In August 2009, then aged 35, Tuchel took his first senior coaching role as boss of Mainz following the dismissal of Jorn Andersen after an early-season cup exit to lower-league opposition before the league campaign had begun. It was with the latter that he won the Under-19 Bundesliga title in 2008/09 with a side featuring future Chelsea forward Andre Schurrle. He excelled working with young players, an attribute that has remained throughout his career, and continued to develop himself as a coach working with Stuttgart’s Under-19s before taking on similar roles at Augsburg and then Mainz. However, Rangnick encouraged him into coaching and he eventually took a job in the club’s academy. Rangnick was in charge at Stuttgart and offered Tuchel an opportunity but chronic cartilage damage in his knee meant the comeback was shortlived.
Tuchel came through the youth academy at Augsburg as a centre-back but his time as a player was spent mostly in the lower divisions in Germany and ended prematurely due to a serious knee injury.Īfter studying for a Business Administration degree following his early retirement, Tuchel reached out to Ralf Rangnick, his former coach at Ulm, asking for one last shot to revive his playing career. Tuchel's first steps in management came in the Bundesliga, first with Mainz and then as Jurgen Klopp’s replacement at Borussia Dortmund, although his coaching career began at the age of 27 working with the youth team at Stuttgart. Tuchel departed with PSG sat third at the time of French football’s winter break, just one point off the top of the table. They lost their opening two Ligue 1 matches, although a run of eight wins in a row soon followed to turn things around and they also finished top of their Champions League group once again under Tuchel’s guidance.
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2008 THE 3 PHASES FULL
Like many top clubs across Europe, PSG struggled in the early part of 2020/21 without a full pre-season and facing the numerous issues caused by the pandemic.
In their first-ever final, PSG found themselves on the wrong end of a narrow 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich. Upon football’s resumption, PSG triumphed in both the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue, completing a Treble as Ligue 1 was settled on a points-per-game basis.ĭespite going down in the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie against his former side, Tuchel masterminded PSG’s route to the final, overturning that deficit before knocking out Atalanta and RB Leipzig in the competition’s truncated conclusion in Portugal.
They topped their group once again, setting up a return to Dortmund for Tuchel in the knockout round.ĭomestic dominance continued and this time PSG had the cup competitions in their sights as well, although the Covid-19 pandemic paused their progress in early March. They were runners-up in the Coupe de France but didn’t make it past the Champions League round of 16, leaving plenty of motivation for Tuchel’s second term in charge.Ģ019/20 began in familiar fashion for the Parisians as they lifted the Trophee des Champions and won 10 of their opening 14 games in Ligue 1 and the Champions League, including a 3-0 victory over Real Madrid. With the fluid front three of Neymar, Mbappe and Edinson Cavani, there was no let-up after Christmas either and PSG were crowned champions with six games remaining, eventually finishing 16 points clear of nearest challengers Lille.
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