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Rudolf Gutendorf (30 August 1926 – 13 September 2019)[2] was a German football manager, renowned for managing the highest number of national teams – a total of 18 teams plus Iran's Olympic team in 1988 and the China Olympic team in 1992.[3][4][5]

Date of birth (1926-08-30)30 August 1926
Place of birth Koblenz, Weimar Germany
Date of death 13 September 2019(2019-09-13) (aged 93)
Position Right winger
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Rudi Gutendorf
Gutendorf in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1926-08-30)30 August 1926
Place of birth Koblenz, Weimar Germany
Date of death 13 September 2019(2019-09-13) (aged 93)
Position Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1951 TuS Neuendorf 93 (46)
1954–1955 Blue Stars Zürich
1955–1961 Luzern 27 (6)
Managerial career
1955 Blue Stars Zürich (player-manager)
1955–1961 Luzern (player-manager)
1961 US Monastir
1963–1964 MSV Duisburg
1965–1966 VfB Stuttgart
1968 St Louis Stars
1968 Bermuda
1968–1970 Schalke 04
1970–1971 Kickers Offenbach
1971 Sporting Cristal
1972–1973 Chile
1974 Bolivia
1974 Venezuela
1974 1860 Munich
1975 Real Valladolid
1975–1976 Fortuna Köln
1976 Trinidad & Tobago
1976 Grenada
1976 Antigua & Barbuda
1976 Botswana
1976–1977 Tennis Borussia Berlin[1]
1977 Hamburger SV
1979–1981 Australia
1981 New Caledonia
1981 Nepal
1981 Tonga
1981 Tanzania
1983 Fiji
1984 Hertha BSC
1984 São Tomé & Príncipe
1984–1985 Yomiuri SC
1985–1986 Ghana
1986 Nepal
1987 Fiji
1988 China
1988 Iran U-23
1991–1992 China
1993 Mauritius
1995–1996 Zimbabwe
1997 Mauritius
1999 Rwanda
2003 Samoa
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Australia (as manager)
OFC Nations Cup
Winner1980 New Caledonia
Representing  Fiji (as manager)
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place1983 Apia
Representing  Rwanda (as manager)
CECAFA Cup
Winner1999 Rwanda
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Close

Gutendorf holds a Guinness World Record for coaching 55 teams in 32 countries, across six continents.[6]

Playing career

Gutendorf played for TuS Neuendorf, Blue Stars Zürich and Luzern.[7]

Neuendorf reached the semi finals of the German championship in 1948, but were beaten by Kaiserslautern.[8]

Coaching career

His last coaching job was in 2003 with the Samoa national football team.[9]

Filmography

  • 1999: "Der Ball ist ein Sauhund"
  • 15 November 1999: "Beckmann"
  • 2006: "Volle Kanne – Service täglich"
  • 2009: "Mein Ehrgeiz galt dem Fußball und den Frauen"[10]

Honours

Luzern

Duisburg

Schalke

Chile

Australia

Fiji

Rwanda

Individual

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