Thomas Tuchel is a German professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Premier League club Chelsea.
Born in Krumbach, Tuchel retired at age 25 after a chronic knee cartilage injury; in 2000, he began his coaching career as a youth coach at VfB Stuttgart, and in 2009, after a one-year period at FC Augsburg II, he was hired by Mainz 05.
He departed Mainz in 2014 and was appointed at fellow Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in 2015, where he won the DFB-Pokal before being dismissed in 2017. He was hired by French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2018, where he won two league titles, including a domestic quadruple in his second season and guided the club to its first UEFA Champions League final, before being dismissed in 2020.
He was appointed by Chelsea in 2021 and won the Champions League in his debut season.