Personal information | |||
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Full name | Torsten Jens Gütschow[1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Görlitz, East Germany | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | TuS Heeslingen (Manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1968–1973 | Traktor Zodel | ||
1973–1976 | Dynamo Görlitz | ||
1976–1980 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1980–1992 | Dynamo Dresden | 247 | (116) |
1992–1993 | Galatasaray | 15 | (10) |
1993–1994 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 9 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Hannover 96 | 33 | (16) |
1995–1996 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | (15) |
1996–1999 | Dynamo Dresden | 82 | (33) |
Total | 420 | (190) | |
National team | |||
1979 | East Germany U-18 | 4 | (3) |
1981–1983 | East Germany U-21 | 16 | (4) |
East Germany Olympic | 3 | (2) | |
1984–1989 | East Germany | 3 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2003–2004 | FC Oberneuland | ||
2006– | TuS Heeslingen | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Torsten Gütschow (born 28 July 1962 in Görlitz) is a German former footballer who played as a striker.[2] He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after reunification.[3] In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six months with Galatasaray of the Turkish Super Lig.[3] A strong and instinctive goalscorer, Gütschow was top scorer in each of the last three seasons of the DDR-Oberliga,[4] and was the last ever East German Footballer of the Year.[5] He won three international caps for East Germany, scoring two goals between 1984 and 1989.[6] Since retiring he has taken up coaching, and has been manager of TuS Heeslingen since 2006.[7]
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Gütschow played as a youth for Traktor Zodel and Dynamo Görlitz,[3] before joining Dynamo Dresden in 1976.[8] After four years in their youth setup, he was promoted to the first-team, making his DDR-Oberliga debut in 1980.[3] He established himself as a consistent goalscorer, and scored 17 goals in the 1984–85 season.[3] The next two seasons were blighted by injury, but he returned to form, partnering Ulf Kirsten up front, and was the league's top scorer in its last three seasons.[4] His seven goals in the 1988-89 UEFA Cup made him the competition's top scorer and in 1991 he was named as the last ever East German Footballer of the Year.[5]
During much of Gütschow's time with Dynamo Dresden, the league was dominated by Berliner FC Dynamo, who won ten consecutive league titles from 1979 to 1988.[9] Dresden broke this run by winning the championship in 1989 and 1990,[9][10] adding a cup win in the latter season to complete the double. They had also won the cup in 1982, 1984 and 1985.[10]
The last season of the DDR-Oberliga (now renamed the NOFV-Oberliga) saw Dynamo Dresden finish second, behind Hansa Rostock,[11] and with German reunification they qualified for the Bundesliga.[11] In their first season they finished in 14th place,[12] and Gütschow was the team's top scorer, with 10 goals from 31 appearances.[13][14] The following season, he played eught matches, scoring twice,[15] before leaving in December 1992, joining Galatasaray of the Turkish Super Lig.[1] Gütschow's 12 Bundesliga goals are still the most of any Dynamo Dresden player.
Galatasaray had a German coach, Karl-Heinz Feldkamp, and two other German players in Falko Götz and Reinhard Stumpf. Gütschow settled in immediately, and scored 10 goals in 15 league appearances,[1][3] as the club won a league and cup double.[16] Gütschow only spent six months in Turkey, returning to Germany in summer 1993[3] but remains a popular figure with Galatasaray fans.
Gütschow returned to Germany with Carl Zeiss Jena of the 2. Bundesliga,[3] but had a singularly unsuccessful season, making only 9 league appearances and failing to score.[17] He left Jena after one year, and followed this with single-year spells at two other 2. Liga clubs – Hannover 96 and Chemnitzer FC.[3] He has more personal success in both these seasons, scoring 16 and 15 goals respectively,[18][19] but the latter ended in relegation for Chemnitz.[20]
In 1996, Gütschow returned to Dynamo Dresden, now in the third-tier Regionalliga Nordost.[3] He spent three years with the club as they tried unsuccessfully to get promoted to the second division,[21] before retiring in 1999.[3] In total, he had made 329 league appearances for Dynamo, scoring 149 goals, across two spells.[3]
Club performance[3] | League | Cup[nb 1] | Continental[nb 2] | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
1980–81 | Dynamo Dresden[22] | DDR-Oberliga | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
1981–82 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | ||
1982–83 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 10 | ||
1983–84 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 23 | 9 | ||
1984–85 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 21 | ||
1985–86 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
1986–87 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
1987–88 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | ||
1988–89 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 26 | ||
1989–90 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 29 | ||
1990–91 | NOFV-Oberliga | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 26 | |
1991–92 | Bundesliga | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 34 | 11 | |
1992–93 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 2 | ||
1992–93 | Galatasaray[1] | Turkish Super League | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 12 |
1993–94 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 2. Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 0 |
1994–95 | Hannover 96 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 35 | 17 | |
1995–96 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | 15 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 36 | 17 | |
1996–97 | Dynamo Dresden[23] | Regionalliga Nordost | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 12 |
1997–98 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 36 | 18 | ||
1998–99 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 5 | ||
Career total | 420 | 190 | 63 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 514 | 236 |
Gütschow was called up to the East Germany national team in February 1984, making his debut in a 3–1 away win against Greece.[6] His second cap came later in the same year, also against Greece – this time he scored again in a 1–0 home win.[6] His third and final cap didn't come until 1989, in a 1–1 draw with Finland at his home stadium in Dresden.[6] He was also capped at under-21 level and made three appearances for the DDR Olympic team.[8]
Scores and results table.[6] East Germany's goal tally first:
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 February 1984 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece | Greece |
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2. | 12 September 1984 | Georgi-Dimitroff-Stadion, Zwickau, East Germany | Greece |
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After ending his playing career, Gütschow took up coaching. He worked with VfL Bochum's reserve team,[7] and was manager of FC Oberneuland from 2003 to 2004.[7] In 2006 he was appointed as manager of TuS 1906 Heeslingen,[7] and won promotion to the Oberliga Nord in his first season. Gütschow is still in charge at the club,[7] who are still in the Oberliga, albeit now in the Oberliga Niedersachsen[24] after the league was restructured in 2008.
Gütschow worked as an Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter (paid informant) for the Stasi.[25] This came about after he was arrested in Sweden for drink-driving; the East German authorities offered him a deal where he would be released on condition that he would provide the Stasi with information. However, he immediately confessed this involvement to his team-mates, and promised never to report anything negative about them.
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