Torsten Spittler
Torsten Frank Spittler (born 1962) is a German football manager. He was managed the Bhutan national football team. He was head coach of the Nepal national team in 1999. He started his career as a youth coach before becoming an assistant coach for the Germany Under-16 national team.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Torsten Frank Spittler | ||
| Place of birth | Germany | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | TuS Holzkirchen (manager) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1993–1998 | 1860 Munich (youth) | ||
| 1998 | Germany U16 (assistant) | ||
| 1999 | Nepal | ||
| 2000 | Perak FA | ||
| 2003–2005 | Yemen (technical director) | ||
| 2005 | Sierra (technical director) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Okanagan Challenge | ||
| 2009–2011 | Mozambique (technical director) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Bhutan | ||
| 2019 | Myanmar U15 | ||
| 2020– | TuS Holzkirchen | ||
Coaching career
Spittler has been the football technical director in Mozambique.[2][3][4] He was named Talent Development and Performance Expert for the Oman Football Association in October 2015.[5]
He was the Perak FA manager for the 2000 season.[6] He has also worked as coach and technical director for football in various countries such as Nepal, Yemen, Sierra Leone, India and Canada in conjunction with German Foreign Office, German Football Association (DFB) and Bavarian Football Association (BFV). From 2006 t0 2007, he was head coach of Canadian side Okanagan Challenge of the Pacific Coast Soccer League after previously working in Canada as a touring-coach for the Alberta Soccer Association in 1999.
On 1 October 2016, Spittler became the head coach of Bhutan.[7]
References
- Tshedup, Younten. "German to lead national squad". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- "Völlig neue Erfahrung in Mosambik" [Completely new experience in Mozambique] (in German). bfv.de. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- "Fußball-Förderung in Mosambik ist angelaufen" [Football fostering in Mozambique has been started] (in German). dosb.de. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- "Talentsichtung in den Townships" [Talent scouting in the Townships] (in German). bfv.de. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- "OFA appoints Germany's Spittler as Talent Development and Performance Expert". Times of Oman. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- "Spittler takes charge of Perak". New Straits Times via Google News. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- Tshedup, Younten (6 October 2016). "German to lead national squad". Kuensel. Retrieved 31 March 2017.