This is Tim Walter

U17 Bundesliga champion with Bayern - successful time in Kiel 

Walter continued his successful work with Germany’s record champions, taking over as head coach of the U17s (1st July 2015 to 30th June 2017). He won the U17 Bundesliga with the team in 2017, before taking over as head coach of the reserves (1st July 2017 to 30th June 2018). Walter then took his first job as a professional head coach with second-division Holstein Kiel. In what was HSV’s first season in Bundesliga 2, the Rothosen lost both games against Walter’s Kiel side (3-0 and 3-1). He then made the move to VfB Stuttgart in summer 2019, where he remained until December that same year. The club then parted ways with Walter, with the team sitting in third place - the first time in his career that he was prematurely dismissed from his duties. 

Anyone who knows Tim Walter’s philosophy and style of play from his previous coaching jobs, will recognise why HSV had him on their radar. “I try to focus on attack,” Walter told 11Freunde in 2019, adding that possession-based football is his preferred style of play. In doing so, he prefers decisive players, who can have an impact on the game. Walter enjoys playing dominant and attractive football. However, this attacking focus doesn’t mean that he places any less importance on defensive shape. “It’s impossible for the attack to function, if the defence isn’t solid,” he said recently in an interview with Socrates. He emphasises the individual development of players, as well as the team’s technical ability.