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Wolf Werner

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Wolf Werner
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-04-08)8 April 1942
Place of birth Kalisz, German-occupied Poland
Date of death 29 June 2018(2018-06-29) (aged 76)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1962 CfR Hardt
1962–1969 TuRa Bremen
Managerial career
1979–1987 Borussia Mönchengladbach (assistant)
1987–1989 Borussia Mönchengladbach
1991–1992 Bayern Munich II
1992–1996 SV Wilhelmshaven
2002 Werder Bremen II
2004 Werder Bremen (juniors)
2007 Fortuna Düsseldorf
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wolf Werner (8 April 1942 – 29 June 2018) was a German football player and manager who played as a midfielder.[1]

Career

Werner managed Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach between 1987 and 1989.[2] He was coach of SV Wilhelmshaven from 1992 and 1996.[2] From 1996 to 2007 he worked for Werder Bremen as director of the youth academy and as a coach.[2] During his tenure, the club's U19 won the German under 19 football championship in 1998–99 and came second in 1999–2000.[3] From 2007 he was sporting director at Fortuna Düsseldorf, also working as interim coach.[2] He resigned in 2014.[2]

Personal life

In the years before his death Werner lived in Wilhelmshaven.[2] He died on 29 June 2018 while on holiday in Schleswig-Holstein, aged 76.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wolf Werner at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Todesfall: Fußballbranche trauert um Werner". NWZ (in German). 2 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Werder trauert um Wolf Werner". SV Werder Bremen (in German). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2021.