EXPERIENCE OF WORKING TOGETHER

Perspectives on
working together.

Fellow coaches, players and sporting directors on training, team management and working with Alfred.

Thomas Schaaf at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2025.
Portrait from 2025 · Photo: Alexander Altenhof / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · Displayed as a crop

Thomas Schaaf

Head coach · Werder Bremen · 2012 · 2004 double winner

“A friend of football with very strong professional expertise across every aspect of the game.”

Schaaf on Alfred during his visit to Werder Bremen. The original newspaper clipping, dated 23 March 2012, is available in the archive.

Read the original accountBILD Sport · 23 March 2012Quotation translated from German.
Philipp Hosiner and Alfred Kaminski on the touchline.
Philipp Hosiner and Alfred Kaminski · Photograph undatedPersonal photo archive · Photo source

Philipp Hosiner

Former Austria international · Kickers Offenbach · 2022

“Alfred Kaminski always encouraged me and gave me small nudges.”

After a difficult start, the striker describes Alfred’s encouragement and small nudges. His account also covers the continuation under the next coach.

Read the original accountOffenbach-Post · 19 October 2022Quotation translated from German.
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The Stuttgarter Kickers U23 squad and coaching staff at their Belek training camp.
The U23 squad at training camp in Belek · Photograph undatedPersonal photo archive · Photo source

Umberto Tedesco

U23 captain · Stuttgarter Kickers · 2015/16

“The coach works with great care and attention to detail.”

After a season together, Tedesco describes precise work in training and discipline. He also remembers humour and Alfred’s awareness of the team’s mood, alongside a close relationship with the coaching staff.

Read the original accountStuttgarter Kickers · 25 May 2016Quotation translated from German.

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Michael Zeyer

Sporting director · Stuttgarter Kickers · 2016

The head-coaching appointment.

Zeyer knew Alfred from their work together in youth development at Stuttgarter Kickers. When appointing him as first-team head coach, he cited Alfred’s approach to the job and football expertise.

Explore the coaching experienceSource and historical context

Vincent Moreno Giesel

Player · Kickers Offenbach · 2022

Two starts under Kaminski.

Alfred knew the player from the youth team. In the first team, he selects him to start at Kassel and against Fulda-Lehnerz. Giesel thanks him for his trust in the player profile.

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Sahr Senesie

Player · FC 08 Homburg · 2010

“Meticulous, highly motivated, and never puts himself in the spotlight.”

In a newspaper report of 8 October 2010, Senesie describes the approach of his coach at the time. Teammates also share their perspectives. Translated from German.

The players’ perspectives from Homburg

Lasse Lehmann

Player · Stuttgarter Kickers U23 · 2015/16

“The coach was the best I had worked with up to that point.”

Lasse Lehmann looks back on the U23s’ 2015/16 season in the club’s review, which covers league survival, player development and the coaching staff’s work. Translated from German.

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