- Klaus Toppmöller
Football manager infobox
playername= Klaus Toppmöller
fullname = Klaus Toppmöller
height =
nickname = "Toppi"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1951|8|12
cityofbirth = Rivenich
countryofbirth =West Germany
currentclub = -
position = Manager
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1972–1980
1980–1984
1985–1987| clubs =1. FC Kaiserslautern Dallas Tornado FSV Salmrohr
caps(goals) = 204 (108)
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nationalyears = 1976–1979
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (1)
manageryears = 1987–1988
1988–1990
1990–1991
1991–1993
1993–1994
1994–1999
2001–2003
2003–2004
2006-2008
managerclubs =FSV Salmrohr SSV Ulm 1846
Wismut AueWaldhof MannheimEintracht Frankfurt VfL Bochum Bayer LeverkusenHamburger SV
Georgia
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ntupdate =Klaus Toppmöller (born
August 12 1951 ) is a former football player and the coach ofGeorgia national football team from 2006 toApril 1 2008 .He earned 3 caps and scored 1 goal during his international career for Germany.
Playing career
Toppmöller trained as a supply engineer, starting his football career as an amateur at "SV Rivenich," and transferred to the then-
Regionalliga teamEintracht Trier .Toppmöller transferred to
1. FC Kaiserslautern in theFußball-Bundesliga in 1972, where he appeared 204 times, scoring 108 goals and becoming the record scorer of the red devils. Toppmöller made his debute for Germany in 1976 against the Spanish national football team, and was also capped in 1979 against Malta and Turkey.In 1980 Toppmöller moved to
Dallas Tornado , but returned to Germany after the collapse of theNorth American Soccer League in 1984. After playing in the 2. Bundesliga he retired atFSV Salmrohr .Coaching career
Toppmöller became coach of
FSV Salmrohr from summer 1987 to18 April ,1988 when he became coach ofSSV Ulm 1846 until February 1989. After his dismissal, Toppmöller coachedDDR-Oberliga sideFC Erzgebirge Aue from28 November ,1990 to30 June ,1991 . He than transferred back to the Federal league withSV Waldhof Mannheim from19 September ,1991 to30 June ,1993 .In light of his success, Toppmöller became coach of
Eintracht Frankfurt , with whom he had a very successful start. But after failures with the squad relationship and resultantly missing the championship he was dismissed on10 April ,1994 . Toppmöller then joinedVfL Bochum on9 November ,1994 , with whom in the 1997/98 season reached the last sixteen of theUEFA cup . On30 June ,1999 Toppmöller left his position as coach of VfL Bochum, but was eventually dismissed on29 November ,2000 .From
1 July ,2001 Toppmöller was coach withBayer 04 Leverkusen , whom in his first season led to the final of theUEFA Champions League , as well as second place in federal league and the German cup final. Toppmöller was resultantly declared by German sports journalists as "football coach of the year" for 2002. However, in the following season Leverkusen performed poorly, and in light of a poor league position which could have led to relegation, Toppmöller was sacked on the16 February ,2003 .Toppmöller became coach of
Hamburger SV on23 October ,2003 . However, after the team fell to last place in the league, and Toppmöller used strange tactics, formations and out of position players (such asmidfielder Sergej Barbarez in defence), he was sacked on the17 October ,2004 .On
1 February ,2006 Toppmöller became national coach of theGeorgia national football team , withRalf Minge as assistant coach. He was dismissed onApril 1 2008 .Personal life
A member of the
Social Democratic Party of Germany , Toppmöller married Roswitha in 1977, and the couple have three children:
*1979 - daughter Sarah Nina is a part time teacher, and sings under the artist name Zaranina inMunich
*1980 - son Dino is named after Toppmöller's Italian idolDino Zoff . Dino has played for several teams from the second German tier.
*1988 - son Tommy is a school student, playing for the Under 19 side ofFSV Salmrohr Toppmöller brother Heinz and nephew Marco have played for
1. FC Kaiserslautern .Links
* [http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/toppmoeller.html Klaus Toppmöller at eintracht-archiv.de]
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