Otto Rehhagel

Otto Rehhagel (; born 9 August 1938) is a German former football coach and player. 

Rehhagel is one of two people to have played in more than 1,000 Bundesliga matches as a player and coach (the other being Jupp Heynckes). In the Bundesliga, he holds the records for most wins (387), most draws (205) and most losses (228), with his team scoring more goals (1,473) and conceding goals (1,142) than any other team. From 1981 to 1995 he worked as manager for Werder Bremen, winning the Bundesliga twice with them and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992. After a rather unfortunate intermezzo at Bayern Munich, he sensationally won the Bundesliga with  promoted team 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Playing career
Born in Altenessen, Rehhagel began his career with local club TuS Helene Altenessen in 1948, then transferred to Rot-Weiss Essen (1960–63) and then played the Bundesliga at Hertha BSC (1963–65) until 1972 for Kaiserslautern. He played 201 games in the Bundesliga.

Career statistics

 Team From To RecordGWDLWin % 1. FC Saarbrücken 1 July 1972 30 June 1973 Kickers Offenbach 2 April 1974 9 December 1975 Werder Bremen 29 February 1976 30 June 1976 Borussia Dortmund 1 July 1976 30 April 1978 Arminia Bielefeld 10 October 1978 11 October 1979 Fortuna Düsseldorf 12 October 1979 5 December 1980 Werder Bremen 2 April 1981 30 June 1995 Bayern Munich 1 July 1995 27 April 1996 1. FC Kaiserslautern 20 July 1996 1 October 2000 Greece 9 August 2001 30 June 2010 Hertha BSC 19 February 2012 30 June 2012 Total—

Honours

Managerial honours

Fortuna Düsseldorf
 DFB-Pokal: 1979–80

Werder Bremen
 Bundesliga: 1987–88, 1992–93
 DFB-Pokal: 1990–91, 1993–94
 DFL-Supercup: 1988, 1993, 1994
 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92

1. FC Kaiserslautern
 Bundesliga: 1997–98
 2. Bundesliga: 1996–97

Greece
 UEFA European Championship: 2004

Individual
 Order of the Phoenix of the Hellenic Republic: (2005)
 Laureus World Sports Awards with the Greek national football team: (2005)
 "Greece's Coach of the Year" (2004, 2007), first-ever foreigner to win this award
 IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 2004
 World Soccer 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013
 France Football 46th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019

References

Other websites


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