Thorsten Fink
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Fink in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 October 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Dortmund, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 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.