Who is new England manager Thomas Tuchel?

LONDON :A look at the career and playing style of German Thomas Tuchel, who was appointed head coach of the England national team on Wednesday.

WHERE IS TUCHEL FROM?

Tuchel was born in Krumbach, Germany on Aug. 29, 1973. He is the first German to manage the England national team and the third foreigner after Sweden's Sven-Goran Eriksson (2001-06) and Italian Fabio Capello (2008-12).

Unlike Eriksson and Capello, Tuchel has prior experience of managing in England before taking charge of the national side.

PLAYING CAREER

Tuchel, a central defender, had a short-lived playing career, retiring at the age of 25 due to a knee injury. He never played top-tier football, lining up for Stuttgart Kickers in the German second division, and SSV Ulm in the fourth tier.

COACHING CAREER

Tuchel had his first taste of coaching at VfB Stuttgart, where worked as youth team coach.

He was a youth team coordinator at FC Augsburg. He took over as coach of the club's reserve team for the 2007-08 season.

Tuchel had a spell as youth coach at Mainz 05 and in 2009 was promoted to first-team manager, taking over a side which had just won promotion to the Bundesliga.

Tuchel left after five seasons and took a one-year break before replacing Juergen Klopp at Borussia Dortmund, where he won the German Cup in 2017, but was sacked three days later.

He spent another season out of work before his appointment at French club Paris St Germain, winning the Ligue 1 title in his first season and the domestic quadruple in his second.

He also led PSG to their first Champions League final, which they lost to Bayern Munich, but was sacked in December, 2020 with his side third in the league.

Tuchel took over as Chelsea manager a month later, leading the club to Champions League