Marco Kostmann (born 12 April 1966) is a German football goalkeeper and later manager.

Marco Kostmann
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-04-12) 12 April 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth Rostock, East Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Augsburg (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1971–1981 Dynamo Rostock-Mitte
1981–1984 BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 BFC Dynamo II 89 (0)
1984–1988 BFC Dynamo 0 (0)
1988–1989 Hansa Rostock 0 (0)
1989–1991 Union Berlin 36 (0)
1991–1994 Saarbrücken 41 (0)
1994–1997 Hamburger SV II
1997–1998 Norderstedt
1998–2000 Paderborn 36 (0)
Managerial career
1999 Paderborn (player-manager)
2000–2003 St. Pauli (youth)
2007–2009 Ivory Coast (goalk. coach)
2009–2010 Hansa Rostock (goalk. coach)
2010 Hansa Rostock
2011–2012 Arminia Bielefeld II (goalk. coach)
2011–2015 Arminia Bielefeld (goalk. coach)
2015–2017 Hamburger SV II (goalk. coach)
2017–2023 Arminia Bielefeld (goalk. coach)
2022Arminia Bielefeld
2023– Augsburg (goalk. coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is a son of Gerd Kostmann. He started his youth career in Dynamo Rostock-Mitte, moving to BFC Dynamo in 1981. He was also a youth international for East Germany.[1] Among others, he was a squad member for the 1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.

After several years in BFC Dynamo he joined his hometown team FC Hansa Rostock in 1988, but went on to 1. FC Union Berlin one year later. Then, after several years in the DDR-Liga, Kostmann moved to the West and played in the 2. Bundesliga and Bundesliga for 1. FC Saarbrücken. He moved on to Hamburger SV, but did not get any first-team games.[1][2]

Near the end of his playing career he held his first job as a manager, in SC Paderborn 07. He later worked several years for the German Football Association as a youth goalkeeping coach and coordinator in Schleswig-Holstein. From 2007 to 2009 he was goalkeeping coach of the Ivory Coast men's national football team under manager Uli Stielike. He then rejoined Hansa Rostock, this time as goalkeeping coach.[1] He also served as manager of Hansa Rostock before a long stint in Arminia Bielefeld. In April 2022, he was briefly promoted to manager. He was ultimately let go at Arminia Bielefeld in June 2023.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Marco Kostmann wird neuer Torwarttrainer beim F.C. Hansa" (in German). Hansa Rostock. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ Marco Kostmann at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Vom Torwart-Trainer zum Chef-Coach: So will Marco Kostmann Arminia Bielefeld "wiederbeleben"". Sportbuzzer.de (in German). 22 April 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ Ahlers, Jan (22 June 2023). "Arminia Bielefeld: Auch Torwarttrainer Marco Kostmann muss gehen". Mindener Tageblatt (in German). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "FCA stellt sich im Team rund um das Team breiter auf". Augsburger Allgemeine. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.