Thomas Dooley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Dennis Dooley | ||
| Date of birth | May 12, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Bechhofen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1979 | TuS Eintracht 1912 Bechhofen | ||
| 1979–1981 | TuS Landstuhl | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1983 | FK Pirmasens | 40 | (17) |
| 1983–1988 | FC Homburg | 121 | (20) |
| 1988–1993 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 128 | (14) |
| 1994–1995 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | (3) |
| 1995–1997 | Schalke 04 | 28 | (3) |
| 1997–2000 | Columbus Crew | 73 | (7) |
| 2000 | MetroStars | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 433 | (64) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1999 | United States | 81 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2003 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
| 2011 | United States (assistant coach) | ||
| 2014– | Philippines | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Dooley (born December 5, 1961) is a retired American soccer defender and defensive midfielder, a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team. Dooley is the current head coach of the Philippines national team.
Dooley, born to a German mother and a U.S. Army father, started his professional career in 1984 with third division club FC Homburg. Prior to that, he had played as a forward with amateur team FK Pirmasens. He moved to midfield with Homburg and helped the team move steadily up the German leagues, until they finally reached the Bundesliga.
He moved to Kaiserslautern in 1988 and helped them to the German Cup in 1990 and the Bundesliga title in 1991. After the 1994 World Cup, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, and to Schalke 04 a year after that, helping them to the 1997 UEFA Cup title. At the end of the season, he made his move to Major League Soccer (MLS), signing with the Columbus Crew. Dooley would spend three seasons in Columbus, and was named to the MLS Best XI in both 1997 and 1998.
In 2000, Thomas was traded to the MetroStars for Mike Duhaney, partially to help support Lothar Matthäus' adjustment to the United States. Dooley played one year for the Metros before retiring from soccer altogether.
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