Klaus Toppmöller

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Personal information
Klaus Toppmöller
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Full name	Klaus Toppmöller
Date of birth	August 12, 1951
Place of birth	Rivenich, Germany
Nickname	Toppi
Position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Georgia
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1972-1980 1980-1984 1985-1987	1. FC Kaiserslautern Dallas Tornado FSV Salmrohr	204 (108) ? (?) ? (?)
National team
1976-1979	West Germany	3 (1)
Teams managed
1987-1988 1988-1990 1990-1991 1991-1993 1993-1994 1994-1999 2001-2003 2003-2004 2006-present	FSV Salmrohr SSV Ulm 1846 Wismut Aue Waldhof Mannheim Eintracht Frankfurt VfL Bochum Bayer Leverkusen Hamburger SV Georgia
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Klaus Toppmöller (born August 12, 1951) is a former football player and the present coach of Georgia's national football team.

He earned 3 caps and scored 1 goal during his international career for West Germany.

[edit] Player career

The supply engineer started his career at SV Rivenich and went to the then-Regionalliga team Eintracht Trier. He played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the Fußball-Bundesliga from 1972 until 1980 where he appeared 204 times, scoring 108 goals. He is the record scorer of the red devils. He debuted for West Germany in 1976 (against Spain) and was also capped in 1979 (against Malta and against Turkey. In 1980 he moved to Dallas Tornado. After playing in the 2.Bundesliga he retired at FSV Salmrohr.