Werner Bickelhaupt (born 2 December 1939) is a German professional football coach who has managed at both national and international level in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Werner Bickelhaupt
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-12-02) 2 December 1939 (age 84)
Place of birth Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
Managerial career
Years Team
1971–1972 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
1972–1973 Freiburger FC
1973 VfR Aalen
1974–1975 Spvgg Freudenstadt
1976–1977 Würzburger FV
1977–1978 SC Young Fellows Juventus
1978–1979 Bangladesh
1979 Thailand
1980 FV Biberach
Al Ittihad
1986 Sakaryaspor
2003 Swaziland

Career edit

Born in Ober-Ramstadt,[1] Bickelhaupt has managed SpVgg Greuther Fürth,[2] Freiburger FC,[3] Spvgg Freudenstadt,[4] Würzburger FV,[5] SC Young Fellows Juventus,[6] Thailand, FV Biberach[7] and Al Ittihad.[8]

In 1978 he became the first foreign coach of Bangladesh.[9] He also managed the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[10] In 1988, he once again took charge of the Bangladesh U19 team, managing the team during their failed attempt to qualify for 1988 AFC Youth Championship.[11]

In October 2003 he became the new head coach of the Swaziland national football team.[12] In December 2003 Bickelhaupt was sacked as manager after Swaziland lost to the Cape Verde Islands in the preliminaries of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.[13][14][15]

References edit

  1. ^ Werner Bickelhaupt - profile at mackolik.com
  2. ^ "Trainer" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  3. ^ "FFC Statistik" (in German). Freiburger FC. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Spielvereinigung Freudenstadt - Mannschaftsbilder 1. Mannschaft von 1949 bis 2022". www.spvgg-freudenstadt.de.
  5. ^ "Werner Bickelhaupt" (in German). Fußballdaten.de. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  6. ^ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Werner Bickelhaupt".
  8. ^ "Über Aalen nach Thailand und Burma - Schwäbische Post". www.schwaebische-post.de. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Australian Ord will be new football coach". theindependentbd.com.
  10. ^ "ঢাকার মাঠে সবচেয়ে বড় ফুটবল উৎসব". Utp al Shuvro (in Bengali).
  11. ^ "লালবাগের সহীদ এক দশকে মাত্র দুটি দলেই খেলেছেন". Ctgsangbad24 (in Bengali).
  12. ^ "Swaziland line up new coach". BBC Sport. 14 October 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Mahlalela back in charge". BBC Sport. 12 April 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  14. ^ Kenneth Dlamini (9 May 2009). "When the title race goes to the wire". The Swazi Observer. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  15. ^ "Swaziland". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2009.

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