Bernd Schuster
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bernhard Schuster | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Augsburg, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Offensive Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1976 | SV Hammerschmiede Augsburg | ||
| 1976–1978 | FC Augsburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1978–1980 | 1. FC Köln | 61 | (10) |
| 1980–1988 | FC Barcelona | 170 | (63) |
| 1988–1990 | Real Madrid | 61 | (13) |
| 1990–1993 | Atlético Madrid | 85 | (11) |
| 1993–1996 | Bayer Leverkusen | 59 | (8) |
| 1996–1997 | UNAM Pumas | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 445 | (105) | |
| National team | |||
| 1977–1979 | West Germany U-18 | 10 | (2) |
| 1980 | West Germany U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1979[1]–1984 | West Germany | 21 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Fortuna Köln | ||
| 1998–1999 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 2001–2003 | Xerez CD | ||
| 2003–2004 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| 2004–2005 | Levante | ||
| 2005–2007 | Getafe | ||
| 2007–2008 | Real Madrid | ||
| 2010–2011 | Beşiktaş | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Bernhard Schuster (born 22 December 1959 in Augsburg) is a German football manager and former player. His nickname is "der Blonde Engel" (the Blond Angel).
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[edit] Club career
Schuster started his professional career with 1. FC Köln at age 18 in 1978 after a number of promising performances with the West German Under-18 National team. Schuster left Köln after the 1980 European campaign to sign with Spain's FC Barcelona, where he flourished. During his career, he played for clubs Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. At his final team, the Mexican side Pumas de la UNAüM he appeared in ten matches in spring 1997.
[edit] FC Barcelona
Schuster was an important part of the FC Barcelona team during the 1980s, leading the game from midfield and scoring many goals. His club president Josep Lluís Núñez and some trainers like Helenio Herrera, Udo Lattek, Terry Venables and Luis Aragonés had difficult relations with him.[2] He won, however, the European Silver Ball in 1980 and Bronze Ball in 1981 and 1985. At age 21, in 1981, he received a bad injury on his right knee by Athletic Bilbao defender Andoni Goikoetxea.
[edit] Real Madrid
His move to Real Madrid was controversial due to the strong rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid. Bernd Schuster's style complemented the group of home-grown Madrid players known as la Quinta del Buitre who led the team to a dominance of the Spanish Championship through the 1980s.
[edit] Atlético Madrid
Bernd Schuster signed with Atlético Madrid in the fall of 1990 and helped improve the performance of Atletico's traditional games based on backpasses. His long precise passes helped restore Atlético Madrid as a prominent club.
[edit] Bayer Leverkusen
In 1993 Bernd returned home to Germany to play for three seasons with Bayer Leverkusen. Despite his contributions, the club was unable to capture Bundesliga and German Cup titles but his performances inspired much of the country to push for a place for him in the 1994 World Cup squad. In the national TV-Station ARD "Goal of the year" election Schuster won the first three places in 1994.[2] In the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll to name the finest European players of the last five decades, Bernd Schuster finished 40th.
[edit] National career
He was part of the West German side that won the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship in Italy, appearing in two of Germany's four matches. His performances there helped him earn the Silver Ball Trophy honour as the Europe's second best player in 1980 behind Golden Ball winner, and Germany team-mate Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Overall Schuster won 22 caps for the West German national team and retired from the German national team at the age of 24, due to his repeated disagreements with the German Football Association, then national team manager Jupp Derwall, and teammates including Paul Breitner.[2]
His refusal to take part in a match against Albania in order to be home for the birth of his second son David caused a sporting scandal at the time.[2] According to Schuster himself, his premature retirement from the German National Team was due to a major disagreement with the managements of both Barcelona and the German National Team on either side of a friendly match against Brazil.[3]
[edit] Statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1978–79 | Köln | Bundesliga | 24 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1979–80 | 32 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1980–81 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1980–81 | Barcelona | La Liga | 23 | 11 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 |
| 1981–82 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 17 | 10 | ||
| 1982–83 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 14 | ||
| 1983–84 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 10 | ||
| 1984–85 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 18 | ||
| 1985–86 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 11 | ||
| 1986–87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 8 | 1 | 45 | 13 | ||
| 1988–89 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 33 | 7 | 9 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 50 | 9 |
| 1989–90 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 36 | 6 | ||
| 1990–91 | Atlético Madrid | La Liga | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 |
| 1991–92 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 46 | 12 | ||
| 1992–93 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB Ligapokal | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1993–94 | Bayer Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 28 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1994–95 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1995–96 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | League | Cup | League Cup | North America | Total | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Universidad Nacional | Primera División | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Country | Germany | 120 | 18 | |||||||||
| Spain | 316 | 87 | 59 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 436 | 120 | ||
| Mexico | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 445 | 105 | ||||||||||
| Germany national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 1 |
| 1981 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 1 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 4 |
[edit] Management
[edit] Fortuna Köln
After his retirement as a player in 1997, Schuster successfully managed a small club in Cologne, SC Fortuna Köln in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.
[edit] FC Köln
Following this, he managed his former club 1. FC Köln, also in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, but was unable to get the club promoted and so left. In 2000, he applied for the manager job at Scottish club Dundee FC but the Dundee chairman rejected his application.
[edit] Xerez CD
In 2001 he received an offer from the small club Xerez CD in Southern Spain and he managed the team, very successfully, for two seasons; the second and third best seasons in the history of the club. However, he could not promote the team to Primera Division.
[edit] Shakhtar Donetsk
In 2003, he accepted a deal to coach the Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk where he established a club record number of consecutive victories. However, the team did not win the championship and did not reach the final round of the Champions League with a match against Lokomotiv Moscow. Schuster was fired one week before his team played and won the Ukrainian Cup in 2004.
[edit] Levante
He went back to Spain in summer 2004 to coach Levante UD and made a good start with the small club from Valencia. The president fired him with a 5-point advantage over the relegation places just five games from the end of the season. Levante could not win a game and fell to Segunda División (Spanish second division) again.
[edit] Getafe
In summer 2005, Getafe CF, a small side from Madrid, had their best season in team history under his guidance. Schuster coached Getafe in their second successful season and the team did even better, 7th in La Liga. Getafe have also secured entry to the 2007-08 UEFA Cup as a result of reaching the final of the Copa del Rey after overcoming a 5-2 first leg defeat against Barcelona, beating them 4-0 in the second leg.
[edit] Real Madrid
Schuster was appointed manager of Real Madrid on 9 July 2007.[5] He was required to buy-out his existing contract with Getafe for €480,000, which he paid for out of his own pocket. As manager, he made a successful start with Real Madrid, taking them to top of the La Liga standings. Beautiful football returned again to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium with Madrid having the strongest offence, not beaten at home from the start of the league and defeating their arch rival Barcelona at their home ground Camp Nou, increasing their lead to seven points between them and second place (Barcelona).
The team qualified to the second round of the UEFA Champions League leading their group which contained Olympiacos, Werder Bremen and S.S. Lazio. He improved Real Madrid's style of play significantly. He managed to switch from the unattractive defensive football during the reign of Fabio Capello to fast paced, attacking football. After losing 2-1 to AS Roma in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League which meant the elimination of Real Madrid, many doubted that Schuster would continue to be Madrid's coach, but the club denied the allegations. On 4 May 2008, Schuster guided Real Madrid to their 31st title with 3 games to spare.[6]
On 18 May 2008, Schuster's Real Madrid achieved the highest point total (85 points) a record that was set by rivals Barcelona. He went on to win the 2008 Spanish Super Cup.[7] Although enjoying a successful season with Madrid, Schuster had frequent confrontations with the media. Sometimes refusing to answer questions, making controversial or sarcastic statements and walking out of press conferences.[8][9] On 9 December 2008 Schuster stepped down[10] as manager after a 4-3 defeat to Sevilla FC, and speaking out publicly about his team standing no chance of beating Barcelona in the El Clásico derby match.[11] He was replaced by Juande Ramos.
[edit] Xerez
On 5 December 2009 he announced he will buy his former club Xerez[12] and the former Real Madrid coach is interested to managing Xerez starting from January and has already contacted the club's chairman Joaquin Morales.[13] The German coach previously worked at Xerez CD from 2001 to 2003.[12]
[edit] Beşiktaş
On 10 June 2010, Turkish club Beşiktaş announced that Schuster had agreed to become the club's new manager on a two-year contract.[14] Among his first signings for the club were Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma, Roberto Hilbert and former Real midfielder Guti, who was coached by Schuster at Madrid. Later he bolstered the squad with three additional Portuguese stars, namely Simão Sabrosa, Hugo Almeida and Manuel Fernandes. Schuster resigned on 15 March 2011 from Beşiktaş after the bad results, having frequent confrontations with the media, making controversial statements and walking out of press conferences.[15] He was criticized by the Turkish media for trying to implement a reckless attacking style of play.[citation needed]
[edit] Managerial stats
Last updated 2 September 2010
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/− | Win % | |||
| SC Fortuna Köln | 1997 | 1998 | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 53 | +0 | 32.35 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1998 | 1999 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 35.29 |
| Xerez CD | 2001 | 2003 | 81 | 34 | 22 | 25 | 89 | 89 | +0 | 41.98 |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 2003 | 2004 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 65.22 |
| Levante UD | 2004 | 2005 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 26.47 |
| Getafe CF | 2005 | 2007 | 76 | 29 | 19 | 28 | 93 | 82 | +11 | 38.16 |
| Real Madrid | 2007 | 2008 | 53 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 114 | 63 | +51 | 66.04 |
| Beşiktaş | 2010 | 2011 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 58.06 |
| Total Career | 366 | 157 | 87 | 115 | 528 | 436 | +92 | 42.90 | ||
[edit] Personal life
During his heyday as a player Schuster and his wife, Gaby, were celebrities in Germany. Gaby had a controversial reputation, worsened when she took over the job as her husband's manager. During the Schusters' residence in Spain, Gaby was also notorious for her often public comments directed towards FC Barcelona coach Udo Lattek and national coach Jupp Derwall when her husband played for them. Gaby and Bernd Schuster are still married and have four children. Gaby is a sports manager, but she has not been Bernd Schuster's manager for some years. Since 2008 Bernd Schuster lives separated from his wife and has a new girlfriend.[16]
[edit] Honours
[edit] As player
- FC Barcelona
- La Liga: 1985
- Copa del Rey: 1981, 1983, 1988
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1981-82
- Supercopa de España: 1983
- Copa de la Liga: 1983, 1986
- European Cup:
- Runner-up: 1986
- Real Madrid
- La Liga: 1989, 1990
- Copa del Rey: 1989
- Supercopa de España: 1989
- Atlético Madrid
- La Liga:
- Runner-up: 1991
- Copa del Rey: 1991, 1992
- La Liga:
[edit] As coach
- Getafe
- Copa del Rey:
- Runner-up: 2006-07
- Copa del Rey:
[edit] Individual
- La Liga: Don Balón Award for Best Foreign Player 1985, 1991
- European Footballer of the Year: Silver Ball 1980 - Bronze Ball 1981 and 1985
- La Liga: Miguel Muñoz Trophy for Best Coach of the Year 2006
[edit] References
- ^ "Germany - International Results - Details 1974-1979", Matthias Arnhold, RSSSF
- ^ a b c d "Don Bernardo, Vom Leben und Wirken des großen Exzentrikers Bernd Schuster". a-guide (postart werbemedien). 2004. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927091001/http://www.a-guide.de/redaktion/sport/schuster.htm. Retrieved 11 May 2007.
- ^ Schuster to AS
- ^ Bernd Schuster at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Schuster named as new coach of Real Madrid". ESPN. 9 July 2007. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=444248&cc=5739. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "Real Madrid win their 31st La Liga title in PamplonaLeague Champions!". realmadrid.com. 4 May 2008. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202735575395/noticia/Cronica/League_Champions!.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "Real Madrid win Super Cup with 4-2 win over Valencia". soccerway.com. 25 August 2007. http://www.soccerway.com/news/2008/August/25/real-madrid-win-super-cup-with-4-2-win-over-valencia/. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ http://hello.news352.lu/edito-1335-schuster-hasn-t-lost-real-s-dressing-room-says-captain-raul.html
- ^ "Too slow, too predictable — the Spanish style is past its sell-by date". Reuters. 6 March 2008. http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/03/06/too-slow-too-predictable-the-spanish-style-is-past-its-sell-by-date/.
- ^ "Bernd Schuster resigns; Juande Ramos steps in as coach". Real Madrid C.F.. 9 December 2008. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202757235489/noticia/Noticia/Press_conference_2008-12-09.htm. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
- ^ Rogers, Iain (9 December 20089). "Real's Schuster downbeat before Barcelona clash". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKL848018720081208. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
- ^ a b Bernd Schuster will Erstligisten CD Xerez kaufen
- ^ Bernd Schuster übernimmt angeblich Xerez
- ^ "Besiktas signs Bernd Schuster as coach". USA Today. 11 June 2010. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-06-10-1810679809_x.htm. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ "Bernd Schuster resigns". 15 March 2011. http://www.ntvspor.net/haber/spor-toto-super-lig/36395/schuster-istifa-etti. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ Bernd Schuster: Trennung von Frau Gaby, seine Neue (30) ist schwanger - Bild.de
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| Preceded by Lorenz-Günther Köstner |
1. FC Köln manager 1998-1999 |
Succeeded by Ewald Lienen |
| Preceded by Máximo Hernández |
Xerez CD manager 2001-2003 |
Succeeded by Carlos Orúe |
| Preceded by Manuel Preciado |
Levante UD manager 2004-2005 |
Succeeded by Juan Ramón López Caro |
| Preceded by Quique Sanchez Flores |
Getafe CF manager 2005-2007 |
Succeeded by Michael Laudrup |
| Preceded by Fabio Capello |
Real Madrid CF manager 2007-2008 |
Succeeded by Juande Ramos |
| Preceded by Mustafa Denizli |
Beşiktaş JK manager 2010-2011 |
Succeeded by Tayfur Havutçu |
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by None |
Miguel Muñoz Trophy 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Juande Ramos & Marcelino |
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- 1959 births
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