Thomas Berthold (born 12 November 1964) is a former German footballer and manager, who played as a defender. He currently works as a pundit and analyst for several TV stations.

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Thomas Berthold

Thomas Berthold (2014)
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Full name	Thomas Berthold
Date of birth	(1964-11-12) 12 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Hanau, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1978	KEWA Wachenbuchen
1978–1982	Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1987	Eintracht Frankfurt	111	(17)
1987–1989	Verona	52	(2)
1989–1991	Roma	62	(3)
1991–1993	Bayern Munich	30	(1)
1993–2000	VfB Stuttgart	191	(4)
2001	Adanaspor	5	(0)
Total		451	(27)
International career
1984–1986	West Germany U21	5	(0)
1985–1994	(West) Germany	62	(1)
Medal record AS Roma Winner Coppa Italia 1991 Runner-up UEFA Cup 1991 VfB Stuttgart Winner DFB-Pokal 1997 Runner-up DFB Liga-Pokal 1997 Runner-up UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998 Runner-up DFB Liga-Pokal 1998  West Germany Runner-up FIFA World Cup 1986 Winner FIFA World Cup 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Berthold was born in Hanau, Hesse. His first club was TuSpV KeWa Wachenbuchen before he joined the youth ranks of SG Eintracht Frankfurt in 1978.

He played 332 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 22 goals.^[1] He began his career in 1982 with Eintracht Frankfurt and played for them until 1987. From 1987 until 1991 he played in Italy: for Hellas Verona FC (1987–1989) and AS Roma (1989–1991). He then returned to Germany, signing for FC Bayern Munich (1991–1993) and VfB Stuttgart (1993–2000). Berthold's last season as an active player was with the Turkish league club Adanaspor for whom he played until 15 January 2001.

Between 1985 and 1994 Berthold made 62 international appearances, scoring 1 goal, for the West German and German national teams, participating in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and 1988 European Championships in West Germany. He was a member of the West German team which won the 1990 World Cup, but wasn't in the German team which took second place in the European Championships in Sweden in 1992. His last appearance in international competition came shortly after the 1994 World Cup.^[2]

• On 10 June 2006, he appeared in BBC's sports quiz A Question of Sport – World Cup special preceding England's opening game in the finals.
• He is a frequent football pundit/analyst for German TV channels Sport1 and Liga total!.
• Berthold was the onfield anchorman for Eurosport's pan-European coverage of the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 commenting as well as interviewing players and coaches in English, German, Italian and Spanish.
• He appeared as a color commentator for n-tv's German language coverage of the 2013 Audi Cup.
• He appeared as a frequent pundit for British Eurosport's 2014 World Cup coverage.
• In August 2020, he spoke at a demonstration in Stuttgart, protesting against the anti-coronavirus measures introduced by the national government.