Andreas Hinkel (born 26 March 1982) is a German

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coach and a former player. Hinkel played as a

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and earned 21

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for the Germany national team. He was known for his attacking play on the flanks and defensive solidity. He started his career with

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side VfB Stuttgart in 2000, before moving to

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club

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in 2006. In January 2008, he signed for

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club

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for £1.9 million. He left

and joined Bundesliga side

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after his contract expired in summer 2011. He had spent the entire 2010–11 season out due to a cruciate ligament injury. Hinkel played 21 matches for Germany between 2003 and 2009, and was in their squad for

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Club career

VfB Stuttgart

After finishing second with

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in the 2002–03 season, and already established as first-choice, Hinkel took part in Champions League for the first time in his career. In March 2004, however, he suffered a

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injury.

Sevilla

On 23 June 2006, Hinkel signed a four-year contract with

, where he won the

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and the

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. The transfer fee was estimated to be around €4 million. However, he found himself unable to dislodge Sevilla's regular right-back Daniel Alves.

Celtic

On 4 January 2008, Hinkel was confirmed as a

player, for a fee of £1.9 million. Hinkel played his first Celtic game in a 3–0

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eight days later, and scored his first goal for Celtic a month later, in a 3–0 win over Hearts at

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. Celtic won the SPL title on a dramatic last day of the season and earned Hinkel his first league title medal. The following season, Hinkel won a

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winners medal after a 2–0 win over

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in the

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. Hinkel played a vital part in Celtic's Champions League third qualifying round second-leg victory over Russian outfit Dinamo Moscow on 5 August 2009. The match ended 2–0 to ''the Hoops'' with Hinkel assisting

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for the opener then hitting a long hopeful punt up the pitch which

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latched onto before netting a last-minute winner. The German also cleared two goal-bound Dinamo strikes off the line. Hinkel had 29 SPL matches. For the first match of the 2010–11 season on 14 August, Hinkel was dropped in favour of new signing

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. The following week, he suffered an

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and was ruled out for nine months. He resumed training the following January. On 1 July 2011, Hinkel left Celtic after his contract expired.

SC Freiburg

On 6 October 2011,

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signed Hinkel on a free transfer. On 10 September 2012, Hinkel announced his immediate retirement.

International career

Hinkel has represented

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on 21 occasions at senior level, making his debut in 2003 against

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. He was part of the German squad during

(having recovered from aforementioned knee injury), but missed the

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. Hinkel's international involvement was kept to a minimum when at Sevilla due to lack of first-team football and the emergence of

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as first-choice right-back ahead of him. Hinkel was also not called up for

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or the

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Managerial career

Between 2014 and 2016, Hinkel was an assistant coach in Stuttgart's youth system, the first team, and the

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. He started from the 2013/14 season as manager for the U12 team and also as assistant manager for the U16s. In the 2014/15 season, he was the assistant manager of the U17s under manager

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. At the end of the season, Hinkel and Tedesco unexpectedly left the club, after not receiving new contracts. It was later revealed, that Hinkel had been offered a contract extension, but wasn't satisfied with the esteem he had received.Dutt holt Andreas Hinkel zurück
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had left the club. On 19 December 2016, Hinkel became the manager of Stuttgart II. Stuttgart reorganized the reserve team and appointed Hinkel to a new role. Hinkel is also completing a coaching course. He finished with a record of 21 wins, 11 draws, and 17 losses. On 7 October 2018, he was appointed as the interim head coach of VfB Stuttgart until

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took over as head coach two days later. He did not manage any matches as interim head coach. In January 2019, Hinkel returned to the club once again, this time as assistant manager of the first team. On 1 April 2019, Hinkel was appointed as the manager of the reserve team following the firing of Marc Kienle. On 14 October 2019, he joined

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club

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as an assistant to newly appointed manager

. He has taken charge of the team numerous times because of Tedesco's multiple suspensions. He left Spartak at the end of the 2020–21 season after helping to guide them to the

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qualification spot, as Tedesco's contract expired.

Career statistics

Club

Managerial record

Honours

VfB Stuttgart *

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Sevilla *

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: 2006–07 *

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: 2006–07 Celtic *

: 2007–08 *

: 2008–09

References

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