Otto Pfister
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| Otto Pfister | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | November 24, 1937 | |
| Place of birth | Cologne, Germany | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1957-1958 1958-1959 1959-1960 1960-1961 1961-1963 1963-1966 1966-1968 1968-1969 1969-1972 |
SC Viktoria 04 Köln VfL Köln 1899 FC Chiasso FC Grenchen FC Vaduz FC St. Gallen FC Nordstern Basel FC Moutier FC Chur 97 |
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| Teams managed | ||
| 1961-1963 1963-1966 1966-1968 1968-1969 1969-1972 1972-1976 1976-1978 1979-1982 1982-1985 1985-1989 1989-1995 1995-1997 1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005 2006 2006-2007 2007-2009 |
FC Vaduz FC St. Gallen FC Nordstern Basel FC Moutier FC Chur 97 Rwanda Upper Volta Senegal Côte d'Ivoire Zaire Ghana Bangladesh Saudi Arabia Saudi-Arabia (Olympia squad) Saudi Arabia Al-Zamalek CS Sfaxien Nejmeh SC El-Masry Togo Al-Merrikh Cameroon |
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Otto Pfister (born November 24, 1937 in Cologne) is a German football manager, and one of Germany's most successful coaching exports, voted Africa's Manager of the Year in 1992[1]. He has never coached in Germany, and most of his success has come in Africa, Asia and in Switzerland.
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[edit] Coaching Career
He began his coaching career in Switzerland as player-coach with FC Vaduz, FC St. Gallen, FC Nordstern Basel, FC Moutier and FC Chur 97.[2]Pfister was selected as the head coach of Togo on February 18, 2006, after former coach Stephen Keshi was dismissed from the post despite having secured qualification for their first World Cup Finals[3]. Pfister himself resigned shortly before the team's first match in the tournament, after his players went on strike over a pay dispute [4], but he was reappointed three days later after demands from the players, led by team cook, Knut Arving of the Denmark. [5] His name is often worked into various songs by Australian radio show "Get This". In Ghana the slang "Rules with an Iron-Pfister" is often used to refer to his coaching style.
On 27 October 2007 Pfister was appointed manager of Cameroon [6]. He coached Les Lions Indomptables to the 2008 African Nations Cup, where they lost to defending champion Egypt in the Final in Accra and was released on 26 May 2009[7].
[edit] Personal
Pfister got his coaching certificate in Magglingen in the 1960s, and later studied further in Cologne.
Pfister was a source of many comedy sketches on the Australian radio show Get This where his antics in the media amused them so much, that when one of the DJs from the show went to the World Cup they would call him every day asking for Pfister Updates.
[edit] Teams as a player
- Viktoria Cologne (Germany, 1958)
- VfL Cologne 99 (Germany, 1959)
- FC Chiasso (Switzerland, 1959-1960)
- FC Grenchen (Switzerland, 1960-1961)
- FC Vaduz (Liechtenstein, 1961-1963)°
- FC St. Gallen (Switzerland, 1963-1966)°
- FC Nordstern Basel (Switzerland, 1966-1968)°
- FC Moutier (Switzerland, 1968/69)°
- FC Chur (Switzerland, 1969-1972)°
[edit] Teams as a manager
- 1972 - 1976: Rwanda
- 1976 - 1978: Upper Volta (now: Burkina Faso)
- 1979 - 1982: Senegal
- 1982 - 1985: Côte d'Ivoire
- 1985 - 1989: Zaire
- 1989 - 1995: Ghana
- 1995 - 1997: Bangladesh
- 1997: Saudi Arabia
- 1997 - 1998: Saudi-Arabia (Olympia squad)
- 1998 - 1999: Saudi-Arabia
- 1999 - 2002: Al-Zamalek (Egypt)
- 2002 - 2004: CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
- 2004 - 2005: Nejmeh SC (Lebanon)
- 2005: El-Masry (Egypt)
- 2006: Togo
- 2006-2007: Al-Merrikh (Sudan).
- 2007-Present: Cameroon
[edit] Honours
- World Cup: Appearances: 2006 with Togo
- U-17 World Cup: Champion 1991 with Ghana
- Confederations Cup: Appearances: 1997 with Saudi-Arabia
- African Cup of Nations: Second place: 1992 with Ghana, 2008 with Cameroon ; Appearances: 1978 with Upper Volta, 1988 with Senegal
- U-19 African Cup of Nations: Champion 1983 with Côte d'Ivoire
- with Zamalek: CAF Cup of Cup Winners, Egyptian League champion, League Cup champion, Super Cup champion
- with CS Sfaxien: Tunisian League Cup champion
- with Nejmeh SC: Arab Champions League (appearance), Lebanesian League champion, League Cup champion, Super Cup champion
[edit] References
- ^ [http://www.faz.net/s/RubFB1F9CD53135470AA600A7D04B278528/Doc~EFA3E0C5D848A4363BA4E58ACEC1535DE~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Interview mit Otto Pfister: „Mit Taktik befasse ich mich nicht“]
- ^ http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html
- ^ TOGO-COACH OTTO PFISTER: "Lege keinen großen Wert auf Disziplin"
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- ^ [2]
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- ^ Nationaltrainer Pfister in Kamerun zurückgetreten
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