Sepp Piontek
 Sepp Piontek, 1 June 2011. (Photo: Lars Schmidt) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1949–1958 | VfL Germania Leer | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | VfL Germania Leer | ||
| 1960–1972 | Werder Bremen | 278 | (15) |
| National team | |||
| 1965–1966 | West Germany | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1971–1975 | Werder Bremen | ||
| 1975–1976 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 1976–1978 | Haiti | ||
| 1978–1979 | FC St. Pauli | ||
| 1979–1990 | Denmark | ||
| 1990–1993 | Turkey | ||
| 1993 | Bursaspor | ||
| 1995–1996 | Aalborg BK | ||
| 1997–1999 | Silkeborg IF | ||
| 2000–2002 | Greenland | ||
| 2004 | Greenland | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Sepp Piontek, fullname Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek (born 5 March 1940 in Breslau) is a former German footballer[1] and manager.
Career
Playing career
Piontek started his playing career with VfL Germania Leer. Between 1963 and 1972, the full-back played 203 Bundesliga matches with 14 goals[2] for SV Werder Bremen (he previously registered 75 matches and one goal with the side in Oberliga Nord (1960–1963), prior to the creation of Bundesliga), adding six caps (no goals) for the West German national team.[3]
Coaching career
After retiring he managed, in Germany, Werder Bremen (1971–1975), and later Fortuna Düsseldorf (1975–1976) and FC St. Pauli (1978–1979). In 1979, Piontek became Danish national team coach after having previously managed Haiti. He sat through 115 international matches, leading Denmark to their first ever World Cup participation in the 1986 tournament. His period as national team coach came just after the introduction of professional players in the national team, and under his reign the Denmark team became known as "Danish Dynamite". He quit as Denmark coach in April 1990 after the Danish national team failed to qualify for 1990 FIFA World Cup, and later coached Turkey[4] from May 1990 to 1993.[5]
In the 1990s, Piontek returned to Denmark, where he coached Danish clubs Aalborg BK and Silkeborg IF, and subsequently worked with the Greenland national team. He currently earns a living as a lecturer.
Honours as a player
- Bundesliga champion: 1964–65
- Bundesliga runner-up: 1967–68
- DFB-Pokal winner: 1961
References
- ↑ "Piontek, Josef" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (1 October 2015). "Josef Emanuel Hubertus 'Sepp' Piontek - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (1 October 2015). "Josef "Sepp" Piontek - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/oct/07/newsstory.sport4
- ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (1 October 2015). "Josef "Sepp" Piontek - International Matches as Coach". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
External links
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- Danish national team profile (in Danish)
- Sepp Piontek at Fussballdaten (in German)
- Sepp Piontek at weltfussball.de (in German)
- Sepp Piontek at National-Football-Teams.com
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