Stefan Kuntz

Stefan Kuntz

Kuntz during the 2006 World Cup in Kaiserslautern.
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Kuntz
Date of birth	(1962-10-30) 30 October 1962
Place of birth	Neunkirchen, West Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	1. FC Kaiserslautern (chairman)
Youth career
1970–1980	Borussia Neunkirchen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980–1983	Borussia Neunkirchen
1983–1986	VfL Bochum	100	(41)
1986–1989	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	94	(32)
1989–1995	1. FC Kaiserslautern	170	(75)
1995–1996	Beşiktaş J.K.	30	(9)
1996–1998	Arminia Bielefeld	65	(25)
1998–1999	VfL Bochum	20	(6)
2002–2003	SV Furpach	22	(22)
2004–2005	FC Palatia Limbach	10	(1)
National team
1983–1985	West Germany U-21	4	(3)
1986	West Germany B	1	(2)
1993–1997	Germany	25	(6)
Teams managed
1999–2000	Borussia Neunkirchen
2000–2002	Karlsruher SC
2003	SV Waldhof Mannheim
2003	LR Ahlen
2005–2006	TuS Koblenz (athletic director)
2006–2008	VfL Bochum (athletic director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stefan Kuntz (born 30 October 1962 in Neunkirchen) is a former German professional footballer and since April 2008 chairman of the German football team 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Career

Kuntz's playing career lasted from 1983 until 1999, he made 449 appearances and scored 179 goals in the Bundesliga. He played for VfL Bochum, Bayer 05 Uerdingen, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Arminia Bielefeld. He also played in Turkey for Beşiktaş J.K. In 1986 and 1994 he was the top scorer in the Bundesliga.

Kuntz played for the German national team between 1993 and 1997 and was part of the winning German team of UEFA Euro 1996. He gave a particularly memorable performance in the 1–1 draw with England in the semi-final scoring the crucial equalizer, as well as scoring in the penalty shoot out. Kuntz was also part of the German team that participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the US. During his international career, he obtained 25 caps, scoring six goals. None of these caps ended in a defeat for Germany (20 wins and five draws), which is the German record for most caps without defeat.

From 2006 to 2008, he was the athletic director of VfL Bochum.

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1980–81	Borussia Neunkirchen	2. Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
1981–82		Oberliga			2	0	—
1982–83					—		—
1983–84	VfL Bochum	Bundesliga	32	8	1	0	—		33	8
1984–85			34	11	3	3	—		37	14
1984–86			34	22	5	0	—		39	22
1986–87	Bayer Uerdingen		29	6	4	2	6	1	39	9
1987–88			32	13	5	5	—		37	18
1988–89			33	13	4	3	—		37	16
1989–90	1. FC Kaiserslautern		32	15			—
1990–91			27	11			2	1
1991–92			31	11			2	0
1992–93			26	6	1	1	1	2	28	9
1993–94			26	18	5	2	—		31	20
1994–95			28	14	4	1	2	1	34	16
Turkey			League		Türkiye Kupası		Europe		Total
1995–96	Beşiktaş J.K.	First League	30	9
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
1996–97	Arminia Bielefeld	Bundesliga	33	14	2	0	—		35	14
1997–98			32	11	2	2	—		34	13
1998–99	VfL Bochum		20	6	1	0	—		21	6
Total	Germany						13	5
	Turkey		30	9
Career total

Honours

• DFB-Pokal: 1989–90
• Fußball-Bundesliga: 1990–91
• European Championship: 1996

Trivia

• Kuntz was mocked in England (notably on Frank Skinner and David Baddiel's TV show and in the video to the 1998 version of "Three Lions") because of the similarity of his surname to the word cunts.
• Kuntz's father, Günter Kuntz, played for Borussia Neunkirchen between 1964 and 1968.
• Kuntz is a first cousin of singer Andy Kuntz of progressive metal band Vanden Plas.

External links

• Stefan Kuntz at fussballdaten.de (German)
• Stefan Kuntz at transfermarkt.de (German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Heinz Halter	Borussia Neunkirchen Head Coach 15 November 1999 – 30 June 2000	Succeeded by Valentin Herr
Preceded by Joachim Löw	Karlsruher SC Head Coach 1 July 2000 – 25 October 2002	Succeeded by Lorenz-Günther Köstner
Preceded by Walter Pradt	SV Waldhof Mannheim Head Coach 3 April 2003 – 30 June 2003	Succeeded by Viktor Olscha
Preceded by Werner Lorant	LR Ahlen Head Coach 3 August 2003 – 14 November 2003	Succeeded by Ingo Peter
Preceded by N/A	TuS Koblenz Athletic Director 2005 – 31 March 2006	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by N/A	VfL Bochum Athletic Director 1 April 2006 – 1 April 2008	Succeeded by Thomas Ernst
Preceded by Erwin Göbel	1. FC Kaiserslautern Chairman since 8 April 2008	Succeeded by N/A