Pierre Littbarski

**Pierre Michael Littbarski** (; born 16 April 1960) is a German professional football manager and former player of 1. FC Köln and the West Germany national team. Known for his dribbling abilities, he was mostly used as an attacking midfielder or winger. Littbarski was a FIFA World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990, and the runner-up in both 1982 and 1986. Littbarski was the caretaker manager of VfL Wolfsburg after taking over from Steve McClaren from 7 February to 17 March 2011.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1. FC Köln|1978–79|Bundesliga|16|4||||||||
|1979–80|34|7||||||||||
|1980–81|32|6||||||||||
|1981–82|33|15||||||||||
|1982–83|34|16||||||||||
|1983–84|33|17||||||||||
|1984–85|28|16||||||||||
|1985–86|24|8||||||||||
|RCF Paris|1986–87|Division 1|32|4||||||||
|1987–88|2|0||||||||||
|1. FC Köln|1987–88|Bundesliga|31|8||||||||
|1988–89|30|5||||||||||
|1989–90|34|8||||||||||
|1990–91|15|2||||||||||
|1991–92|36|1||||||||||
|1992–93|26|3||||||||||
|JEF United Ichihara|1993|J1 League|35|9|3|2|6|0|44|11||
|1994|28|1|0|0|2|0|30|1||||
|Brummell Sendai|1996|Football League|27|5|3|1|-|30|6|||
|1997|2|0|0|0|5|0|7|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Germany|1981|2|3|
|1982|15|5|||
|1983|8|0|||
|1984|3|0|||
|1985|10|4|||
|1986|7|0|||
|1987|6|3|||
|1988|8|0|||
|1989|4|2|||
|1990|10|1|||

- _Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Littbarski goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|14 October 1981|Praterstadion, Vienna||1–1|3–1|1982 World Cup qualifier|||||||
|2|3–1|||||||||||||
|3|18 November 1981|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund||6–0|8–0|1982 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|4|14 April 1982|Müngersdorferstadion, Cologne||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|5|12 May 1982|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo||2–1|4–2|Friendly|||||||
|6|3–1|||||||||||||
|7|2 July 1982|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid||1–0|2–1|1982 World Cup||||||||
|8|8 July 1982|Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville||1–0|3–3|1982 World Cup||||||||
|9|24 February 1985|Estádio Nacional, Lisbon||1–0|2–1|1986 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|10|27 March 1985|Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken||4–0|6–0|1986 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|11|17 April 1985|Rosenaustadion, Augsburg||3–1|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|12|30 April 1985|Strahov Stadium, Prague||2–0|5–1|1986 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|align="center"|13|9 September 1987|Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf||1–0|3–1|Friendly|||||||
|14|2–0|||||||||||||
|15|13 October 1987|Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen||1–0|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|16|22 March 1989|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia||2–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|17|4 October 1989|Westfalenstadion, Dortmund||2–0|6–1|1990 World Cup qualifier||||||||
|18|19 June 1990|San Siro, Milan||1–0|1–1|1990 World Cup||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Yokohama FC|align="left"|2003|align="left"|2004|||
|align="left"|Sydney FC|align="left"|2005|align="left"|2006|||
|align="left"|Avispa Fukuoka|align="left"|2007|align="left"|2008|||

## Honours

**1. FC Köln**
- DFB-Pokal: 1982–83
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1985–86

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 1990; runner-up: 1982, 1986

**Individual**
- _kicker_ Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1989–90
- FIFA World Cup top assist provider: 1982
- Goal of the Year (Germany): 1985
- Sydney FC Hall of Fame: 2015

## Other websites

- League matches of Pierre Littbarski season by season at RSSSF
- TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen's Who's Who

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Pierre Littbarski
- **image**: Pierre Littbarski 2006 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Littbarski in 2006
- **fullname**: Pierre Michael Littbarski
- **height**: 1.68 m
- **birth place**: West Berlin, West Germany
- **currentclub**: VfL Wolfsburg (lead scout)
- **position**: Attacking midfielder, Winger (association football), winger
- **youthyears1**: 1967–1976
- **youthclubs1**: VfL Schöneberg
- **youthyears2**: 1976–1978
- **youthclubs2**: FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf
- **years1**: 1978–1986
- **clubs1**: 1. FC Köln
- **caps1**: 234
- **goals1**: 89
- **years2**: 1986–1987
- **clubs2**: Racing Club de France Colombes 92, RC Paris
- **caps2**: 34
- **goals2**: 4
- **years3**: 1987–1993
- **clubs3**: 1. FC Köln
- **caps3**: 172
- **goals3**: 27
- **years4**: 1993–1994
- **clubs4**: JEF United Chiba, JEF United Ichihara
- **caps4**: 63
- **goals4**: 10
- **years5**: 1996–1997
- **clubs5**: Brummell Sendai
- **caps5**: 29
- **goals5**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 532
- **totalgoals**: 135
- **nationalyears1**: 1979–1982
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national under-21 football team, West Germany U-21
- **nationalcaps1**: 21
- **nationalgoals1**: 18
- **nationalyears2**: 1980
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national football B team, West Germany B
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1981–1990
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national football team, West Germany
- **nationalcaps3**: 73
- **nationalgoals3**: 18
- **manageryears1**: 1999–2000
- **managerclubs1**: Yokohama FC
- **manageryears2**: 2001
- **managerclubs2**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen (assistant)
- **manageryears3**: 2001–2002
- **managerclubs3**: MSV Duisburg
- **manageryears4**: 2003–2004
- **managerclubs4**: Yokohama FC
- **manageryears5**: 2005–2006
- **managerclubs5**: Sydney FC
- **manageryears6**: 2006–2008
- **managerclubs6**: Avispa Fukuoka
- **manageryears7**: 2008
- **managerclubs7**: Saipa F.C., Saipa
- **manageryears8**: 2008–2010
- **managerclubs8**: FC Vaduz
- **manageryears9**: 2010–2011
- **managerclubs9**: VfL Wolfsburg (assistant)
- **manageryears10**: 2011
- **managerclubs10**: VfL Wolfsburg (caretaker)
- **manageryears11**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs11**: VfL Wolfsburg (assistant)