Former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as the head coach of England's men's national team from 1 January 2025.
Tuchel, 51, is the permanent successor to Gareth Southgate, who resigned after England's defeat to Spain in the final of UEFA EURO 2024 in July.
He is the first non-English manager to take the role since Fabio Capello in 2012, and only the third overall, following the Italian and Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Thomas Tuchel. Our #ThreeLions head coach from 2025. 🏴
— England (@England) October 16, 2024
Tuchel is no stranger to Premier League fans having managed Chelsea from January 2021 to September 2022.
He replaced Frank Lampard at Chelsea on 26 January 2021, having won the German Cup with Borussia Dortmund and then two Ligue 1 titles at Paris Saint-Germain, including a domestic treble in 2019/20.
Tuchel took over with the Blues lying ninth in the Premier League, and made a hugely impressive start, leading them to the UEFA Champions League final, where Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0, winning the trophy for only the second time in their history.
Tuchel also led Chelsea to a fourth-place finish and FA Cup final, losing to Leicester City 1-0 at Wembley.
The following season the German lifted more silverware by way of the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup, while he guided the Blues to a third-place finish, one better than in 2020/21.
He was voted UEFA and FIFA’s coach of the year in 2021 in recognition of his work in England. In the Premier League, he won the Barclays Manager of the Month award twice, in March and October 2021.
Tuchel parted company with Chelsea in September 2022 the day after they lost their opening UEFA Champions League group match to Dinamo Zagreb. The Blues were in sixth place in the Premier League, five points off top spot, with 10 points from six matches.
Tuchel's Premier League record
| P | W | D | L |
| 63 | 35 | 17 | 11 |
|---|
Tuchel, who has also coached Mainz, was available to take up the England position having left Bayern Munich last summer.
Lee Carsley, who had been England coach on an interim basis following Southgate's departure, will remain in place for England's final two Nations League matches against Greece and the Republic of Ireland in November.