Michael Mutzel

Michael Mutzel (born 27 September 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] His most recent job was as sporting director of Hamburger SV until July 2022.

Michael Mutzel
Mutzel in 2007 with Karlsruher SC
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-09-27) 27 September 1979
Place of birth Memmingen, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SV Greimertshofen
TSG Thannhausen
FC Memmingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 FC Augsburg 0 (0)
1998–2002 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 (1)
2002–2004 VfB Stuttgart 16 (0)
2004 VfB Stuttgart II 1 (0)
2004–2011 Karlsruher SC 134 (4)
2012 VfL Wolfsburg II 0 (0)
Managerial career
2012 1899 Hoffenheim (U17 assistant)
2013 1899 Hoffenheim (U16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He represented Germany at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

After retirement

After retiring at the end of the 2011–12 season, Mutzel began his coaching career at 1899 Hoffenheim as assistant manager of the U17 team. He was appointed in a dual function, where he also was involved in the scouting and squad planning for the U15, U16 and U17.[2] From 1 January 2013, he took over the U16's.[3] In April 2013, he was also appointed as head of the youth department and became responsible for the sporty coordination of the U16 to U19 teams.[3] He left the club on 28 October 2014 to join Greuther Fürth as a sporting director.[4] He was at Greuther Fürth until the end of 2015.

On 2 February 2016, Mutzel returned to Hoffenheim and became responsible of scouting and game analysis. He was going to be the head of scouting and responsible for the game analysis.[5] He left the club again at the end of March 2019 to join Hamburger SV as sporting director. He was released by Hamburg on 13 July 2022 after heavy criticism by Jonas Boldt. [6]

Honours

VfB Stuttgart

References
  1. "Mutzel, Michael" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "Michael Mutzel: Blick auf den Nachwuchs". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). 27 September 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. "Michael Mutzel: Blick auf das Gesamtpaket". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. "Chef-Wechsel in 1899 Talent-Schmiede!". Heidelberg 24 (in German). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. "Mutzel und Glück für Scouting und Spielanalyse". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (in German). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. "Worum sich Michael Mutzel ab nächstem Montag kümmert". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. "Stuttgart 2-0 Lille (Aggregate: 2 - 1)". uefa.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2002. Retrieved 16 June 2020.


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