Michael Mutzel
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Michael Mutzel
| image = KSC 0708 13 Mutzel 01.jpg
| caption = Mutzel in 2007 with Karlsruher SC
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|9|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Memmingen, West Germany
| height = 1.83 m
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = SV Greimertshofen
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = TSG Thannhausen
| youthyears3 =
| youthclubs3 = FC Memmingen
| years1 = 1997–1998
| clubs1 = FC Augsburg
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1998–2002
| clubs2 = Eintracht Frankfurt
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2002–2004
| clubs3 = VfB Stuttgart
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2004
| clubs4 = VfB Stuttgart II
| caps4 = 1
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2004–2011
| clubs5 = Karlsruher SC
| caps5 = 134
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2012
| clubs6 = VfL Wolfsburg II
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2012
| managerclubs1 = 1899 Hoffenheim (U17 assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2013
| managerclubs2 = 1899 Hoffenheim (U16)
}}
Michael Mutzel (born 27 September 1979) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/michael-mutzel/spieler/2-bundesliga/2010-11/karlsruher-sc | title = Mutzel, Michael | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 16 June 2019}} His most recent job was as sporting director of Hamburger SV until July 2022.
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.{{cite web | url = https://www.achtzehn99.de/newsarchiv-2/newsarchiv-2012/michael-mutzel-blick-auf-den-nachwuchs/ | title = Michael Mutzel: Blick auf den Nachwuchs | language = de | website = TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | date = 27 September 2012 | access-date = 16 June 2019}} From 1 January 2013, he took over the U16s.{{cite web | url = https://www.achtzehn99.de/newsarchiv-2/newsarchiv-2013/september-2013/michael-mutzel-blick-auf-das-gesamtpaket/ | title = Michael Mutzel: Blick auf das Gesamtpaket | language = de | website = TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | date = 10 September 2013 | access-date = 16 June 2019}} 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. He left the club on 28 October 2014 to join Greuther Fürth as a sporting director.{{cite web | url = https://www.heidelberg24.de/sport/tsg-1899-hoffenheim/hoffenheim-michael-mutzel-verlaesst-tsg-nachwuchszentrum-peter-goerlich-wird-nachfolger-4278696.html | title = Chef-Wechsel in 1899 Talent-Schmiede! | language = de | website = Heidelberg 24| date = 28 October 2014 | access-date = 16 June 2019}} 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.{{cite web | url = https://www.achtzehn99.de/newsarchiv-2/newsarchiv-2016/februar-2016/mutzel-und-glueck-fuer-scouting-und-spielanalyse/ | title = Mutzel und Glück für Scouting und Spielanalyse | language = de | website = TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | date = 2 February 2016 | access-date = 16 June 2019}} 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. {{cite web | url = https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/hsv/article216775385/HSV-Mutzel-Sportdirektor-Hoffenheim-Dienstantritt-Transfers-Scouting.html | title = Worum sich Michael Mutzel ab nächstem Montag kümmert | language = de | website = Hamburger Abendblatt | date = 29 March 2019 | access-date = 16 June 2019}}
Honours
VfB Stuttgart
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1621/Match%3D70010/index.html |title=Stuttgart 2-0 Lille (Aggregate: 2 - 1)|publisher=UEFA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021021101811/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1621/Match%3D70010/index.html|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-date=21 October 2002}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|michael-mutzel}}
- {{Fussballdaten|mutzelmichael}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutzel, Michael}}
Category:Eintracht Frankfurt players
Category:Eintracht Frankfurt II players
Category:VfB Stuttgart players
Category:Karlsruher SC players
Category:VfL Wolfsburg II players
Category:German men's footballers
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:Footballers from Memmingen
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Hamburger SV non-playing staff
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