Tim Kruse
German footballer
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Tim Kruse (born 10 January 1983) is a German football coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of FC Energie Cottbus.
Date of birth
10 January 1983
Place of birth
Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate,
West Germany
West Germany
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position
Defensive midfielder
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Tim Kruse as a player for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth |
Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Energie Cottbus (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Union Rösrath | |||
| –2000 | TV Hoffnungsthal | ||
| 2000–2001 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Bayer Leverkusen II | 56 | (?) |
| 2004–2007 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 75 | (7) |
| 2007–2011 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 89 | (5) |
| 2011–2014 | FC Saarbrücken | 69 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Hallescher FC | 71 | (5) |
| 2016–2019 | Energie Cottbus | 64 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| Germany U-20 | 7 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020– | Energie Cottbus (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Energie Cottbus (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Kruse made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 17 August 2008 when he started in a game against TuS Koblenz.
Kruse retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.[1] In January 2020, he was hired as assistant coach of Sebastian Abt at his former club, FC Energie Cottbus.[2]
Career statistics
- As of matches played on 28 May 2018.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen II | 2001–02 | Regionalliga Nord | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | [3] | |
| 2002–03 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | [3] | ||||
| 2003–04 | Oberliga Nordrhein | 34 | ?? | 1 | 0 | 35 | ?? | ||
| Totals | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 1 | — | ||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2004–05 | Regionalliga Nord | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | [4] |
| 2005–06 | 32 | 2 | — | 32 | 2 | [5] | |||
| 2006–07 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | [6] | ||||
| Totals | 75 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 7 | — | ||
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 2007–08 | Regionalliga Nord | 34 | 1 | — | 34 | 1 | [7] | |
| 2008–09 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | [8] | |
| 2009–10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | [9] | ||
| 2010–11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | [10] | ||
| Totals | 89 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 5 | — | ||
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2011–12 | 3. Liga | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | [11] |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | [12] | ||
| 2013–14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | [3] | ||
| Totals | 69 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 3 | — | ||
| Hallescher FC | 2013–14 | 3. Liga | 15 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | [3] | |
| 2014–15 | 33 | 4 | 33 | 4 | [13] | ||||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | [14] | ||
| Totals | 71 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 5 | — | ||
| Energie Cottbus | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Nordost | 23 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | [15] | |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | [16] | ||
| Totals | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 | — | ||
| Career totals | 407 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 418 | 22 | — | ||
