Holger Osieck

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Holger Osieck
Full name	Holger Osieck
Date of birth	August 31, 1948 (1948-08-31) (age 59)
Place of birth	Homberg, Germany
Playing position	Coach
Teams managed
1977 1987-1990 1991-1992 1993-1995 1995-1996 1997-1998 1999-2003 2007-2008	Vancouver Whitecaps Germany (Ass. Manager) VfL Bochum Fenerbahçe S.K. Urawa Red Diamonds Kocaelispor Canada Urawa Red Diamonds
* Appearances (Goals)

Holger Osieck is a German football coach. He most recently managed J.League club Urawa Red Diamonds. He served as an assistant coach of Germany national football team when they won the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also led Canada to the title of 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

[edit] Playing career

In his native country, he played for Schalke 04, Eintracht Gelsenkirchen, SSV Hagen, 1. FC Mülheim and 1. FC Bocholt. However, he never appeared in a top-flight Bundesliga match. Toward the end of his playing career, he moved to Canada to play for Vancouver Whitecaps.

[edit] Managerial career

After finishing his playing career in Canada, Osieck became an assistant coach to Franz Beckenbauer for the Germany national football team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He then managed VfL Bochum (Germany), Fenerbahçe S.K. (Turkey), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) and Kocaelispor (Turkey) before he landed the job of the manager of Canada national football team in 1999. Under Osieck, Canada won the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, earning the nickname "Holger's Heroes," a reference to the television show Hogan's Heroes. He worked for FIFA between 2004 and 2006 as chief of their technical department. In 2007, he again became the manager of Urawa and led the club to win the 2007 AFC Champions League. However, he was fired by Urawa on March 16, 2008, after a poor start to the 2008 season.

[edit] Honor and awards

Preceded by Eckhard Krautzun	Vancouver Whitecaps coach 1977	Succeeded by Tony Waiters
Preceded by Rolf Schafstall	VfL Bochum coach 1991-1992	Succeeded by Jürgen Gelsdorf
Preceded by Jozef Vengloš	Fenerbahçe SK manager 1993-1995	Succeeded by Tomislav Ivić
Preceded by Kenzo Yokoyama	Urawa Red Diamonds manager 1995-1996	Succeeded by Horst Köppel
Preceded by Bruce Twamley(interim)	Canada Head Coach 1999-2003	Succeeded by Colin Miller(interim)
Preceded by Guido Buchwald	Urawa Red Diamonds manager 2007-2008	Succeeded by Gert Engels

v • d • e Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL) – Managers

Easton (1974–75) • Krautzun (1976–77) • Osieck (1977) • Waiters (1977–79) • McNab (1980) • Waiters (1980) • Giles (1981–83) • Hinton (1984–)

v • d • e

VfL Bochum – Managers

Eppenhoff (1967–72) • Höher (1972–79) • Johannsen (1979–81) • Schafstall (1981–86) • Gerland (1986–88) • Tenhagen (1988–89) • Saftig (1989–91) • Schafstall (1991) • Osieck (1991–92) • Gelsdorf (1992–94) • Toppmöller (1994–99) • Middendorp (1999) • Dietz (1999) • Zumdick (1999–2001) • Schafstall (2001) • Dietz (2001) • Neururer (2001–05) • Koller (2005–)

v • d • e

Fenerbahçe SK – Managers

Hüseyin (1907–11) • Kulaksızoğlu (1911–15) • Kayacan (1915–21) • Elkatipzade (1921–24) • Coşar (1924–26) • Mocuk (1926–29) • Cakan (1929–32) • Swenk (1932–35) • Elliot (1935–38) • Swenk (1938–39) • Nemetz (1939–41) • Prayer (1941–44) • Fikret Arıcan (1945–47) • Dimitropulos (1947–48) • Arman (1948–49) • Molly (1949–51) • McCormick (1951) • Szekely (1951–53) • Mihailovic (1953–55) • Markos (1955) • Arıcan (1955–56) • Szekely (19456–57) • Molnar (1957–59) • Nayır (1959–60) • Szekely (1960–61) • Erdem (1961–62) • Kokotović (1962–64) • Hold (1964–65) • Erdem (1965–66) • Gegić (1966–67) • Molnar (1967–68) • Ionescu (1989–70) • Teaşcă (1970–71) • Kiraz (1971–72) • Didi (1972–75) • Gegić (1975–76) • Datcu (1976) • Günar (1976) • Kaloperović (1976–78) • Niş (1978–79) • Ersoy (1979) • Şengül (1979–80) • Rausch (1980–82) • Katip (1982) • Stanković (1982–84) • Veselinović (1984–85) • Mészöly (1985–86) • Şengül (1986) • Stanković (1986–87) • Yücetürk-Csernai-Aktuna (1987–88) • Veselinović (1988–90) • Kaner (1990) • Hiddink-Togay-Tırpan (1990–91) • Vengloš (1991–93) • Osieck (1993–95) • Ivić (1995) • Parreira (1995–1996) • Lazaroni-Veselinović (1996–1997) • Barić (1997–1998) • Löw (1998–1999) • Dilmen-Zeman-Sofuoğlu (1999–2000) • Denizli (2000–01) • Denizli-Lorant (2001–02) • Lorant-Çetin-Güney (2002–03) • Daum (2003–06) • Zico (2006–)

v • d • e Urawa Red Diamonds – Managers

Mori (1992–93) • Yokoyama (1994) • Osieck (1995–96) • Köppel (1997) • Hara (1998–99) • Aad de Mos (1999) • Yoshida (1999) • Saito (2000) • Yokoyama (2000) • Tita (2001) • Pita (2001) • Ooft (2002–03) • Buchwald (2004–06) • Osieck (2007–08) • Engels (2008–)