Torsten Traub

Torsten Traub
Traub in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-09-08) 8 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Holzelfingen, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1980–1989 SV Würtingen
1989–1994 SSV Reutlingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2002 SSV Reutlingen 204 (11)
2002–2003 FC St. Pauli 16 (0)
2003–2005 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 63 (1)
2005–2007 FC Augsburg 39 (2)
2007 FC Augsburg II 12 (4)
2007–2009 VfR Aalen 37 (8)
2008–2009 VfR Aalen II 5 (0)
2009 Stuttgarter Kickers 18 (1)
2009–2010 TuS Metzingen
Managerial career
2010–2011 Rot-Weiß Erfurt (team coordinator)
2011–2017 Rot-Weiß Erfurt (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Torsten Traub (born 8 September 1975, Holzelfingen, Germany) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1][2] He played over 100 games in the second Bundesliga.

Career

Player

Traub made his professional debut for SSV Reutlingen in the 2. Bundesliga on 13 August 2000, starting in the match against Mainz 05, where he scored in the 56th minute to level the score 2–2 for Reutlingen. The match finished as a 3–2 home win.[3]

In 2002 he moved to FC St. Pauli.[4] After St. Pauli were relegated to the Regionalliga in 2003 and Traub had made 16 appearances, he moved to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in July of the same year. He then played with Erfurt for a year in the Regionalliga Süd and after promotion in 2004 in the 2nd Bundesliga. However, after a year Erfurt was relegated to the third division and Traub moved to FC Augsburg on a free transfer.[5]

In 2006 he was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga with Augsburg,[6] having already achieved this with Reutlingen and Erfurt. Traub switched to VfR Aalen for the 2007/08 season. During the winter break of the 2008/09 season he switched to the Stuttgarter Kickers, where he played in all 18 games of the rest of the season (1 goal). After relegation, Traub left the Kickers and ended his career.[5]

Official

In February 2010, Traub took over a position in the management of FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt. In 2011 he became a sports manager for the first time.[7] In 2013 he was replaced by Alfred Hörtnagl,[8] whom he succeeded again in May 2015.[9]

Sporting successes

Reutlingen

With other clubs

  • Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with Rot-Weiss Erfurt 2004
  • Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with FC Augsburg in 2006

References

  1. ^ "Torsten Traub". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Torsten Traub". kickersarchiv.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  3. ^ "SSV Reutlingen – 1. FSV Mainz 05 3:2 (2. Bundesliga 2000/2001, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Räume eng gemacht" (in German). TAZ. 28 June 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Torsten Traub" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Meilensteine der FCA-Historie" (in German). FC Augsburg. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  7. ^ Alles, Marco (23 March 2011). "Torsten Traub neuer Sportmanager bei Rot-Weiß Erfurt" (in German). Thüringer Allgemeine. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Thorsten Traub über seine künftige Rolle bei Rot-Weiß Erfurt" (in German). Thüringer Allgemeine. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  9. ^ Pachmann, Jens (5 May 2015). "FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt: Thorsten Traub beerbt Hörtnagl als Sportmanager" (in German). Tlz. Retrieved 8 April 2024.


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