Norberto Höfling
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![]() Norberto Höfling in 1963 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 June 1924 | ||
Place of birth | Cernăuţi, Kingdom of Romania | ||
Date of death | 18 April 2005 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Bruges, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1946 | Dinamo Cernăuţi | ||
1947–1948 | Ciocanul Bucureşti | 33 | (24) |
1948–1949 | MTK Budapest | 24 | (23) |
1949–1951 | Lazio | 72 | (25) |
1952–1955 | Pro Patria | 119 | (31) |
1956 | Vicenza | 9 | (1) |
International career | |||
1947–1948 | Romania | (called up) | |
Managerial career | |||
1957–1963 | Club Brugge | ||
1963–1964 | Feyenoord | ||
1964–1967 | Racing White Brussels | ||
1967–1968 | Club Brugge | ||
1968–1969 | Anderlecht | ||
1969–1971 | Daring Club Brussels | ||
1972–1976 | AS Oostende | ||
1977–1978 | K.A.A. Gent | ||
1980–1981 | Pro Patria | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Norberto Höfling (20 June 1924 – 18 April 2005) was a Romanian footballer and coach.
Playing career
Höfling began his career as professional footballer in Romania, being at his peak between 1945 and 1947 when he played for the national team of Romania and also for Carmen Bucureşti, one of the best teams of that period of time.
He left the country in 1948 to play for MTK Budapest and then he followed the route: Lazio Roma, Pro Patria Calcio, ending his career at Vicenza Calcio.
Coaching career
At the age of 33, in 1957, Höfling started his career as football manager at Club Brugge. He left the club after six years, due to a dispute with Fernand Goyvaerts, then the star player of Club Brugge, to coach the Dutch team Feyenoord.[1]
Being sacked from Feyenoord after only one year, Höfling returned to Belgium after he signed with R.W.D. Molenbeek, helping the team to win promotion into Belgian First Division.
In 1967, he rejoined Club Brugge. His second spell at the club was more successful than the first one, winning the Belgian Cup, before being signed by Anderlecht, only to be sacked after few months due to poor results.
A second spell at R.W.D. Molenbeek followed, but this time it was for a short period of time only, as he did not manage to win promotion in the top league, as he did with few years earlier when the team was called "Racing White".
In 1972, he signed with A.S. Oostende and in only two years he promoted the club from the third division to the top league. Again problems arose between him and the administration and the players that led to his retirement in 1976.
He then went to work at K.A.A. Gent before retiring in 1978.
He was 80 years of age when he died in Bruges, Belgium.
References
- ^ "Roemeen Höfling nieuwe trainer van Feijenoord". De Tijd (in Dutch). 19 June 1963. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
External links
- Norberto Höfling at WorldFootball.net
- Biography at Club Brugge (in Dutch)
- Profile[permanent dead link] at enciclopediadelcalcio.com
- 1924 births
- 2005 deaths
- People from Chernivtsi
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