Sepp Piontek

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sepp Piontek

| image = Sepp Piontek.jpg

| caption = Piontek in 2011

| full_name = Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Breslau, Nazi Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1949–1958

| youthclubs1 = VfL Germania Leer

| years1 = 1958–1960

| clubs1 = VfL Germania Leer

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1960–1972

| clubs2 = Werder Bremen

| caps2 = 278

| goals2 = 15

| nationalyears1 = 1961–1962

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U23

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1965–1966

| nationalteam2 = West Germany

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1971–1975

| managerclubs1 = Werder Bremen

| manageryears2 = 1975–1976

| managerclubs2 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| manageryears3 = 1976–1978

| managerclubs3 = Haiti

| manageryears4 = 1978–1979

| managerclubs4 = FC St. Pauli

| manageryears5 = 1979–1990

| managerclubs5 = Denmark

| manageryears6 = 1990–1993

| managerclubs6 = Turkey

| manageryears7 = 1993–1995

| managerclubs7 = Bursaspor

| manageryears8 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs8 = Aalborg BK

| manageryears9 = 1997–1999

| managerclubs9 = Silkeborg IF

| manageryears10 = 2000–2002

| managerclubs10 = Greenland

| manageryears11 = 2004

| managerclubs11 = Greenland

}}

Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek (born 5 March 1940) is a German former football player{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/josef-piontek/spieler/bundesliga/1968-69/werder-bremen | title = Piontek, Josef | language = de | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 23 December 2012}} and manager.

Playing career

Born in Wrocław during World War II, Piontek started his playing career with VfL Germania Leer. Between 1963 and 1972, the full-back played 203 Bundesliga matches with 14 goals{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/piontekdata.html | title = Josef Emanuel Hubertus 'Sepp' Piontek - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 1 October 2015 | access-date = 9 October 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} for SV Werder Bremen (he previously registered 75 matches and one goal with the side in Oberliga Nord (1960–1963), prior to the creation of Bundesliga). He gained six international caps (no goals) for the West Germany national team.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/piontek-intl.html | title = Josef "Sepp" Piontek - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 1 October 2015 | access-date = 9 October 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

Coaching career

After retiring he managed, in Germany, Werder Bremen (1971–1975), and later Fortuna Düsseldorf (1975–1976) and FC St. Pauli (1978–1979). In 1979, Piontek became Danish national team coach after having previously managed Haiti (1976–1978). He sat through 115 international matches, leading Denmark to their first ever World Cup participation in the 1986 tournament. His period as national team coach came just after the introduction of professional players in the national team, and under his reign the Denmark team became known as "Danish Dynamite". He quit as Denmark coach in April 1990 after the Danish national team failed to qualify for 1990 FIFA World Cup, and later coached Turkey from an advice by fellow German and Piontek's teacher Jupp Derwall{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/oct/07/newsstory.sport4|title=German foundation beneath Turkey's rise to greatness|work=The Guardian|last=McCarra|first=Kevin|date=7 October 2003|access-date=26 March 2020}} from May 1990 to 1993, in which though they failed to qualify for either UEFA Euro 1992 or the 1994 FIFA World Cup, helped sparking a massive revival in Turkish football fortunes which would be witnessed by the time Piontek left.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/piontek-cintl.html | title = Josef "Sepp" Piontek - International Matches as Coach | first = Roberto | last = Mamrud | date = 1 October 2015 | access-date = 9 October 2015 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

In the 1990s, Piontek returned to Denmark, where he coached Danish clubs Aalborg BK and Silkeborg IF, and subsequently worked with the Greenland national team. He currently earns a living as a lecturer.

Honours

=Player=

Werder Bremen

Bundesliga: 1964–65, runners-up 1967–68
DFB-Pokal: 1961

= Manager =

Individual

Guerin Sportivo Manager of the Year: 1983

References

External links

[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/LBaseCoachInfo.aspx?coachid=4069 Danish national team profile] {{in lang|da}}
{{Fussballdaten|piontekjosef}}
{{NFT player|17306}}
[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/4-december-Kongekrabber-og-Dalai-Lama/ Sepp Piontek Interview]
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/oct/07/newsstory.sport4 German foundation beneath Turkey's rise to greatness]
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/oct/13/forgotten-story-denmark-1980s The forgotten story of...Danish Dynamite, the Denmark side of the mid-80s]

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Category:Living people

Category:1940 births

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Footballers from Wrocław