| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Klaus Toppmöller | ||
| Date of birth | (1951-08-12)12 August 1951 (age 74) | ||
| Place of birth | Rivenich,West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1969 | SV Rivenich | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1972 | Eintracht Trier | 59 | (33) |
| 1972–1980 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 204 | (108) |
| 1980 | Dallas Tornado | 31 | (7) |
| 1981 | Calgary Boomers | 0 | (0) |
| 1981–1987 | FSV Salmrohr | 168 | (114) |
| International career | |||
| 1976–1979 | West Germany | 3 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1988 | FSV Salmrohr | ||
| 1988–1990 | SSV Ulm | ||
| 1990–1991 | Wismut Aue | ||
| 1991–1993 | Waldhof Mannheim | ||
| 1993–1994 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 1994–1999 | VfL Bochum | ||
| 1999–2000 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
| 2001–2003 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| 2003–2004 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2006–2008 | Georgia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Klaus Toppmöller (born 12 August 1951) is a Germanfootball manager and former professional player.
Aforward, Toppmöller scored 108Bundesliga goals for1. FC Kaiserslautern in 204 matches in the West German top flight.[1] He earned three caps and scored one goal during his international career forWest Germany.[2]
Toppmöller became coach ofFSV Salmrohr from summer 1987 to 18 April 1988 when he became coach ofSSV Ulm until February 1989. After his dismissal, Toppmöller coachedEast German second division sideWismut Aue from 28 November 1990 to 30 June 1991. He then transferred back to the Federal league withWaldhof Mannheim from 19 September 1991 to 30 June 1993.
In light of his success, Toppmöller became coach ofEintracht Frankfurt, with whom he had a very successful start. But after failures with the squad relationship and resultantly missing the championship, he was dismissed on 10 April 1994. Toppmöller then joinedVfL Bochum on 9 November 1994, with whom in the 1997–98 season reached the last sixteen of theUEFA Cup. On 30 June 1999, Toppmöller left his position as coach of VfL Bochum to become coach of1. FC Saarbrücken, but was eventually dismissed there on 29 November 2000.
From 1 July 2001, Toppmöller was coach withBayer Leverkusen, whom in his first season led to theUEFA Champions League final, as well as second place in Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal final. Toppmöller was eventually 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 16 February 2003.
Toppmöller became coach ofHamburger SV on 23 October 2003. However, after the team fell to last place in the league, mostly because of his unusual tactics, formations and usage of out of position players (such as strikerSergej Barbarez in defence), he was sacked on 17 October 2004.
On 1 February 2006, Toppmöller became national coach of theGeorgia national football team, withRalf Minge as assistant coach. He was dismissed on 1 April 2008.
Toppmöller married Rosi in 1977, with whom he had Sarah-Nina,Dino (coached him at Saarbrücken) and Tommy.[3] His brotherHeinz (played together at Kaiserslautern) and nephewMarco also became footballers.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| FSV Salmrohr | 1 April 1987 | 18 April 1988 | ||||||
| SSV Ulm | 19 April 1988 | 28 February 1989 | ||||||
| Erzgebirge Aue | 28 November 1990 | 30 June 1991 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 077.78 | |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 19 September 1991 | 30 June 1993 | 71 | 31 | 23 | 17 | 043.66 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 July 1993 | 10 April 1994 | 44 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 052.27 | |
| VfL Bochum | 9 November 1994 | 30 June 1999 | 175 | 67 | 38 | 70 | 038.29 | |
| 1.FC Saarbrücken | 1 July 1999 | 29 November 2000 | 52 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 053.85 | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 27 June 2001 | 16 February 2003 | 95 | 47 | 16 | 32 | 049.47 | |
| Hamburger SV | 23 October 2003 | 17 October 2004 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 040.00 | |
| Georgia | 1 January 2006 | 2 April 2008 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 028.00 | |
| Total | 520 | 233 | 110 | 177 | 044.81 | |||
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