 Piontek in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek | ||
| Date of birth | (1940-03-05)5 March 1940 (age 85) | ||
| Place of birth | Breslau,Nazi Germany (nowWrocław,Poland) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1949–1958 | VfL Germania Leer | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | VfL Germania Leer | ||
| 1960–1972 | Werder Bremen | 278 | (15) |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1962 | West Germany U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 1965–1966 | West Germany | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971–1975 | Werder Bremen | ||
| 1975–1976 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 1976–1978 | Haiti | ||
| 1978–1979 | FC St. Pauli | ||
| 1979–1990 | Denmark | ||
| 1990–1993 | Turkey | ||
| 1993–1995 | Bursaspor | ||
| 1995–1996 | Aalborg BK | ||
| 1997–1999 | Silkeborg IF | ||
| 2000–2002 | Greenland | ||
| 2004 | Greenland | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp"Piontek (born 5 March 1940) is a German formerfootball player[1] and manager.
Born inWrocław duringWorld War II, Piontek started his playing career with VfL Germania Leer. Between 1963 and 1972, thefull-back played 203Bundesliga matches with 14 goals[2] forSV Werder Bremen (he previously registered 75 matches and one goal with the side inOberliga Nord (1960–1963), prior to the creation of Bundesliga). He gained six internationalcaps (no goals) for theWest Germany national team.[3]
After retiring he managed, in Germany, Werder Bremen (1971–1975), and laterFortuna Düsseldorf (1975–1976) andFC St. Pauli (1978–1979). In 1979, Piontek becameDanish national team coach after having previously managedHaiti (1976–1978). He sat through 115 international matches, leading Denmark to their first everWorld Cup participation in the1986 tournament. His period as national team coach came just after the introduction of professional players in the national team, and under his reign the Denmark team became known as "Danish Dynamite". He quit as Denmark coach in April 1990 after the Danish national team failed toqualify for 1990 FIFA World Cup, and later coachedTurkey from an advice by fellow German and Piontek's teacherJupp Derwall[4] from May 1990 to 1993, in which though they failed to qualify for eitherUEFA Euro 1992 or the1994 FIFA World Cup, helped sparking a massive revival in Turkish football fortunes which would be witnessed by the time Piontek left.[5]
In the 1990s, Piontek returned to Denmark, where he coached Danish clubsAalborg BK andSilkeborg IF, and subsequently worked with theGreenland national team. He currently earns a living as a lecturer.
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