Klaus Toppmöller

Klaus Toppmöller
Personal information
Full name Klaus Toppmöller
Date of birth 12 August 1951 (1951-08-12) (age 60)
Place of birth Rivenich, West Germany
Playing position Striker (retired)
Club information
Current club unemployed
Youth career
1960–1969 SV Rivenich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1969–1972 Eintracht Trier ? (?)
1972–1980 1. FC Kaiserslautern 204 (108)
1980 Dallas Tornado 31 (7)
1981 Calgary Boomers 0 (0)
1981–1987 FSV Salmrohr ? (?)
National team
1976–1979 West Germany 3 (1)
Teams managed
1987–1988 FSV Salmrohr
1988–1990 SSV Ulm 1846
1990–1991 Wismut Aue
1991–1993 Waldhof Mannheim
1993–1994 Eintracht Frankfurt
1994–1999 VfL Bochum
1999–2000 1. FC Saarbrücken
2001–2003 Bayer Leverkusen
2003–2004 Hamburger SV
2006–2008 Georgia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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Klaus Toppmöller (born August 12, 1951) is a former football player and the coach of Georgia national football team from 2006 to April 1, 2008.

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

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Coaching career

Toppmöller became coach of FSV Salmrohr from summer 1987 to 18 April 1988 when he became coach of SSV Ulm 1846 until February 1989. After his dismissal, Toppmöller coached DDR-Oberliga side FC Erzgebirge Aue from 28 November 1990 to 30 June 1991. He then transferred back to the Federal league with SV Waldhof Mannheim from 19 September 1991 to 30 June 1993.

In light of his success, Toppmöller became coach of Eintracht Frankfurt, with whom he had a very successful start. But after failures with the squad relationship and resultantly missing the championship he was dismissed on 10 April 1994. Toppmöller then joined VfL Bochum on 9 November 1994, with whom in the 1997/98 season reached the last sixteen of the UEFA cup. On 30 June 1999 Toppmöller left his position as coach of VfL Bochum, but was eventually dismissed on 29 November 2000.

From 1 July 2001 Toppmöller was coach with Bayer 04 Leverkusen, whom in his first season led to the final of the UEFA Champions League, as well as second place in federal league and the German cup final. Toppmöller was resultantly declared by German sports journalists as "football coach of the year" for 2002. However, in the following season Leverkusen performed poorly, and in light of a poor league position which could have led to relegation, Toppmöller was sacked on the 16 February 2003.

Toppmöller became coach of Hamburger SV on 23 October 2003. However, after the team fell to last place in the league, and Toppmöller used strange tactics, formations and out of position players (such as midfielder Sergej Barbarez in defence), he was sacked on the 17 October 2004.

On 1 February 2006 Toppmöller became national coach of the Georgia national football team, with Ralf Minge as assistant coach. He was dismissed on April 1, 2008.

Honours

As a player

As a coach

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Eintracht Frankfurt – managers
VfL Bochum – managers
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – managers
Hamburger SV – managers
  • Agte (1919–1920)
  • A.W. Turner (1920–1921)
  • Girulatis (1921)
  • Banyai (1922)
  • A.W. Turner (1922–1923)
  • Townley (1923)
  • Agte (1923–1925)
  • Burton (1925)
  • A.W. Turner (1925–1926)
  • Riebe (1926–27)
  • Agte (1927–1929)
  • Moß/ Lütkenhaus (1929)
  • Mattheides (1929–1930)
  • H. Hermenau (1930)
  • Kertész (1931–1932)
  • A.W. Turner (1932–1933)
  • Halvorsen (1933)
  • Timm (1933–1934)
  • Hochgesang (1934)
  • Mattheides (1934–1935)
  • Lang (1935–1939)
  • Teufel (1939)
  • Schulz (1939–1942)
  • Rohwedder (1942–1943)
  • Höger (1943)
  • Rohwedder (1943–1944)
  • Höger (1944–1945)
  • Tauchert (1945–1949)
  • Knöpfle (1949–1954)
  • 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 (2008–2009)
  • Labbadia (2009–2010)
  • Moniz (2010)
  • Veh (2010–2011)
  • Oenning (2011)
  • Cardoso (2011)
  • Arnesen (2011)
  • Fink (2011–)