Oliver Kirch

Oliver Kirch is a retired German association footballer who played as a midfielder or right-back and is now manager of Arminia Bielefeld. He was born on 21 August 1982, began playing at age five and spent nine years in youth academies in North Rhine-Westphalia, including SuS Legden, SuS Stadtlohn and SpVgg Vreden. He made his senior debut for SC Verl in 2002-03 and then joined Borussia Mönchengladbach, later moving to Arminia Bielefeld, where he scored in his first Bundesliga match for the club. Further spells followed at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Borussia Dortmund and SC Paderborn 07. With Dortmund he won the DFL-Supercup in 2013 and 2014 and reached the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League final, finishing as runner-up. He ended his playing career in July 2016 and later moved into coaching and management.