Rudi Gutendorf’s globe-trotting career, spanning half a century, saw him coach a record 55 teams.
Rudi Gutendorf, the tireless manager who guided a world record 55 teams, including 18 national sides, has died at 93, according to several German media outlets.
Born in Koblenz on the banks of the Rhine, the man dubbed “Restless Rudi” started his football career as a player for hometown club TuS Neuendorf before taking his first management role with Swiss side Blue Stars Zurich in the 1950s.
Coaching proved infectious, and after building an impressive CV with top flight teams in West Germany, Gutendorf…
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Bundesliga side Stuttgart were held to a 2-2 draw by second division Union Berlin who twice came from a goal down in the first leg of their relegation/promotion playoff on Thursday.
Stuttgart, who finished third from bottom in the top flight, will travel to Berlin for the return on Monday.
The hosts scored three minutes before the break through Christian Gentner after Tasos Donis’ 70-metre sprint set him up.
Their joy lasted only seconds though as Berlin levelled in the 43rd when a fine first touch…
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Eintracht Frankfurt’s Filip Kostic scored a goal in each half to help his team secure a 3-0 victory over strugglers VfB Stuttgart on Sunday, lifting them into to fourth place in the Bundesliga and in contention for a Champions League spot.
Serbia international Kostic fired in from a tight angle on the stroke of halftime after Ante Rebic’s effort was deflected in the 39th minute and he then struck again in the 64th.
Luka Jovic grabbed his 16th goal of the campaign in the 84th to put last season’s…
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Late goals from Paco Alcacer and Christian Pulisic gave Borussia Dortmund a nervy 3-1 victory over struggling VfB Stuttgart on Saturday but they handed over the lead to champions Bayern Munich, who went ahead on goal difference.
Dortmund, eliminated in the Champions League round of 16 by Tottenham Hotspur in midweek, never hit top form and needed a Marco Reus penalty in the second half to take the lead.
Christian Pulisic celebrates after his late goal confirmed Borussia Dortmund’s victory.
But Stuttgart levelled with Marc-Oliver Kempf in the 71st before Alcacer notched his 14th goal…
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RB Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen scored twice as they beat VfB Stuttgart 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday to move within a point of third-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach.
The 24-year-old Dane scored twice in a game for the fifth time this season in the Bundesliga to take his tally to 12 league goals so far.
He opened the scoring in the sixth minute and added Leipzig’s third in the 74th, after Marcel Sabitzer had put them ahead again following Steven Zuber’s equaliser for Stuttgart in the 16th.
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Serge Gnabry scored twice for Bayern Munich and Kingsley Coman provided the winner in extra time as Bayern defeated Hertha Berlin 3-2.
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Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery put in extra time at training, as both are determined to return from injury to help Bayern Munich’s title hopes.
Thomas Hitzlsperger has been named Stuttgart’s new sporting executive, replacing Michael Reschke, who left the Bundesliga side after just 18 months.
Stuttgart relieved Reschke, 61, of his duties following a 3-0 defeat at Dusseldorf on Sunday. Former Germany international Hitzlsperger, 36, won the Bundesliga title with Stuttgart in 2007 and headed the club’s academy until his promotion on Tuesday.
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Champions Bayern Munich had to work hard for more than an hour before beating VfB Stuttgart 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday and stay six points off leaders Borussia Dortmund.
The Bavarians, who face Liverpool in the Champions League last 16 next month, took the lead with their first shot on goal, Thiago Alcantara firing in from 12 metres.
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