- Norberto Höfling
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Norberto Höfling Personal information Date of birth 20 June 1924 Place of birth Cernăuţi, Romania Date of death 18 April 2005 (aged 80) Place of death Bruges, Belgium Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1945-1946 Dinamo Cernăuţi 1947-1948 Ciocanul Bucureşti 33 (24) 1948-1949 MTK Budapest 24 (23) 1949-1951 S.S. Lazio 72 (25) 1952-1955 Pro Patria Calcio 119 (31) 1956 Lanerossi Vicenza 9 (1) National team Romania Teams managed 1957-1963 Club Brugge 1963-1964 Feyenoord 1964-1967 Racing White Brussels 1967-1968 Club Brugge 1968-1969 R.S.C. Anderlecht 1969-1971 Daring Club Brussels 1972-1976 AS Oostende 1977-1978 K.A.A. Gent 1980-1981 Pro Patria * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Norberto Höfling (20 June 1924 — 18 April 2005) was a Jewish Romanian footballer and coach.
Höfling began his career as professional footballer in Romania, being at his peak between 1945 and 1947 when he played for the national team of Romania and also for Carmen Bucureşti, one of the best teams of that period of time.
He left the country in 1948 to play for MTK Budapest and then he followed the route: Lazio Roma, Pro Patria Calcio, ending his career at Vicenza Calcio.
At the age of 33, in 1957, Höfling started his career as football manager at Club Brugge. He left the club after six years, due to a dispute with Fernand Goyvaerts, then the star player of Club Brugge, to coach the Dutch team Feyenoord.
Being sacked from Feyenoord after only one year, Höfling returned to Belgium after he signed with R.W.D. Molenbeek, helping the team to win promotion into Belgian First Division.
In 1967 he rejoined Club Brugge. His second spell at the club was more successful than the first one, winning the Belgian Cup, before being signed by Anderlecht Brussels, only to be sacked after few months due to poor results.
A second spell at R.W.D. Molenbeek followed, but this time it was for a short period of time only, as he did not manage to win promotion in the top league, as he did with few years earlier when the team was called Racing White.
In 1972 he signed with A.S. Oostende and in only two years he promoted the club from the third division to the top league. Again problems arose between him and the administration and the players that led to his retirement in 1976.
He then went to work at K.A.A. Gent before retiring in 1978.
He was 80 years of age when he died in Brugges.
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Norberto Höfling managerial positions 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–)
Feyenoord – managers Julian (1921–22) · Waites (1924–25) · Geneugelijk (a.i.) (1925–26) · Hall (1926–29) · Lamb (1929–30) · Kruys (a.i.) (1930–31) · Donaghy (1931–35) · Kohn (1935–39) · Hall (1939–40) · Koelman (1940–41) · Kaufman (a.i.) (1940) · Huizenaar (1940–41) · van Dijke (1941–42) · Pijl (1942–46) · Koonings (1946–50) · Topping (1950–51) · Kohn (1951–55) · de Wolf (a.i.) (1955–56) · van der Leck (1956–58) · Piet de Wolf (a.i.) (1958–59) · Sobotka (1959–61) · Fuchs (1961–63) · Höfling (1963–64) · Kment (1964–67) · Peeters (1967–69) · Happel (1969–73) · Zonderland (a.i.) (1973) · Coerver (1973–75) · Brzeżańczyk (1975–76) · Zonderland (a.i.) (1976) · Boškov (1976–78) · Ježek (1978–80) · Westerhof (1980a) · Ježek (1980–82) · Kraay (1982–83) · Fafié (a.i.) (1983) · Libregts (1983–84) · Fafié (1984–86) · Israël (1986–88) · Jacobs (1988–89) · Verbeek and Bengtsson (1989–91) · Jansen (a.i.) (1991) · Dorjee (1991–92) · Jansen (a.i.) (1992) · van Hanegem (1992–95) · Meijer (a.i.) (1995) · Haan (1995–97) · Meijer and Metgod (dual a.i.) (1997) · Beenhakker (1997–2000) · van Stee (a.i.) (2000) · van Marwijk (2000–04) · Gullit (2004–05) · E. Koeman (2005–07) · Beenhakker (a.i.) (2007) · van Marwijk (2007–08) · Verbeek (2008–09) · Vlemmings (a.i.) (2009) · Been (2009–11) · R. Koeman (2011–)
(a) acting in regular manager's absenceR. Daring Club Molenbeek R.W.D. Molenbeek Week (1973–76) · de Visser (1976–77) · Horváth (1977–79) · Borremans (1979–81) · Boskamp (1981) · Brom (1981–82) · Dockx (1982–83) · Vermeersch (1983–84) · Garot (1984–86) · Frivaldszky (1986–87) · Horváth (1987) · Van Himst (1987–88) · Vandendaele (1988) · Broos (1988–91) · Novák (1991) · Smets (1991–94) · Vandereycken (1994–97) · Renders (1997–98) · Vandersmissen (1998) · Jacobs (1998–2001) · Thairet (2001) · Ferrera (2001–02)
R.S.C. Anderlecht – managers Brébart (1920–22) · Bunyan, Sr. (1922) · Bunyan, Jr. (1922–25) · Howard (1928–36) · Defour (1936–38) · Defevere (1938–41) · Rage (1941–45) · Defevere (1945–46) · Perino (1946–47) · Smit (1947–50) · Gormlie (1950–60) · Sinibaldi (1960–66) · Béres (1966–67) · Deraeymaeker (1967–68) · Höfling (1968–70) · Deraeymaeker (1970) · Sinibaldi (1970–71) · Keßler (1971–72) · Van Den Bosch (1972–73) · Braems (1973–75) · Croon (1975–76) · Goethals (1976–79) · Braems (1979–80) · Ivić (1980–83) · Van Himst (1983–86) · Haan (1986–87) · Leekens (1987–88) · Goethals (1988–89) · de Mos (1989–92) · Peruzović (1992–93) · Boskamp (1993–95) · Neumann (1995–96) · Boskamp (1996–97) · Vandereycken (1997) · Haan (1997–98) · Dockx (1998–99) · Anthuenis (1999–2002) · Broos (2002–05) · Vercauteren (2005–07) · Jacobs (2007–)
K.A.A. Gent – managers Priem (1901–09) · Van Steenkiste (1909–10) · Horta (1910–12) · Bunyan (1912–22) · De Rijke (1922–31) · Pelsmaecker (1931–41) · Fenichel (1941–42) · Stejskal (1942–43) · Ferchyer (1943–45) · Delfour (1945–51) · Mütsch (1951–52) · Vandooren (1952–56) · Delfour (1956–59) · Favre (1959–60) · Verstraeten (1960–64) · Schirschin (1964–65) · Labot (1965–66) · Bigot (1966–67) · Vandooren (1967–71) · Sztani (1971–73) · Van Boxelaer (1973–74) · Orlans (1974–76) · Qvick (1976) · Storme (1976–77) · Höfling (1977–78) · Nollet (1978–80) · Grijzenhout (1980–81) · Goethals (1981–83) · Vandendaele (1983–84) · Grijzenhout (1984–87) · Bergholtz (1987–88) · Vandendaele (1988–89) · Vandereycken (1989–93) · Dorjee (a.i.) (1993) · Meeuws (1993–94) · Clijsters (1994–97) · Boskamp (1997–99) · Sollied (1999–00) · Houwaart (2000) · Remy (2000–01) · Vermeulen (2001–02) · Olde Riekerink (2002–03) · Vermeulen (2003–04) · Leekens (2004–07) · Sollied (2007–08) · Preud'homme (2008–10) · Dury (2010–11) · Sollied (2011–)
Categories:- 1924 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Chernivtsi
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- S.S. Lazio players
- Pro Patria Calcio players
- Vicenza Calcio players
- MTK Budapest FC players
- Serie A footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Hungary
- Romanian football managers
- Club Brugge K.V. managers
- R.S.C. Anderlecht managers
- Eredivisie managers
- K.A.A. Gent managers
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands
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