Thomas Berthold

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Thomas Berthold

| image = Thomas Berthold 2014.JPG

| caption = Thomas Berthold (2014)

| fullname = Thomas Berthold

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|11|12}}

| birth_place = Hanau, West Germany

| height = 1.85m

| currentclub =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1978

| youthclubs1 = KEWA Wachenbuchen

| youthyears2 = 1978–1982

| youthclubs2 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| years1 = 1982–1987

| years2 = 1987–1989

| years3 = 1989–1991

| years4 = 1991–1993

| years5 = 1993–2000

| years6 = 2001

| clubs1 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| clubs2 = Verona

| clubs3 = Roma

| clubs4 = Bayern Munich

| clubs5 = VfB Stuttgart

| clubs6 = Adanaspor

| caps1 = 111

| goals1 = 17

| caps2 = 52

| goals2 = 2

| caps3 = 62

| goals3 = 3

| caps4 = 30

| goals4 = 1

| caps5 = 191

| goals5 = 4

| caps6 = 5

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 451

| totalgoals = 27

| nationalyears1 = 1984–1986

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U21

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1985–1994

| nationalteam2 = (West) Germany

| nationalcaps2 = 62

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|AS Roma}}

{{Medal|Team|{{fb|West Germany}}}}

}}

Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a former German footballer and manager, who played as a defender. He currently works as a pundit and analyst for several TV stations.

Club career

Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse. His first club was TuSpV KeWa Wachenbuchen before he joined the youth ranks of SG Eintracht Frankfurt in 1978.

He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/bertholddata.html | title = Thomas Berthold - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 July 2015 | access-date = 16 July 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas Verona FC (1987–1989) and AS Roma (1989–1991). He then returned to Germany, signing for FC Bayern Munich (1991–1993) and VfB Stuttgart (1993–2000). Berthold's last season as an active player was with the Turkish league club Adanaspor for whom he played until 15 January 2001.

International career

Between 1985 and 1994 Berthold made 62 international appearances, scoring 1 goal, for the West German and German national teams, participating in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and 1988 European Championships in West Germany. He was a member of the West German team which won the 1990 World Cup, but wasn't in the German team which took second place in the European Championships in Sweden in 1992. His last appearance in international competition came shortly after the 1994 World Cup.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/berthold-intl.html | title = Thomas Berthold - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 July 2015 | access-date = 16 July 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

Career statistics

=Club=

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season	Club	League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \| Germany ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| DFB-Pokal ! colspan=2 \| Other ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
1982–83	rowspan="5"\|Eintracht Frankfurt	rowspan="5"\|Bundesliga	7	1	0	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	7	1
1983–84	28	3	1	0	2	0	colspan=2\|—	31	3
1984–85	30	7	2	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	32	7
1985–86	25	2	1	1	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	26	3
1986–87	21	4	4	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	25	4
colspan=3 \| Italy ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Coppa Italia ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
1987–88	rowspan="2"\|Verona	rowspan="4"\|Serie A	28	1	7	1	colspan=2\|—	7	1	42	3
1988–89	24	1	8	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	32	1
1989–90	rowspan="2"\|Roma	32	2	6	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	38	2
1990–91	30	1	7	2	colspan=2\|—	12	0	49	3
colspan=3 \| Germany ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| DFB-Pokal ! colspan=2 \| Other ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
1991–92	rowspan="2"\|Bayern Munich	rowspan="9"\|Bundesliga	30	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	35	1
1992–93	0	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	0	0
1993–94	rowspan="7"\|VfB Stuttgart	31	0	1	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	32	0
1994–95	29	1	3	1	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	32	2
1995–96	27	0	1	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	28	0
1996–97	28	2	3	0	colspan=2\|—	1	0	32	2
1997–98	31	1	5	0	2	0	6	0	44	1
1998–99	22	0	3	0	3	0	4	0	32	0
1999–2000	23	0	3	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	26	0
colspan=3 \| Turkey ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Turkish Cup ! colspan=2 \| Other ! colspan=2 \| Europe ! colspan=2 \| Total
2000-01	rowspan="1"\|Adanaspor	rowspan="1"\|1. Lig	5	0	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	5	0
colspan=3\|Total !451\|\|27\|\|56\|\|5\|\|7\|\|0\|\|34\|\|1\|\|548\|\|33

=International=

Year	Apps	Goals
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !colspan=3\|Germany national team
1985	9	1
1986	12	0
1987	2	0
1988	5	0
1989	3	0
1990	15	0
1991	3	0
1994	13	0
Total\|\|62\|\|1

=International goals=

:Score and results list West Germany's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
1.	30 April 1985	Strahov Stadium, Prague	{{fb\|CSK}}	1–0	5–1	1986 World Cup qualifier

Honours

=Club=

;Roma

Coppa Italia: 1990–91
UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1990–91

;VfB Stuttgart

DFB-Pokal: 1996–97
DFB-Ligapokal: Runner-up 1997, 1998
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1997–98

=International=

;Germany

FIFA World Cup: 1990; Runner-up 1986

=Individual=

Onze Mondial: 1986, 1987{{Cite web|title="Onze Mondial" Awards|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|access-date=2021-12-17|website=RSSSF|archive-date=4 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704020132/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|url-status=live}}
kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1993–94{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199394/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190234/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199394/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1993/94|language=de|publisher=kicker}}

Media career

On 10 June 2006, he appeared in BBC's sports quiz A Question of Sport – World Cup special preceding England's opening game in the finals.
He is a frequent football pundit/analyst for German TV channels Sport1 and Liga total!.
Berthold was the onfield anchorman for Eurosport's pan-European coverage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 commenting as well as interviewing players and coaches in English, German, Italian and Spanish.
He appeared as a color commentator for n-tv's German language coverage of the 2013 Audi Cup.
He appeared as a frequent pundit for British Eurosport's 2014 World Cup coverage.
In August 2020, he spoke at a demonstration in Stuttgart, protesting against the anti-coronavirus measures introduced by the national government.