Felix Magath

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Felix Magath
Felix Magath
Personal information
Full name Wolfgang-Felix Magath
Date of birth July 26, 1953 (1953-07-26) (age 54)
Place of birth    Aschaffenburg, West Germany
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
1960–1964
1964–1972		 VfR Nilkheim
TV 60 Aschaffenburg
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1972–1974
1974–1976
1976–1986		 Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1. FC Saarbrücken
Hamburger SV
075 (29)
306 (46)   
National team
1977–1986 West Germany 043 0(3)
Teams managed
1995-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2001
2001-2004
2004-2007
2007-		 Hamburger SV
1. FC Nuremberg
Werder Bremen
Eintracht Frankfurt
VfB Stuttgart
Bayern Munich
VfL Wolfsburg

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Wolfgang-Felix Magath (born July 26, 1953 near Aschaffenburg) is a German football manager. Magath was born the son of a Puerto Rican soldier in the United States Army and a German mother. His father abandoned Magath and his mother to return to Puerto Rico in 1954. Magath first heard from his father after he sent a letter to Puerto Rico when he was 15. Magath would not visit his father in Puerto Rico until many years later in 2000. Magath says he has forgiven his father for abandoning him and they now have a friendly relationship.

Magath started his career playing for local club Viktoria Aschaffenburg. From 1974–1976, he played for 1. FC Saarbrücken, at that time in the second professional league, before moving to Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga. He would spend the entirety of his professional career as a midfielder at Hamburger SV, and from his debut in 1976 to his retirement in 1986 he scored 46 goals in 306 games for the club in the German Bundesliga.[1]

Magath became one of Germany's best football players. In 1983, he led Hamburger SV to success in the European Cup with the single goal in the 1-0 win in the final against Juventus F.C.. He also represented the German national team at many international events, including the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, helping Germany land in second place both times. Magath is the only Puerto Rican known to have played in a World Cup, and through his career he played 43 caps times for Germany and scored three goals.

After retiring as a player, Magath had stints as manager of German teams Hamburger SV, 1. FC Nuremberg, Werder Bremen, Eintracht Frankfurt, and VfB Stuttgart before he was appointed as manager of FC Bayern München, on July 1, 2004. In his first season as manager, Magath was able to lead his team to victory in both the German Bundesliga championship and the German Cup to complete The Double. Bayern repeated the Double in the 2005-06 season, a first in the history of the Bundesliga. However, after a slow start to the 2006-07 season, with the team mirred in fourth place which would not qualify them for the Champions League, led him to be sacked on January 31, 2007.[2] In June 2007 he signed a contract at Wolfsburg. He is the new manager at the local football club VfL Wolfsburg.

He revealed to the Puerto Rican newspaper, El Vocero, that he has Puerto Rican roots. Magath and his father reestablished a relationship in 1999, and they had been visiting each other twice a year since then. Magath told El Vocero that he felt proud of his Puerto Rican heritage as well as being German.

On August 7, 2006, Magath revealed that the Puerto Rico Football Federation had approached him with an offer to assume the position of Puerto Rican team director in preparation for the Caribbean country's qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. “‘I have an offer from Puerto Rico,’ Magath told Focus magazine. ‘The president of the Puerto Rico Football Federation asked me whether I could work as team director in the build-up to the 2010 World Cup’.” Magath went on to admit that he was tempted, although he ultimately turned it down.

Contents

[edit] Managing reputation

As a manager, Magath quickly gained respect and became notorious for his hard, grinding training methods, laying heavy emphasis on discipline, fitness and conditioning. Players gave him nicknames like “Saddam” (Saddam Hussein) or “Quälix”, a mash of his first name Felix and the German verb “quälen” (to torture).[3] After establishing himself as one of the most successful managers in recent Bundesliga history, this became somewhat of a cult.

[edit] Coaching record

Team Year Regular Season Domestic Cup Europe
W D L Pts Finish W L Win% Result W D L Result
FCB 04/5 24 5 5 77 1st 6 0 1.000 Won Cup 5 1 4 Lost to Chelsea FC in UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals.
FCB 05/6 22 9 3 75 1st 6 0 1.000 4 2 2 Lost to AC Milan in UEFA Champions League Round of 16.
FCB 06/7 10 4 5 34 4th 1 2 1 .667 3 3 0 Finished 1st in UEFA Champions League Group Stage.1
FCB Total 56 18 13 186 14 1 .933 - 12 6 6
Total
  • 1Was relieved of his Head Coaching duties on January 31, 2007. Bayern Munich were in 4th place in the Bundesliga and won Group B in UEFA Champions League at the time of his dismissal.

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

[edit] As a manager

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Boricua Magath Renueva con Bayern (Puerto Rican Magath manages Bayern)
  2. ^ "Hitzfeld installed as Bayern axe Magath", The Guardian, January 31, 2007. 
  3. ^ Michael Schreiber (2003-05-26). "Quälix" wird zum Pädagogen (German). sport.ard.de. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.

[edit] References

Awards
Preceded by
Klaus Toppmöller		 German Football Manager of the Year
2003		 Succeeded by
Thomas Schaaf
Preceded by
Thomas Schaaf		 German Football Manager of the Year
2005		 Succeeded by
Jürgen Klinsmann
Sporting positions
v • d • e
West Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1980 Winners (2nd title)
1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Cullmann • 4 K. Förster • 5 Dietz • 6 Schuster • 7 B. Förster • 8 Rumenigge • 9 Hrubesch • 10 Müller • 11 Allofs • 12 Memering • 13 Bonhof • 14 Magath • 15 Stielike • 16 Zimmermann • 17 Del'Haye • 18 Matthäus • 19 Votava • 20 Kaltz • 21 Junghans • 22 Immel • Coach: Derwall
 Flag of West Germany
v • d • e
West Germany squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Breitner • 4 K. Förster • 5 B. Förster • 6 Dremmler • 7 Littbarski • 8 Fischer • 9 Hrubesch • 10 Müller • 11 Rummenigge • 12 Hannes • 13 Reinders • 14 Magath • 15 Stielike • 16 Allofs • 17 Engels • 18 Matthäus • 19 Hieronymus • 20 Kaltz • 21 Franke • 22 Immel • Coach: Derwall
 Flag of West Germany
v • d • e
West Germany squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Brehme • 4 Förster • 5 Herget • 6 Eder • 7 Littbarski • 8 Matthäus • 9 Völler • 10 Magath • 11 Rummenigge • 12 Stein • 13 Allgöwer • 14 Berthold • 15 Augenthaler • 16 Thon • 17 Jakobs • 18 Rahn • 19 Allofs • 20 Hoeneß • 21 Rolff • 22 Immel • Coach: Beckenbauer
 Flag of West Germany
v • d • e
Hamburger SV – Managers

Tauchert (1945–1949) • Knöpfle (1946–1954) • Wilke & Mahlmann (1954–1967) • Mahlmann (1956–1962) • Wilke (1962–1964) • Gawliczek (1964–1966) • Schneider (1966–1967) • Koch (1967–1969) • Knöpfle (1969–1970) • Ochs (1970–1973) • Klötzer (1973–1977) • Gutendorf (1977) • Özcan (1977–1978) • Zebec (1978–1980) • Ristić (1981) • Happel (1981–1987) • Skoblar (1987) • Reimann (1987–1990) • Schock (1990–1992) • Coordes (1992) • Möhlmann (1992–1995) • Magath (1995–1997) • Schehr (1997) • Pagelsdorf (1997–2001) • Hieronymus (2001) • Jara (2001–2003) • Toppmöller (2003–2004) • Doll (2004–2007) • Stevens (2007–2008) • Jol (2008–)
v • d • e
1. FC Nuremberg – Managers

Spiksley (1913–14) • Kürschner (1921–22) • Spiksley (1927) • Michalke (1927–28) • Konrád (1930–32) • Schaffer (1932–35) • Michalke (1935–36) • Orth (1936–39) • Riemke (1939–41) • Schmidt (1941–45) • Michalke (1946–47) • Schmitt (1947–49) • Schmidt (1950–52) • Riemke (1952–54) • Binder (1955–60) • Widmayer (1960–63) • Csaknády (1963–65) • Baumann (1964–65) • Csaknády (1965–66) • Vincze (1966–67) • Merkel (1967–69) • Klötzer (1969–70) • Thomas (1970–71) • Čajkovski (1971–73) • Tilkowski (1973–76) • Buhtz (1976–78) • Kern (1978–79) • Gebhardt (1979) • Vliers (1979) • Gebhardt (1979–80) • Klug (1981–83) • Kröner (1983) • Höher (1984–88) • Gerland (1988–90) • Haan (1990–91) • Entenmann (1991–93) • Renner (1993–94) • Zobel (1994) • Sebert (1994–95) • Gerland (1995–96) • Entenmann (1996–97) • Magath (1997–98) • Reimann (1998) • Rausch (1998–2000) • Augenthaler (2000–2003) • Wolf (2003–2005) • Meyer (2005–2008) • von Heesen (2008–)
v • d • e
SV Werder Bremen – Managers

Multhaup (1963–65) • Brocker (1965–67) • Langner (1967–69) • Rebell (1969–70) • Tilkowski (1970) • Gebhardt (1970–71) • Multhaup (1971) • Piontek (1971–75) • Langner (1972) • Burdenski (1975–76) • Rehhagel (1976) • Tilkowski (1976–77) • Assauer & Schulz (1978–79) • Weber (1978–80) • Assauer & Langner (1980) • Klötzer (1980–81) • Rehhagel (1981–95) • de Mos (1995–96) • Dörner (1996–97) • Sidka (1997–98) • Magath (1998–99) • Schaaf (1999–)
v • d • e
Eintracht Frankfurt – Managers

Sohn (1919) • Kürschner (1921–1922) • Parry (1925–1926) • Dietrich & Egly (1926–1927) • Wieser (1927–1928) • Oßwald (1928–1933) • Spreng (1933–1935) • Oßwald (1935–1938) • Boer (1939) • Szabó (1939–1941) • Lindner (1941) • Szabó (1942–1943) • Balles (1942) • Pfeifer (a.i.) (1945) • Herberger (a.i.) (1945–1946) • Melcher (1946–1947) • Treml (1947–1948) • Kellerhoff (1948) • Hollstein (1949–1950) • Windmann (1950–1956) • Patek (1956–1958) • Oßwald (1958–1964) • Horvat (1964–1965) • Schwartz (1965–1968) • Ribbeck (1968–1973) • Weise (1973–1976) • Roos (1976) • Lóránt (1976–1977) • Grabowski (a.i.) (1977) • Cramer (1977–1978) • Knefler (1978) • Klug (a.i.) (1978–1979) • Rausch (1979–1980) • Buchmann (1980–1982) • Senekowitsch (1982) • Zebec (1982–1983) • Mank (a.i.) (1983) • Weise (1983–1986) • Zahnleiter (1986–1987) • Feldkamp (1987–1988) • Csernai (1988) • Berger (1988–1991) • Stepanović (1991–1993) • Heese (1993) • Toppmöller (1993–1994) • Körbel (a.i.) (1994) • Heynckes (1994–1995) • Körbel (1995–1996) • Stepanović (1996) • Bommer (a.i.) (1996) • Ehrmantraut (1997–1998) • Lippert (a.i.) (1998) • Fanz (1998–1999) • Berger (1999) • Magath (1999–2001) • Dohmen (a.i.) (2001) • Rausch (2001) • Andermatt (2001–2002) • Kraaz (a.i.) (2002) • Reimann (2002–2004) • Funkel (2004–)
v • d • e
VfB Stuttgart – Managers

Baluses (1963–65) • Seybold (1965) • Gutendorf (1965–66) • Sing (1966–67) • Baumann (1967–69) • Seybold (1969–70) • Zebec (1970–72) • Bögelein (1972) • Eppenhoff (1972–74) • Millinger (1974) • Sing (1974–75) • Sztani (1975–76) • Bögelein (1976) • Sundermann (1976–79) • Buchmann (1979–80) • Sundermann (1980–82) • Benthaus (1982) • Barić (1985–86) • Entenmann (1986) • Coordes (1986–87) • Haan (1987–90) • Entenmann (1990) • Daum (1990–93) • Röber (1993–95) • Sundermann (1995) • Fringer (1995–96) • Löw (1996–98) • Schäfer (1998) • Rolff (1998) • Adrion (1999) • Rangnick (1999–2001) • Magath (2001–04) • Sammer (2004–05) • Trapattoni (2005–06) • Veh (2006–)
v • d • e
FC Bayern Munich – Managers

Čajkovski (1963–68) • Zebec (1968–70) • Lattek (1970–75) • Cramer (1975–77) • Lóránt (1977–79) • Csernai (1979–83) • Saftig (1983) • Lattek (1983–87) • Heynckes (1987–91) • Lerby (1991–92) • Ribbeck (1992–93) • Beckenbauer (1994) • Trapattoni (1994–95) • Rehhagel (1995–96) • Beckenbauer (1996) • Trapattoni (1996–98) • Hitzfeld (1998–2004) • Magath (2004–07) • Hitzfeld (2007–08 (current)) • Klinsmann (2008–)
v • d • e
VfL Wolfsburg – Managers

Lachner (1963–66) • Farkaszinski (1966–75) • Schollmeyer (1975) • Kietzmann (1975) • Momirski (1976–78) • Farkaszinski (1978) • van Meteren (1978–79) • Kemmer (1979–83) • Farkaszinski (1983–84) • Krause (1984–88) • Hrubesch (1988–89) • Menzel (1989–91) • Erkenbrecher (1991–93) • Winter (1993) • Krautzun (1993–95) • Roggensack (1995) • Reimann (1995–98) • Erkenbrecher (1998) • Wolf (1998–2003) • Röber (2003–04) • Gerets (2004–05) • Fach (2005) • Augenthaler (2005–07) • Magath (2007–)
v • d • e
VfL Wolfsburg – current squad

1 Jentzsch • 2 Quiroga • 3 Van der Heyden • 4 Schäfer • 5 R. Costa • 6 Simunek • 7 Josué • 8 Baier • 9 Džeko • 10 Krzynówek • 11 Laas • 12 Lenz • 13 Hasebe • 14 Santana • 15 Lamprecht • 16 Benaglio • 17 Madlung • 18 Makiadi • 20 Riether • 21 Platins • 22 Alex • 23 Grafite • 24 Dejagah • 25 Gentner • 26 Evljuskin • 27 Thiam • 28 Hill • 30 Rama • 31 Öztürk • 32 Marcelinho • 33 Reiche • 34 Deumeland • 36 Niang • 37 Karimov • 40 Ljuboja • Manager: Magath