Kai Oswald (born 29 November 1977 in Geislingen an der Steige) is a German former football player.[1] Oswald is currently the manager of VfB Stuttgart's U16 squad.

Kai Oswald
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-11-29) 29 November 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Geislingen an der Steige, West Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
VfB Stuttgart (U16 Manager)
Youth career
SC Geislingen
TG Böhmenkirch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1998 VfB Stuttgart II
1998–1999 VfB Stuttgart 5 (0)
1999–2002 FC Hansa Rostock 66 (3)
2002–2003 Hannover 96 2 (0)
2003–2004MSV Duisburg (loan) 21 (0)
2004–2005 Karlsruher SC 17 (0)
2006 SpVgg Unterhaching 20 (1)
2007–2008 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 VfB Stuttgart (U15)
2015 VfB Stuttgart (U17)
2015–2016 VfB Stuttgart (assistant)
2016 VfB Stuttgart (U19)
2017– VfB Stuttgart (U16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He played for five seasons in the Bundesliga for VfB Stuttgart, FC Hansa Rostock and Hannover 96.

Coaching career

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Oswald started his coaching career as a youth coach of VfB Stuttgart.[2] After a period as assistant manager for several of the youth teams from U14 to U19, Oswald was in charge of the U15's for two years[3][4] before he in the summer 2015 was promoted to manager of the U17's.[5]

In November 2015, he was promoted to first team assistant manager under Jürgen Kramny.[6] From the summer 2016, he took charge of the U19's before he at the end of the year took charge of the U16's.[7]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Oswald, Kai" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ^ Training mit Jugendtrainern des VfB Stuttgart, fc-rechberghausen.de, 22 June 2010
  3. ^ The U15 of VfB Stuttgart at the Cordial Cup for the first time!, old.cordialcup.com, April 2015
  4. ^ VfB-Nachwuchstrainer Oswald erinnert sich gern an seine Jenaer Zeit, tlz.de, 27 October 2015
  5. ^ U17 gewinnt gegen Nürnberg, stuttgarter-zeitung.de, 31 October 2015
  6. ^ Interview mit Kai Oswald: Ausruhen verboten, stuttgarter-nachrichten.de, 10 January 2016
  7. ^ HEIKO GERBER SOLL STUTTGARTS U 19 RETTEN, dfb.de, 21 December 2016