- Stefan Kuntz
Football manager infobox
playername = Stefan Kuntz
fullname = Stefan Kuntz
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|10|30
cityofbirth = Neunkirchen
countryofbirth =West Germany
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currentclub =1. FC Kaiserslautern (Chairman)
position = Striker
youthyears = 1969-1983
youthclubs =Borussia Neunkirchen
years = 1983-1986 1986-1989 1989-1995 1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999
clubs =VfL Bochum KFC Uerdingen 05 1. FC Kaiserslautern Beşiktaş J.K Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum
caps(goals) = 100 (41) 094 (32) 170 (75) 030 0(9) 065 (25) 020 0(6)
nationalyears = 1983-1985 1993-1997
nationalteam = Germany U-21 Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 004 0(3) 025 0(6)
managerclubs =Borussia Neunkirchen Karlsruher SC SV Waldhof Mannheim LR Ahlen VfL Bochum (Sporting Director)
manageryears = 1999-2000 2000-2002 2003 2003 2006-2008
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ntupdate =Stefan Kuntz (born birth date|1962|10|30 in
Neunkirchen, Saarland ) is a former German professional footballer and since April 2008 chairman of the German football team1. FC Kaiserslautern .Kuntz's playing career lasted from 1983 until 1999, he made 449 appearances and scored 179 goals in the Bundesliga. He played for VfL Bochum,
KFC Uerdingen 05 , 1. FC Kaiserslautern andArminia Bielefeld . He also played in Turkey forBeşiktaş J.K. . In 1986 and 1994 he was also the top scorer in the Bundesliga.Kuntz played for the German national team between 1993 and 1997 and was part of the winning German team of
UEFA Euro 1996 . He made a particularly memorable performance in the 1-1 draw with England in the semi-final scoring the crucial equalizer. He was mocked in England (notably onFrank Skinner andDavid Baddiel 's TV show and in the video to the 1998 version ofThree Lions ) because of the similarity of his surname to the wordcunt s.Kuntz was also part of the German team that participated in the
1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA. In his international career, he obtained 25 caps, scoring 6 times. None of these caps ended in a defeat for Germany (20 wins and 5 draws), which is the German record for most caps without defeat.Kuntz's father,
Günter Kuntz , played forBorussia Neunkirchen between 1964 and 1968.From 2006 to 2008, he was the sporting director of
VfL Bochum .References
* [http://www.fck.de/content/verein/portrait/Vereinsfuehrung/13967_portrait.html Stefan Kuntz at fck.de]
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