Eckhard Krautzun

Eckhard Krautzun

Personal information
Full name	Eckhard Krautzun
Date of birth	13 January 1941 (1941-01-13)
Place of birth	Solingen, Federal Republic of Germany
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	1. FC Union Solingen
	Rheydter SV
1966–1967	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3	(0)
	Young Fellows Zürich
	TeBe Berlin
Teams managed
1969–1970	Young Fellows Zurich
1971	Kenya
1973–1975	Canada
1975–1977	Canada
1976–1978	Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)
1978	Wormatia Worms
1978–1979	TSV 1860 München
1980–1981	Houston Hurricane
1981–1982	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1983	1. FC Union Solingen
1983	Mazda Hiroshima
1983–1985	1. FC Union Solingen
1985–1986	Tennis Borussia Berlin
1986–1987	Darmstadt 98
1987–1988	Al Ahli Jeddah
1989	Darmstadt 98
1989–1990	Wormatia Worms
1990	Alemannia Aachen
1990–1991	SC Freiburg
1991–1992	Philippines
1992–1993	City Hall
1992	Korea Republic (Technical director)
1992–1993	Malaysia (junior teams)
1993–1995	VfL Wolfsburg
1995–1996	1. FC Union Berlin
1996	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1997	CS Sfaxien
1997	FC St. Pauli
1997–1999	CS Sfaxien
1999	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (Sporting director)
1999–2000	Darmstadt 98
2000–2001	1. FSV Mainz 05
2001	Tunisia
2003–2005	China under-20 team
2007	China women (Technical consultant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Eckhard Krautzun (born 13 January 1941 in Solingen) is a German football coach and former football player.

Managerial career

As a player, Krautzun turned out for Union Solingen, Rheydter SV, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Young Fellows Zürich and TeBe Berlin. As well as a manager, Krautzun has acted as a technical director and scout. He has worked extensively in North America and Asia, where he worked as a scout in China and Korea from 2001–2003.

Krautzun was the first head coach of Canada not to hail from that country or the United Kingdom. After his resignation, Krautzun pointed to the lack of public support for amateur sports in Canada as a reason for the country's lack of success on the international stage.

The German steered Tunisia through World Cup 2002 qualifying but resigned ahead of the tournament, citing interference from the Tunisian FA with his coaching.

Krauztun was in charge of a training camp for promising Chinese youngsters in Bad Kissingen, Germany in 2006, helping prepare the younger generation of players for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2007, he acted as an adviser to the Chinese women's team, stepping down in March of that year due to health issues.

Honors

Club

VfL Wolfsburg

• DFB-Pokal:
  • Runners-up: 1994–95

1. FC Kaiserslautern

• DFB-Pokal: 1995–96