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Rudolf Gutendorf (30 August 1926 – 13 September 2019)[2] was a German football manager, renowned for managing the highest number of national teams – a total of 18 teams plus Iran's Olympic team in 1988 and the China Olympic team in 1992.[3][4][5]
_(cropped).jpg) Gutendorf in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 August 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Koblenz, Weimar Germany | ||
| Date of death | 13 September 2019 (aged 93) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1936–1939 | VfB Lützel | ||
| 1939–1944 | TuS Neuendorf | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1951 | TuS Neuendorf | 93 | (46) |
| 1954–1955 | Blue Stars Zürich | ||
| 1955–1961 | Luzern | 27 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1955 | Blue Stars Zürich (player-manager) | ||
| 1955–1961 | Luzern (player-manager) | ||
| 1961 | US Monastir | ||
| 1963–1964 | MSV Duisburg | ||
| 1965–1966 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| 1968 | St Louis Stars | ||
| 1968 | Bermuda | ||
| 1968–1970 | Schalke 04 | ||
| 1970–1971 | Kickers Offenbach | ||
| 1971 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1972–1973 | Chile | ||
| 1974 | Bolivia | ||
| 1974 | Venezuela | ||
| 1974 | 1860 Munich | ||
| 1975 | Real Valladolid | ||
| 1975–1976 | Fortuna Köln | ||
| 1976 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| 1976 | Grenada | ||
| 1976 | Antigua & Barbuda | ||
| 1976 | Botswana | ||
| 1976–1977 | Tennis Borussia Berlin[1] | ||
| 1977 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 1979–1981 | Australia | ||
| 1981 | New Caledonia | ||
| 1981 | Nepal | ||
| 1981 | Tonga | ||
| 1981 | Tanzania | ||
| 1983 | Fiji | ||
| 1984 | Hertha BSC | ||
| 1984 | São Tomé & Príncipe | ||
| 1984–1985 | Yomiuri SC | ||
| 1985–1986 | Ghana | ||
| 1986 | Nepal | ||
| 1987 | Fiji | ||
| 1988 | China | ||
| 1988 | Iran U-23 | ||
| 1991–1992 | China | ||
| 1993 | Mauritius | ||
| 1995–1996 | Zimbabwe | ||
| 1997 | Mauritius | ||
| 1999 | Rwanda | ||
| 2003 | Samoa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gutendorf holds a Guinness World Record for coaching 55 teams in 32 countries, across six continents.[6]
Playing career
editHe played for TuS Neuendorf, Blue Stars Zürich and Luzern.[7]
Neuendorf reached the semi finals of the German championship in 1948, but were beaten by Kaiserslautern.[8]
Coaching career
editHis last coaching job was in 2003 with the Samoa national football team.[9]
Filmography
edit- 1999: "Der Ball ist ein Sauhund"
- 15 November 1999: "Beckmann"
- 2006: "Volle Kanne – Service täglich"
- 2009: "Mein Ehrgeiz galt dem Fußball und den Frauen"[10]
Honours
editLuzern
- Swiss Cup: 1959–60[11]
- Nationalliga B promotion: 1957–58[11]
Duisburg
- Bundesliga runners-up 1963–64[12]
Schalke
Chile
- Copa Carlos Dittborn runners-up: 1972[14]
Australia
Fiji
- South Pacific Games silver medal 1983[16]
Rwanda
Individual
References
edit- ^ Kersthold, Stefan (15 September 2019). "Trainer-Legende Rudi Gutendorf gestorben" (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Coach legend Rudi Gutendorf is dead
- ^ uefa.com (21 January 2015). "Member associations - News". UEFA.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Dart, James (4 April 2007). "Football: Knowledge - the highest-scoring international draws". theguardian.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Djazmi, Mani (2 March 2013). "Rudi Gutendorf: The colourful life of a 'footballing missionary'". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Rudi Gutendorf: World record-holding manager dies aged 93". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ Rudi Gutendorf at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "1. FC Kaiserslautern" (in German). Tennis Borussia Berlin. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Zitat des Tages: Rudi Gutendorf macht den Enkeln der Kannibalen Beine". Spiegel Online. 6 January 2003. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Rudi Gutendorf: "Mein Ehrgeiz galt dem Fußball und den Frauen"". swr.de. Retrieved 4 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "DER FCL TRAUERT UM RUDI GUTENDORF" (in German). FC Luzern. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "ZEBRAS TRAUERN UM RUDI GUTENDORF: „ICH WÜRD'S MIR SCHON NOCH ZUTRAUEN"" (in German). MSV Duisburg. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Pokalfinale mit dem FC Schalke 04" (in German). FC Schalke 04. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Rudolf Gutendorf". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Vale Rudi Gutendorf". FFA. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Fiji soccer history 1980–1989: A philosophical and sociological ..." Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Rudolf "Rudi" Gutendorf - International Matches as Coach" (in German). RSSSF. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Rudi Gutendorf, 30.08.1926" (in German). HSV 1887. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
External links
edit- Rudi Gutendorf at WorldFootball.net
- Official website (in German)
- Rudi Gutendorf at IMDb
