Tonda Eckert

Tonda Eckert
Eckert with Southampton in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993
Place of birth North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
(head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2025– Southampton

Tonda Eckert (born 31 January 1993) is a German professional football coach who is the head coach of EFL Championship club Southampton.

Coaching career

After coaching the youth teams of 1. FC Köln, RB Salzburg, RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich in his native Germany,[1] Eckert was appointed assistant manager to Gerhard Struber at Barnsley in August 2020[2] until January 2022.[3] In January 2022, he joined Genoa as assistant to Alexander Blessin.

In July 2025, Eckert was appointed Under-21s head coach at Southampton.[4][5] Following the dismissal of Will Still on 2 November 2025, Eckert was appointed interim head coach.[6][7] His first match as head coach was a 2–1 victory away to Queens Park Rangers on 5 November.[8] This was followed by further victories: 3–1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday on 8 November[9] and 5–1 away to Charlton Athletic on 22 November.[10] On 5 December, Eckert was appointed as manager on a permanent basis.[11]

On 13 March 2026, Eckert was awarded the EFL Championship Manager of the Month for February after his team picked up 13 points from a possible 15.[12]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 March 2026[13]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Southampton 2 November 2025[4] Present 28 17 6 5 060.7
Total 28 17 6 5 060.7

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Southampton parts ways with coach Still – will a young German take over?". sportsoftheday. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Tonda Eckert interview". Barnsley FC. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Who is Southampton interim boss Tonda Eckert and what can we expect?". Southern Daily Echo. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Tonda Eckert appointed Under-21s Head Coach". Southampton FC. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Tonda Eckert: Under-21s Head Coach". Southampton FC. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Southampton sack Still after five months in charge". BBC Sport. 2 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Club statement: Will Still". Southampton FC. 2 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  8. ^ Lepkowski, Chris (5 November 2025). "Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Southampton 3–1 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ^ "Charlton Athletic 1–5 Southampton". BBC Sport. 22 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Eckert confirmed as new Men's First Team Head Coach". Southampton FC. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  12. ^ a b "Saints boss Eckert wins top February manager award". BBC Sport. 13 March 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Managers: Tonda Eckert". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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