Thorsten Fink
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Thorsten Fink | ||
| Date of birth | 29 October 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Dortmund, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Austria Wien (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1976–1983 | SV Roland Marten | ||
| 1983–1986 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1994 | Wattenscheid 09 | 162 | (26) |
| 1994–1997 | Karlsruher SC | 92 | (11) |
| 1997–2003 | Bayern Munich | 150 | (4) |
| 2003–2006 | Bayern Munich II | 86 | (6) |
| Total | 490 | (47) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989 | West Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Red Bull Salzburg (Junior) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Ingolstadt 04 | ||
| 2009–2011 | Basel | ||
| 2011–2013 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2015 | APOEL | ||
| 2015– | Austria Wien | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thorsten Fink (born 29 October 1967) is a former German footballer and the current manager of FK Austria Wien.
Fink began his career with Borussia Dortmund's reserve squad before moving to SG Wattenscheid 09, where he helped them gain promotion to the first division of German football, the 1. Bundesliga, in 1990. After the club's relegation in 1994, he moved to Karlsruher SC, where he spent three seasons as a regular and impressed so much that he earned himself a move to the most successful club in Germany, Bayern Munich, in 1997. He subsequently spent seven seasons at Bayern, five of which as a regular, but lost his place in the starting lineup in 2002 and was transferred to the club's reserve squad in the German third division, the Regionalliga, in February 2003, although he managed a return to the Bundesliga squad in late April 2003. In the 2003–04 season, he became a regular in Bayern's reserve squad and only made one, his last, Bundesliga appearance that season, coming on as a substitute against VfL Wolfsburg in September 2003. His contract with Bayern's Bundesliga squad expired in June 2004 and he subsequently only continued to play another two seasons for the club's reserve squad before definitely ending his playing career upon the end of the 2005–06 season.
While playing for Bayern's first team, he helped the team reach the 1999 Champions League final against Manchester United, where Bayern dramatically lost 2–1, conceding two goals in injury time. Fink came on as a substitute late in the game, but his sliced clearance in the 91st minute led to United's equaliser, with the ball breaking to Ryan Giggs whose shot was turned into the net by Teddy Sheringham.
However, Fink still managed to pick up a Champions League winner's medal two years later, as Bayern beat Valencia in the 2001 Champions League final on penalties, although he did not play in the match. He also won four Bundesliga champions titles and three German Cups with the club.
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