Felix Magath
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| Full name | Wolfgang-Felix Magath | |
| Date of birth | July 26, 1953 (age 53) | |
| Place of birth | Aschaffenburg, Germany | |
| Height | 172 cm | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1976-1986 | Hamburger SV | 306 (46) |
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Wolfgang-Felix Magath (born July 26, 1953 near Aschaffenburg) is a German-Puerto Rican football manager. Magath was born in a military base in Germany, the son of a Puerto Rican soldier in the United States Army and a German mother. His father decided to return to Puerto Rico after his duty in Germany was over in 1954. He started his career playing for local club Aschaffenburg. From 1974 - 1976, he played for 1. FC Saarbrücken, at that time in the second professional league, before moving to Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga. He would spend the entirity of his professional careeer as a midfielder at Hamburger SV, and from his debut in 1976 to his retirement in 1986 he scored 46 goals in 306 games for the club in the German Bundesliga.
Magath became one of Germany's best football players. In 1983, he led Hamburger SV to success in the European Cup with the single goal in the 1-0 win in the final against Juventus F.C.. He also represented the German national team at many international events, including the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cup, helping Germany land in second place both times. Magath is the only Puerto Rican known to have played in a World Cup, and through his career he played 43 caps times for Germany and scored 3 goals.
After retiring as a player, Magath had stints as manager of German teams Hamburger SV, 1. FC Nürnberg, Werder Bremen, Eintracht Frankfurt, and VfB Stuttgart before he was appointed as manager of FC Bayern, on July 1 2004. In his first season as manager, Magath was able to lead his team to victory in both the German Bundesliga championship and the German Cup, together known as "the Double". FC Bayern München repeated "the Double" in the 2005-06 season, a first in the history of the Bundesliga. However, after a slow start to the 2006-07 season, "concern about qualifying for next season's Champions League" led him to be sacked on January 31, 2007.[1]
He revealed to the Puerto Rican newspaper, El Vocero, that he has Puerto Rican roots. Magath and his father reestablished a relationship in 1999, and they had been visiting each other twice a year since then. Magath told El Vocero that he felt proud of being Puerto Rican as well as German.
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[edit] Managing reputation
As a manager, Magath quickly became notorious for his hard, grinding training methods, laying heavy emphasis on fitness and conditioning. Players gave him nicknames like "Saddam" (Saddam Hussein) or "Quälix", a mash of his first name Felix and the German verb "quälen" (to torture) Reference in German. After establishing himself as one of the most successful managers in recent Bundesliga history, this became somewhat of a cult.
[edit] Coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular Season | Domestic Cup | Europe | |||||||||||
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| W | D | L | Pts | Finish | W | L | Win% | Result | W | D | L | Result | |||
| FCB | 05/6 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 77 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | Won Cup | 5 | 1 | 4 | Lost to Chelsea FC in UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals. | |
| FCB | 05/6 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 75 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost to AC Milan in UEFA Champions League Round of 16. | ||
| FCB | 06/7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 4th 1 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Finished 1st in UEFA Champions League Group Stage.1 | ||
| FCB Total | 56 | 18 | 13 | 186 | 14 | 1 | .933 | - | 12 | 6 | 6 | ||||
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- 1Was relieved of his Head Coaching duties on january 31, 2007. Bayern Munich were in 4th place in the Bundesliga and won Group B in UEFA Champions League at the time of his dismissal.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Hitzfeld installed as Bayern axe Magath", The Guardian, January 31, 2007.
[edit] References
| Preceded by Jörg Berger |
Eintracht Frankfurt Manager 1999-2001 |
Succeeded by Rolf Dohmen |
| Preceded by Ottmar Hitzfeld |
Bayern Munich Manager 2004-2007 |
Succeeded by Ottmar Hitzfeld |
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West Germany squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup Runners-up | |
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1 Schumacher | 2 Briegel | 3 Breitner | 4 K. Förster | 5 B. Förster | 6 Dremmler | 7 Littbarski | 8 Fischer | 9 Hrubesch | 10 Müller | 11 Rummenigge | 12 Hannes | 13 Reinders | 14 Magath | 15 Stielike | 16 Allofs | 17 Engels | 18 Matthäus | 19 Hieronymus | 20 Kaltz | 21 Franke | 22 Immel | Coach: Derwall |
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West Germany squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup Runners-up | |
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1 Schumacher | 2 Briegel | 3 Brehme | 4 Förster | 5 Herget | 6 Eder | 7 Littbarski | 8 Matthäus | 9 Völler | 10 Magath | 11 Rummenigge | 12 Stein | 13 Allgöwer | 14 Berthold | 15 Augenthaler | 16 Thon | 17 Jakobs | 18 Rahn | 19 Allofs | 20 Hoeneß | 21 Rolff | 22 Immel | Coach: Beckenbauer |
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