Willi Kronhardt

{{Short description|German footballer (born 1969)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Willi Kronhardt

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|02|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tokarevka, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1990 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = ASC Nienburg

| years2 = 1990–1991 | caps2 = 32 | goals2 = 2 | clubs2 = TSV Havelse

| years3 = 1991–1993 | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Fortuna Köln

| years4 = 1993–1994 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs4 = TSV Havelse

| years5 = 1994–1996 | caps5 = 52 | goals5 = 8 | clubs5 = Eintracht Braunschweig

| years6 = 1996–1998 | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Energie Cottbus

| years7 = 1998–2000 | caps7 = 41 | goals7 = 2 | clubs7 = VfB Leipzig

| years8 = 2000–2001 | caps8 = 19 | goals8 = 1 | clubs8 = Tennis Borussia Berlin

| years9 = 2001 | caps9 = | goals9 = | clubs9 = SV Arminia Hannover

| years10 = 2002 | caps10 = | goals10 = | clubs10 = TSV Havelse

| totalcaps = 180 | totalgoals = 13

| manageryears1 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs1 = Eintracht Braunschweig (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2006 | managerclubs2 = Eintracht Braunschweig

| manageryears3 = 2007 | managerclubs3 = VfL Wolfsburg II

| manageryears4 = 2009 | managerclubs4 = Alemannia Aachen

| manageryears5 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs5 = Al-Merrikh

| manageryears6 = 2012 | managerclubs6 = 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig

| manageryears7 = 2012–2014 | managerclubs7 = Germania Halberstadt

| manageryears8 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs8 = SV Elversberg

}}

Willi Kronhardt (born 17 February 1969) is a German football manager and former player.

A defender, Kronhardt made 68 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga during his playing career.{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/2000-01/1780/vereinsspieler_willi-kronhardt.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804000854/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/2000-01/1780/vereinsspieler_willi-kronhardt.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2012|title=Kronhardt, Willi|work=kicker.de|access-date=24 March 2012|language=de}} Born in Tokarevka, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, moved to (West) Germany aged 8 and has lived there ever since.[https://www.sports.kz/news/villi-kronhardt-dlya-trenera-vajno-postoyanno-rabotat Вилли Кронхардт: «Для тренера важно постоянно работать»] [Willy Kronhardt: "It is important for a coach to work constantly"], Sports.kz, 4 June 2015 (in Russian)