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{{short description|German football manager (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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| fullname = Torsten Frank Spittler
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|11|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Germany]]
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| currentclub = [[Rwanda national football team|Rwanda]] (manager) 
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| manageryears1 = 1993–1998 
| managerclubs1 = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] (youth)
| manageryears2 = 1998
| managerclubs2 =[[Germany national youth football team|Germany U16]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1999
| managerclubs3 = [[Nepal national football team|Nepal]]
| manageryears4 = 2000 
| managerclubs4 = [[Perak FA]]
| manageryears5 = 2003–2005
| managerclubs5= [[Yemen national football team|Yemen]] (technical director)
| manageryears6 = 2005
| managerclubs6= [[Sierra Leone national football team|Sierra Leone]] (technical director)
| manageryears7 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs7 = [[Okanagan Challenge]]
| manageryears8 = 2009–2011
| managerclubs8 = [[Mozambique national football team|Mozambique]] (technical director)
| manageryears9 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs9 = [[Bhutan national football team|Bhutan]]
| manageryears10 = 2019
| managerclubs10 = [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar U15]]
| manageryears11 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs11 = TuS Holzkirchen
| manageryears12 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs12 = [[Paro F.C.|Paro]] (technical director)
| manageryears13 = 2023–
| managerclubs13 = [[Rwanda national football team|Rwanda]]
}}
'''Torsten Frank Spittler''' (born 7 November 1961) is a German [[Manager (football)|football manager]] who is the head coach of the [[Rwanda national football team]].

==Coaching career==
He started his career as a youth coach before becoming an assistant coach for the [[Germany national youth football team|Germany Under-16 national team]].<ref name="German to lead">{{cite web|last1=Tshedup|first1=Younten|title=German to lead national squad|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/german-to-lead-national-squad/|publisher=Kuensel Online|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref>

Spittler has been the football technical director in [[Mozambique national football team|Mozambique]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bfv.de/cms/seiten/news_archiv_mosambik_8585.html | title = Völlig neue Erfahrung in Mosambik |trans-title=Completely new experience in Mozambique | language = German | publisher = bfv.de | accessdate = 31 January 2010 | date = 29 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dosb.de/de/sportentwicklung/internationales/detail/news/fussball_foerderung_in_mosambik_ist_angelaufen/8609/cHash/93cf0c17e4/ | title = Fußball-Förderung in Mosambik ist angelaufen |trans-title=Football fostering in Mozambique has been started | language = German | publisher = dosb.de | accessdate = 31 January 2010 | date = 29 December 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bfv.de/cms/seiten/news_archiv_mosambik_10148.html | title = Talentsichtung in den Townships |trans-title=Talent scouting in the Townships | language = German | publisher = bfv.de | accessdate = 31 January 2010 | date = 19 January 2010}}</ref> He was named Talent Development and Performance Expert for the [[Oman Football Association]] in October 2015.<ref name="OFA">{{cite web|title=OFA appoints Germany’s Spittler as Talent Development and Performance Expert|url=http://timesofoman.com/article/70515/Sports/Football/Oman-FA-appoints-Germany's-Spittler-as-Talent-Development-and-Performance-Expert|publisher=Times of Oman|accessdate=10 October 2016}}</ref>

He was the [[Perak FA]] manager for the 2000 season.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TJ1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4089%2C6256016| title = Spittler takes charge of Perak | work = [[New Straits Times]] via [[Google News]]| accessdate = 11 September 2014 | date = 13 January 2000}}</ref> He has also worked as coach and technical director for football in various countries such as Nepal, Yemen, Sierra Leone, India and Canada in conjunction with [[German Foreign Office]], [[German Football Association]] (DFB) and [[Bavarian Football Association]] (BFV). From 2006 to 2007, he was head coach of Canadian side [[Okanagan Challenge]] of the [[Pacific Coast Soccer League]] after previously working in Canada as a touring-coach for the [[Alberta Soccer Association]] in 1999.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

On 1 October 2016, Spittler became the head coach of [[Bhutan national football team|Bhutan]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tshedup|first1=Younten|title=German to lead national squad|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/german-to-lead-national-squad/|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=Kuensel|date=6 October 2016}}</ref>

===Managerial record===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"	
 |+ Managerial record by team and tenure
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! rowspan="2" |Team
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! colspan="5" |Record
!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Rwanda national football team|Rwanda]]
|align="center"|
|align="center"|2023
|align="center"|present
{{WDL|15|7|3|5}}
|
|-
| colspan=4 | '''Career Total'''
{{WDLtot|15|7|3|5}} 
!—
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20140911114732/http://www.bfv.de/cms/seiten/news_archiv_bfv_5568.html Interview Torsten Spittler (in German)]

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[[Category:German football managers]]
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[[Category:Bhutan national football team managers]]
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[[Category:Perak F.C. managers]]
[[Category:Rwanda national football team managers]]
[[Category:German expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Nepal]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Yemen]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Sierra Leone]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Canada]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Mozambique]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Oman]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Bhutan]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Myanmar]]
[[Category:German expatriate sportspeople in Rwanda]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Nepal]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Malaysia]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Yemen]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Sierra Leone]]
[[Category:Expatriate soccer coaches in Canada]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Mozambique]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Oman]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Bhutan]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Myanmar]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Rwanda]]

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