Horst Wohlers

Horst Wohlers (born 6 August 1949) is a former German football player and manager.

Playing career

Wohlers joined first teams of SC Brunsbüttelkoog and FC St. Pauli until his 1975 transfer to Borussia Mönchengladbach. He was a midfielder, who played during Borussia's golden years in the 1970s, when he won with Borussia the Bundesliga two times, the German Cup once, and the UEFA Cup in 1979. Wohlers made 95 Bundesliga appearances for Mönchengladbach, scoring 6 times.

He appeared in total 232 times in the Bundesliga, playing also for TSV 1860 München and Arminia Bielefeld until he retired from playing in 1985.

Management career

After his playing career ended, he became a coach for Bayer 05 Uerdingen in 1989 assisted by his former colleague Rainer Bonhof. In 1991 he became the coach of his former club FC St. Pauli, where his career as Bundesliga coach ended in the same year. He worked for a while as assistant to Horst Köppel in the japanese J-League with the Urawa Red Diamonds.

In the 2004/2005 season he became the coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach II (or U23), which he led to the German 3rd league (Regionalliga Nord).

References

* [http://borussia.sport-dienst.de/spieler/wohlershorst/ Horst Wohlers]