Todt began playing professionally with
TSV Havelse. In 1991, he followed manager
Volker Finke to
SC Freiburg, in the
2. Bundesliga, and the two would eventually gain legendary status at the
Black Forest outfit. In
his second season, he scored a career-best 11 goals in 42 games, being instrumental as the club promoted to the
Bundesliga for the first time ever. Freiburg managed to maintain its top flight status in the following three seasons -
finishing third in 1995 - with Todt scoring 14 league goals combined. In the 1996 summer, he signed for
SV Werder Bremen, as a replacement for ageing
Dieter Eilts (31) and
Mirko Votava (40), managing to appear regularly for the club during his three-year spell, which ended with
DFB-Pokal conquest, with the player missing in the
penalty shootout against
FC Bayern Munich (1–1 after 120 minutes) in the final. Todt subsequently joined
VfB Stuttgart, rarely managing to appear due to injuries and loss of form. He retired in 2003 at the age of 33, with German top division totals of 209 games and 21 goals (plus 101/18 in the second level). After retiring, Todt worked as a
journalist for
Der Spiegel, joining
Hamburger SV as youth team coordinator shortly after. He left HSV in June 2009, and took up a similar role with
VfL Wolfsburg seven months later. ==International career==