Antoine Kohn

Antoine Kohn
Personal information

Full name	Antoine Kohn
Date of birth	1 November 1933 (1933-11-01) (age 78)
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1949–1954	Jeunesse Esch
1954–1958	Karlsruher SC	66	(32)
1958–1959	FC Basel
1959–1963	Fortuna '54	119	(62)
1963–1964	Sportclub Enschede	17	(12)
1964–1965	Fortuna '54	28	(19)
1965–1968	FC Twente	29	(11)
National team^‡
1953–1965	Luxembourg	7	(1)
Teams managed
1972–1979	FC Twente
1980–1981	Go Ahead Eagles
1981	Club Brugge
1982–1983	FC Twente
1988	Ajax Amsterdam (caretaker)
1988–1989	Ajax (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 March 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2009

Antoine "Spitz" Kohn (born 1 November 1933) is a retired Luxembourgian football player and football manager.

1 Club career
2 International career
- 2.1 International goals
3 Manager career
4 Honours (as a player)
5 External links
6 References

Club career

He played as a striker, and spent most of his career plying his trade abroad, in Germany, Switzerland, and finally Netherlands, where he later became a successful manager. During his playing days, he earned the nickname 'Spitz' for his ferocity and goal-scoring instinct.

International career

Kohn made his debut for Luxembourg in a September 1953 World Cup qualification match against France, in which he immediately scored a goal. He went on to earn 7 caps, scoring one goal, all of them in FIFA World Cup qualification matches.^[1]^[2] He won a total of 16 caps (6 goals) including unofficial matches.

He played his final international game in September 1965, a 2–5 defeat by Yugoslavia.

International goals

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 September 1953	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg	France	1–1	1–6	1954 World Cup qualifying

Manager career

After retiring as a player, Kohn became manager at FC Twente in 1972 and clinched runner-up spot in the Eredivisie in the 1973/1974 season. In May 1975 they reached the UEFA Cup Final, losing 1–5 on aggregate to German side Borussia Mönchengladbach.

moved on to Go Ahead Eagles and Club Brugge before rejoining Twente in the 1982/1983 season, but he could not save them from relegation that year. After 5 rounds in the 1988/1989 season Kohn surprisingly became the responsible manager at Ajax, his assistant being Louis van Gaal.^[3]

He finished his career as a scout for Udinese and SC Heerenveen.

Honours (as a player)

Luxembourg National Division: 2

1951, 1954

Luxembourg Cup: 1

1954

German Cup: 2

1955, 1956

External links

Player profile – FC Twente
Manager profile – FC Twente
Bio – Twentesport (Dutch)
Bio – Club Brugge (Dutch)
Career stats – National Football Teams
Dutch league stats – Voetbal International
Bio – Profootball (German)

References

^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
^ Record at FIFA Tournaments – FIFA
^ Spitz Kohn, Louis van Gaal- Ajax (Dutch)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bob Maaskant (a.i.)	Manager of Go Ahead Eagles 1980–1981	Succeeded by Bob Maaskant (a.i.)

FC Twente – managers

Donnenfeld (1965–66)
Rijvers (1966–72)
Kohn (1972–79)
Hollink (1979–81)
Groener (1981–82)
Kohn (1982–83)
Korbach (1983–86)
Rijvers (1986–87)
Vonk (1987–92)
Baan (1992–94)
Ten Donkelaar (1994–95)
Rutten (1995–96)
Meyer (1996–2000)
Rutten (2000–01)
Van 't Schip (2001–02)
Vandereycken (2002–04)
Coolen (2004–06)
Van Staa (2006)
Rutten (2006–08)
McClaren (2008–10)
Preud'homme (2010–11)
Adriaanse (2011–12)

Go Ahead Eagles – managers

Köhler (1954–56)
de Bois (1956–57)
Richmond (1957–62)
Fadrhonc (1962–70)
Hughes (1970–73)
Notermans (1973–75)
van Brussel (1975)
Beenhakker (1975–76)
van Brussel (a.i.) (1976)
Coerver (1976–77)
van Brussel (a.i.) (1978)
Brand (1978–80)
B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1980)
Kohn (1980–81)
B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1981)
B. Maaskant (1981–83)
Wullems (a.i.) (1983)
Wullems (1983–85)
van Zoghel (1985–88)
Petescu (a.i.) (1988)
Korbach (1988–90)
ten Cate (a.i.) (1990)
Versleijen (1990–93)
ten Cate (1993–95)
Fafié (1995–96)
B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1996)
van Veen (1996–97)
van Staa (a.i.) (1997)
van Staa (1997–2001)
de Jong (2001–02)
R. Maaskant (2002–03)
Libregts (2003–05)
Snoei (2005–08)
Ulderink (2008–11)
Gall (2011–)

Club Brugge K.V. – managers

Goetinck (1930–33)
Delbeke (1933–34)
Volckaert (1934–36)
Schrenk (1936–38)
De Veen (1938–39)
Delbeke (1939–45)
Versyp (1945–50)
Kennedy (1950–51)
Schavy (1951–57)
Höfling (1957–63)
Schwanner (1963)
Dekens (1963–65)
Dupal (1965–67)
Höfling (1967–68)
Pavić (1968–69)
de Munck (1969–71)
Canjels (1971–73)
De Wit (1973–74)
Happel (1974–78)
Béres (1978–79)
Bollen (1979)
Grijzenhout (1979–80)
Gress (1980–81)
Kohn (1981)
Coppens (1981)
Mertens (1981–82)
Keßler (1982–84)
Houwaart (1984–89)
Leekens (1989–91)
Broos (1991–97)
Gerets (1997–99)
Verheyen (1999–00)
Sollied (2000–05)
Ceulemans (2005–06)
Ferrera (2006–07)
Janevski (2007)
Mathijssen (2007–09)
Koster (2009–11)
Daum (2011–)

AFC Ajax – managers

Kirwan (1910–15)
Reynolds (1915–25)
Rose (1925–26)
Castle (1927–28)
Reynolds (1928–40)
Halpern (1940–41)
Volkers (1941–42)
van Kol (1942–45)
Reynolds (1945–47)
Smith (1947–48)
Crook (1948–50)
Thomson (1950–53)
Crook (1953–54)
Humenberger (1954–59)
Buckingham (1959–61)
Spurgeon (1961–62)
Gruber (1962–63)
Rowley (1963–64)
Buckingham (1964–65)
Michels (1965–71)
Kovács (1971–73)
Knobel (1973–74)
Haarms (a.i.) (1974)
Kraay (1974–75)
Michels (1975–76)
Ivić (1976–78)
Brom (1978–79)
Beenhakker (1979–81)
de Mos (1981)
Linder (1981–82)
de Mos (1982–85)
Kohn, Bruins Slot & van der Hart (1985)
Cruijff (1985–88)
Kohn (1988)
Linder (1988)
Kohn, Haarms & Hulshoff (1988–89)
Beenhakker (1989–91)
van Gaal (1991–97)
Olsen (1997–98)
Wouters (1998–2000)
Westerhof (2000)
Adriaanse (2000–01)
Koeman (2001–05)
Blind (2005–06)
ten Cate (2006–07)
Koster (2007–08)
van Basten (2008–09)
van 't Schip (a.i.) (2009)
Jol (2009–10)
de Boer (2010–)

Persondata
Name	Kohn, Antoine Spitz
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1 November 1933
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Date of death
Place of death