Thorsten Fink

Thorsten Fink
Fink in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-10-29) 29 October 1967
Place of birth Dortmund, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Samsunspor (head coach)
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)
International career
1989 West Germany U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Red Bull Salzburg (Junior)
2008–2009 FC Ingolstadt
2009–2011 Basel
2011–2013 Hamburger SV
2015 APOEL
2015–2018 Austria Wien
2018–2019 Grasshoppers
2019–2020 Vissel Kobe
2022 Riga
2022 Al Nasr
2023–2024 Sint-Truiden
2024–2025 Genk
2026– Samsunspor
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thorsten Fink (born 29 October 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Samsunspor. As a player, he notably represented Bayern Munich between 1997 and 2003, winning multiple domestic honours and the UEFA Champions League.

After retiring in 2006, Fink moved into coaching and has managed clubs including FC Ingolstadt, Basel and Hamburg. With Basel, he won the Swiss Super League in 2009-10 and 2010-11 and the Swiss Cup in 2009-10.

He has also coached abroad, with spells at Austria Wien, APOEL, Vissel Kobe, Riga and Al Nasr, among others.