Karsten Neitzel
German association football player and coach
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Karsten Neitzel (born 17 December 1967) is a former German football player and former manager.[2][3] He previously served as both head and assistant coach (to Michael Feichtenbeiner) of Malaysia Super League club Selangor.[4]
Date of birth
17 December 1967
Place of birth
Dresden, East Germany
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position
Midfielder
 Neitzel in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 December 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Dresden, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1980 | BSG Robotron Radeberg | ||
| 1980–1986 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Dynamo Dresden II | 69 | (5) |
| 1985–1989 | Dynamo Dresden | 10 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Chemie Halle | 48 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | Hallescher FC | 23 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 79 | (1) |
| 1994–1997 | SC Freiburg | 18 | (0) |
| Total | 247 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| East Germany U-21 | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–2007 | SC Freiburg (assistant) | ||
| 1997–2008 | SC Freiburg II | ||
| 2009–2010 | Urawa Red Diamonds (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | VfL Bochum (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | VfL Bochum (caretaker) | ||
| 2013–2016 | Holstein Kiel | ||
| 2017–2018 | SV Elversberg | ||
| 2018–2019 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| 2021–2022 | Selangor | ||
| 2022 | Selangor (assistant)[1] | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Managerial career
VfL Bochum
On 8 April 2013, Neitzel was sacked as the manager of VfL Bochum.[5]
Selangor
In 16 November 2020, he was appointed as the manager of Malaysia Super League club Selangor[6]
In 21 November 2021, he was appointed as assistant coach under Michael Feichtenbeiner of Malaysia Super League club Selangor[7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dynamo Dresden II | 1985–86 | DDR-Liga | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1986–87 | 21 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
| 1987–88 | 24 | 2 | — | 24 | 2 | |||||
| 1988–89 | 24 | 3 | — | 24 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 5 | ||||
| Dynamo Dresden | 1985–86 | DDR-Oberliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1986–87 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1987–88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1988–89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Chemie Halle | 1989–90 | DDR-Oberliga | 23 | 1 | — | 23 | 1 | |||
| 1990–91 | NOFV-Oberliga | 25 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||||
| Hallescher FC | 1991–92 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 1992–93 | 2. Bundesliga | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 45 | 1 | |
| 1993–94 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Total | 79 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 1 | ||
| SC Freiburg | 1994–95 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 1995–96 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 247 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 255 | 8 | ||
Managerial statistics
- As of 20 November 2021
| Team | Nat. | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win% | |||||
| SC Freiburg II |  |
1 July 1999 | 31 December 2008 | 291 | 138 | 69 | 84 | 47.42 | |
| VfL Bochum | |
25 October 2012 | 8 April 2013 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 30.00 | |
| Holstein Kiel | |
1 July 2013 | 16 August 2016 | 134 | 51 | 42 | 41 | 38.06 | |
| SV Elversberg | |
1 July 2017 | 11 March 2018 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46.43 | |
| RW Essen | |
8 April 2018 | 4 June 2019 | 48 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 43.75 | |
| Selangor |  |
1 December 2020[8] | 20 November 2021 [9] | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 46.67 | |
| Career Total | 551 | 243 | 140 | 168 | 44.10 | ||||
