Tim Kruse (born 10 January 1983) is a German football coach and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the assistant manager of FC Energie Cottbus.
Career Kruse made his debut on the professional league level in the 2. Bundesliga for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 17 August 2008 when he started in a game against TuS Koblenz.
Kruse retired at the end of the 2018–19 season.Kehrt Tim Kruse zurück zu Energie Cottbus?, lr-online.de, 11 July 2019 In January 2020, he was hired as assistant coach of Sebastian Abt at his former club, FC Energie Cottbus.Sebastian Abt wird Cheftrainer bei Energie Cottbus, rbb24.de, 3 January 2020
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBayer Leverkusen II2001–02Regionalliga Nord50—502002–031711712003–04Oberliga Nordrhein34??1035??Totals56110571—Fortuna Düsseldorf2004–05Regionalliga Nord254102642005–06322—3222006–07181181Totals75710767—Rot-Weiß Oberhausen2007–08Regionalliga Nord341—3412008–092. Bundesliga323103332009–107010802010–1116100161Totals89520915—1. FC Saarbrücken2011–123. Liga331103412012–13222102322013–1414030170Totals69350743—Hallescher FC2013–143. Liga150—1502014–153343342015–1623110241Totals71510725—Energie Cottbus2016–17Regionalliga Nordost230—2302017–1824110251Totals47110481—Career totals4072211041822—
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