Thomas Kristl is a former professional football player and currently coach.

Career

His first senior football club was 1. FC Nuremberg.
In 1990 he went to 1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FC Saarbrücken

1. FC Saarbrücken is a German association football club based in the city of Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club began its existence as the football department of Turnverein Malstatt formed in 1903...

 but in 1994 he went back to 1. FC Nuremberg, where he ended his career one year later after 71 presences in the Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

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His first club where he was coach was 1. FC Schnaittach. He worked there from 1997 to 2005. In the seasons 2005–06 and 2006–07 he was assistant-coach at Hanover 96.

After two terms at 1. FC Amberg

1. FC Amberg

FC Amberg is a German football club from the city of Amberg, Bavaria. The team was established on 6 April 1921 as Amberg Fußballverein and on 17 January 1939 adopted the name Verein für Leibesübungen Amberg.-History:...

 (2006–07 and 2008) he went 2008 to SSV Jahn Regensburg in 3rd Liga

3rd Liga

The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...

 (the 3rd highest league in Germany) where he was fired on 24 November 2008. and signed on 11 July 2009 a contract as Assistant from Franco Foda

Franco Foda

Franco Foda is a retired German football player in the defender role who is currently the manager of Austrian side SK Sturm Graz.-Football career:...

 by SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz

SK Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909 and the club colours are black and white....

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