Guido Buchwald

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Guido Buchwald
Personal information
Full name	Guido Buchwald
Date of birth	January 24, 1961 (age 46)
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Height	188 cm
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1983 1983-1994 1994-1997 1997-1999	Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart Urawa Red Diamonds Karlsruhe	75 (9) 325 (28) 127 (11) 40 (3)
National team
1984-1994	Germany	76 (4)
Teams managed
2004-2006	Urawa Red Diamonds
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Guido Buchwald (born January 24, 1961) is a German former football defender and manager.

The best game of Buchwald's career was probably the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup when he effectively stopped the arguably best soccer player at the time, Diego Maradona, earning him the nickname 'Diego'. He was also part of Germany's disappointing 1994 FIFA World Cup squad.

Buchwald began his professional soccer career in 1983 with VfB Stuttgart. He played 325 games in the German Bundesliga for this club, scoring 28 goals. The low-point of his career was in 1986 when coach Franz Beckenbauer did not include him in his team for the World Cup in Mexico.

The same year Stuttgart lost the final of the German Cup against FC Bayern München and in 1989 the final of the UEFA Cup was also lost, but they managed to win two German championships (1984, 1992).

His personal highlight in his Bundesliga-Career was on the last day of play in the 1991/1992 season, when he scored the deciding goal against Bayer Leverkusen that won Stuttgart the game and the Championship - just 6 minutes before the games' end.

In 1994 he signed with the Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds before returning to Germany in 1998 to help the Karlsruhe avoid relegation. He could not save the team and after one more season playing in the second division he retired but stayed with the club as a director of sports.

After a stop with the Stuttgarter Kickers (again as director of sports) he went back to Japan where he is currently (2004) managing his old club. He has become somewhat of a cult figure in Urawa and has recently lead his team to the 'closing' championship.

Contents 1 Honors and awards 1.1 Individual honors as player 1.2 Individual honors as coach 1.3 Team honors as player 1.4 Team honors as coach 2 External links

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual honors as player

• J-League Best Eleven: 1995, 1996

[edit] Individual honors as coach

• J-League Coach of the Year: 2006

[edit] Team honors as player

• World Cup Champions: 1990
• Bundesliga Champions: 1983-84, 1991-92

[edit] Team honors as coach

• J.League Champions: 2006
• Emperor's Cup Champions: 2005, 2006
• Xerox Super Cup Champions: 2006

[edit] External links

• National Football Teams

Preceded by Akira Nishino

J. League Manager of the Year 2006

Succeeded by Incumbent

	West Germany squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Champions (3rd Title)
1 Illgner | 2 Reuter | 3 Brehme | 4 Kohler | 5 Augenthaler | 6 Buchwald | 7 Littbarski | 8 Häßler | 9 Völler | 10 Matthäus | 11 Mill | 12 Aumann | 13 Riedle | 14 Berthold | 15 Bein | 16 Steiner | 17 Möller | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Pflügler | 20 Thon | 21 Hermann | 22 Köpke | Coach: Beckenbauer

	Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Illgner | 2 Strunz | 3 Brehme | 4 Kohler | 5 Helmer | 6 Buchwald | 7 Möller | 8 Häßler | 9 Riedle | 10 Matthäus | 11 Kuntz | 12 Köpke | 13 Völler | 14 Berthold | 15 Gaudino | 16 Sammer | 17 Wagner | 18 Klinsmann | 19 Kirsten | 20 Effenberg | 21 Basler | 22 Kahn | Coach: Vogts