler

Sven Köhler
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Köhler in 1990
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-02-24) 24 February 1966 (age 51)
Place of birth Freiberg, East Germany
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
0000–1978 BSG Motor Brand Langenau
1978–1984 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1995 Chemnitzer FC 190 (11)
1995–1996 Erzgebirge Aue 15 (2)
1996–2001 Chemnitzer FC 130 (6)
2001–2003 Dynamo Dresden 2 (0)
Total 347 (19)
National team
1989 East Germany 2 (0)
Teams managed
2002–2007 Dynamo Dresden (assistant/youth)
2007–2015 Hallescher FC
2016–2017 Chemnitzer FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sven Köhler (born 24 February 1966) is a former German footballer and coach.

Köhler began his playing career in the FC Karl-Marx-Stadt team of the late-1980s, reaching the East German Cup final in 1989 and finishing as league runners-up the following year. After German reunification, Köhler remained with the club, now called Chemnitzer FC, and played for four and a half seasons in the 2. Bundesliga, before leaving to join Erzgebirge Aue during the 1995–96 season. After half a year, Köhler returned to Chemnitz, who had been relegated to the Regionalliga Nordost, where he remained for another five years, the third of which ended in promotion back to the second tier. He left after the 2016–17 season.

Köhler won two caps for East Germany, both coming in 1989. He made his debut as a substitute for Heiko Scholz in a 4–0 friendly win over Egypt, and also played in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the USSR, a match which East Germany lost 3–0.

In 2001, Köhler joined Dynamo Dresden to serve as assistant manager to Christoph Franke, who had coached him at Chemnitz. He made two appearances for the club, but remained as assistant coach until Franke was dismissed in 2005, after earning two promotions to lift the club from the NOFV-Oberliga to the 2. Bundesliga. After Franke's departure, Köhler served as interim head coach and remained at Dynamo as coach of the under-19 team, before leaving to manage Hallescher FC in 2007. The club won the NOFV-Oberliga Süd, and direct promotion to the Regionalliga Nord, in his first season in charge. In the 2011–12 season, Köhler guided Halle to the Regionalliga Nord title, and promotion to the 3. Liga, after a three-way promotion battle with Holstein Kiel and RB Leipzig. Halle had conceded only 15 goals in the 34 league games, and achieved a clean sheet in 24 of those matches. He was sacked on 30 August 2015. He was appointed as the head coach of Chemnitzer FC on 2 March 2016.


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