Klaus Stärk
{{Short description|German football manager}}
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| birth_date = 1954
| birth_place = Germany
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| manageryears1 = 2005-June 2008
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Coaching career
He went to Afghanistan from the German Football Association in 2004 in order to develop the national team. Stärk has been in charge of coaching Afghanistan National Team since 2005 and has also been coaching women's football in the country.
Under him, the national team has seen improvements, and the Afghans qualified for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup ahead of favourites Kyrgyzstan.
After he could not qualify the national team for the ASEAN Football Championship, he resigned.{{cite web |last1=Schaulandt |first1=Von Oliver |title=Daftaris Aus mit Afghanistan |url=http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/krefeld/580512/Daftaris-Aus-mit-Afghanistan.html |website=RP Online |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130220174628/http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/krefeld/580512/Daftaris-Aus-mit-Afghanistan.html |archive-date=2013-02-20 |date=2008-09-16 |url-status=unfit |lang=de |trans-title=Daftaris Out of Afghanistan}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C07%5Cstory_7-12-2005_pg2_7 Afghanistan take on Maldives, Pakistan face Sri Lanka in openers: 2005 SAFF Championship begins today]
- [http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,532598,00.html Interview]
- [https://archive.today/20080604054225/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E96693DF-C427-487B-A9F4-D8B6E2123FA3.htm Stark reality for Afghan football]
{{Afghanistan national football team managers}}
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Category:German football managers
Category:Expatriate football managers in Afghanistan
Category:Afghanistan national football team managers
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