Winfried Schäfer

Winfried Schäfer
Personal information
Date of birth10 January 1950
Place of birthMayen, Germany
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Jamaica (head coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1968–1970Borussia Mönchengladbach43(4)
1970–1975Kickers Offenbach160(37)
1975–1977Karlsruher SC68(10)
1977–1985Borussia Mönchengladbach167(11)
Total438(62)
Teams managed
1982–1985Borussia Mönchengladbach II
1985–1986Borussia Mönchengladbach (scout)
1986–1998Karlsruher SC
1998VfB Stuttgart
1999–2000Tennis Borussia Berlin
2001–2004Cameroon
2005–2007Al-Ahli
2007–2009Al-Ain
2010–2011FK Baku
2011–2013Thailand
2013Muangthong United
2013–Jamaica
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Winfried "Winnie" Schäfer (born 10 January 1950) is a German football manager and former player, who is head coach of Jamaica national football team.

Playing career

Winfried Schäfer played 403 Bundesliga matches and scored 46 goals in the (West) German top-flight.[1]

He won the 1970 Bundesliga title and 1970 DFB-Pokal with two different clubs - because the West German Cup final was played after the 1970 FIFA World Cup and his move from Mönchengladbach to Offenbach.

Personal Life

Schäfer is married, has two children and lives with his family for more than 25 years in Ettlingen near Karlsruhe. 2004 Schäfer was elected with the most votes in the council Ettlinger. He ran for the newly founded Wählergemeinschaft "For Ettlingen," the second-largest party in Ettlingen was at first. Because of his frequent work-related stays abroad, he held the mandate but barely. In the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, he did not run.

From May 2013 Schäfer supervised an Sat.1 Allstars selection of former professional football players and other celebrities who eventually took on 6 July of the same year at the Signal Iduna Park Borussia Dortmund. Schäfer was following on Werner Lorant, who had already trained Sat.1 celebrity teams in the years 2009 and 2010. The team came into the game at a moderate success, as they lost only 1:9 and thus could both scored a goal.[8]


Coaching career

Karlsruher SC

As a manager, he led Karlsruher SC to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 1993–94 season.

Cameroon

Schäfer won the African Nations Cup in 2002 with Cameroon.

Al-Ahli

In 2006 he won the UAE national championship with Al-Ahli Football Club. He worked then from 2007 to 2009 for UAE League side Al-Ain FC.

FK Baku

On 10 June 2010, Schäfer signed a two-year contract with FK Baku. On 18 January 2011 his contract was ended.[2]

Thailand

In June 2011, Schäfer was hired as Thailand manager on a three years contract. In June 2013, Schäfer canceled his contract.

Jamaica

In July 2013, it was announced that Schäfer will become the new coach of Jamaica on an initial 4 month contract.[3] Schäfer will be assisted by Jamaican Vin Blaine.[4]

Honours

Player

Coach

Managerial statistics

As of 10 October 2014
TeamNatManagerial TenurePWDLWin %
BakuAzerbaijan Azerbaijan10 June 2010 – 18 January 2011 2085740
ThailandThailand ThailandJune 2011 – 18 May 2013 27136848.15
Muangthong UnitedThailand Thailand5 June 2013 – 18 July 2013 650183.33
JamaicaJamaica Jamaica18 July 2013 – present 1424814.29

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Matthias Arnhold (22 May 2014). "Winfried Schäfer - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ↑ fifa.com; Schäfer nicht mehr Trainer in Baku
  3. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3952/asia/2013/07/19/4125599/former-thai-coach-winfried-schafer-makes-shock-move-to
  4. ↑ http://go-jamaica.com/news/read_article.php?id=46554