Guido Buchwald

**Guido Buchwald** (born 24 January 1961) is a former German football player. He has played for the German national team.

The best game of Buchwald's career was in the 1990 FIFA World Cup final, where West Germany beat Argentina. Buchwald closely marked Diego Maradona during the match, which earned him the nickname "Diego." His other nickname, "Bucky," comes from his unusual name. Buchwald also played for Germany in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and earned 76 caps in his career.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Stuttgarter Kickers|1979–80|rowspan="4"|2. Bundesliga|33|1|1|0|—|—|34|1||
|1980–81|38|8|1|0|—|—|39|8||||||
|1981–82|38|5|1|0|—|1|0|40|5|||||
|1982–83|37|4|2|0|—|—|39|4||||||
|rowspan="12"|VfB Stuttgart|1983–84|rowspan="11"|Bundesliga|34|3|5|3|—|1|0|40|6|
|1984–85|15|4|2|0|—|—|17|4||||||
|1985–86|32|1|6|2|—|—|38|3||||||
|1986–87|33|2|1|0|—|4|0|38|2|||||
|1987–88|30|1|1|0|—|—|31|1||||||
|1988–89|30|1|5|2|—|10|0|45|3|||||
|1989–90|28|5|3|3|—|5|1|36|9|||||
|1990–91|21|3|4|1|—|—|25|4||||||
|1991–92|37|5|4|1|—|4|2|45|8|||||
|1992–93|33|1|2|0|—|3|0|39<sup>1</sup>|2<sup>1</sup>|||||
|1993–94|32|2|1|1|—|—|33|3||||||
|rowspan="5"|Urawa Reds|1994|rowspan="4"|J1 League|20|2|3|0|2|0|—|25|2|
|1995|51|4|3|0|-|—|54|4||||||
|1996|24|3|4|0|12|0|—|40|3|||||
|1997|32|2|0|0|6|0|—|38|2|||||
|rowspan="3"|Karlsruher SC|1997–98|Bundesliga|9|0|—|—|—|9|0||||
|1998–99|2. Bundesliga|31|3|1|0|—|—|32|3|||||
- <sup>1</sup> Including 1 match and 1 goal in 1992 DFB-Supercup.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Germany|1984|3|0|
|1985|0|0|||
|1986|7|0|||
|1987|7|0|||
|1988|6|0|||
|1989|6|0|||
|1990|12|0|||
|1991|6|1|||
|1992|13|1|||
|1993|10|2|||
|1994|6|0|||

### Coaching

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Karlsruher SC|align=left|16 October 1999|align=left|24 October 1999|||
|align=left|Urawa Reds|align=left|1 January 2004|align=left|31 December 2006|||
|align=left|Alemannia Aachen|align=left|1 July 2007|align=left|26 November 2007|||

### As a player

**VfB Stuttgart**
- Bundesliga: 1983–84, 1991–92
- DFL-Supercup: 1992

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 1990

**Individual**
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1989–90, 1993–94
- J.League Best XI: 1995, 1996

### As a manager

**Urawa Red Diamonds**
- J.League Division 1: 2006
- Emperor's Cup: 2005, 2006
- Xerox Super Cup: 2006

**Individual**
- J.League Manager of the Year: 2006

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Guido Buchwald
- **image**: Guido Buchwald cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Buchwald with Urawa Red Diamonds, Urawa in 2004.
- **fullname**: Guido Ulrich Buchwald
- **birth place**: West Berlin, West Germany
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **currentclub**: Stuttgarter Kickers (Director of football)
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1969–1977
- **youthclubs1**: SV Wannweil
- **youthyears2**: 1977–1978
- **youthclubs2**: TSV Pliezhausen
- **youthyears3**: 1978–1979
- **youthclubs3**: Stuttgarter Kickers
- **years1**: 1979–1983
- **clubs1**: Stuttgarter Kickers
- **caps1**: 146
- **goals1**: 18
- **years2**: 1983–1994
- **clubs2**: VfB Stuttgart
- **caps2**: 325
- **goals2**: 28
- **years3**: 1994–1997
- **clubs3**: Urawa Red Diamonds
- **caps3**: 127
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 1997–1999
- **clubs4**: Karlsruher SC
- **caps4**: 40
- **goals4**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 638
- **totalgoals**: 60
- **nationalyears1**: 1980
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national under-21 football team, West Germany U-21
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1983–1984
- **nationalteam2**: Germany Olympic football team, West Germany Olympic
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1984–1994
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps3**: 76
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **manageryears1**: 2004–2006
- **managerclubs1**: Urawa Reds
- **manageryears2**: 2007
- **managerclubs2**: Alemannia Aachen
- **manageryears3**: 2012
- **managerclubs3**: Stuttgarter Kickers (interim)