Walter Junghans

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Walter Junghans

| image = Walter Junghans (1986).jpg

| caption = Junghans playing for Schalke 04 in 1987

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hamburg, West Germany

| height = 1.85 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Bayern Munich II
(goalkeeping scout)

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1977

| youthclubs1 = Victoria Hamburg

| years1 = 1977–1982

| clubs1 = Bayern Munich

| caps1 = 67

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1982–1987

| clubs2 = Schalke 04

| caps2 = 148

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1987–1994

| clubs3 = Hertha BSC

| caps3 = 171

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1994

| clubs4 = Bayer Leverkusen

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1994–1996

| clubs5 = Fortuna Köln

| caps5 = 30

| goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 416

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1976–1977

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U-18

| nationalcaps1 = 18

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1979–1981

| nationalteam2 = West Germany B

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1980

| nationalteam3 = West Germany

| nationalcaps3 = 0

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1983–1984

| nationalteam4 = West Germany Olympic

| nationalcaps4 = 2

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1997–1998

| managerclubs1 = Fortuna Köln (goalkeeper coach){{Worldfootball.net|walter-junghans}}

| manageryears2 = 1998–1999

| managerclubs2 = 1. FC Köln (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears3 = 1999–2001

| managerclubs3 = SL Benfica (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears4 = 2001–2005

| managerclubs4 = Athletic Bilbao (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears5 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs5 = Borussia Mönchengladbach (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2007–2010

| managerclubs6 = Bayern Munich (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears7 = 2010–2021

| managerclubs7 = Bayern Munich II (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears8 = 2010–2012

| managerclubs8 = Bayern Munich U17 (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears9 = 2010–2017

| managerclubs9 = Bayern Munich U19 (goalkeeping coach)

| manageryears10 = 2011

| managerclubs10 = Bayern Munich (goalkeeping coach)[http://www.fcbayern.de/de/teams/junior-team/u19/index.php Bayern Munich U19 2015/16] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707033528/http://www.fcbayern.de/de/teams/junior-team/u19/index.php |date=7 July 2016 }}, FC Bayern Munich

| manageryears11 = 2021–

| managerclubs11 = Bayern Munich II (goalkeeping scout)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|FRG}}}}

}}

Walter Junghans (born 26 October 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and currently works as a goalkeeping scout for German club Bayern Munich II.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1993-94/1191/vereinsspieler_walter-junghans.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160917073625/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1993-94/1191/vereinsspieler_walter-junghans.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 September 2016 | title = Junghans, Walter | language = de | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 19 February 2012}}

Playing career

Born in Hamburg, Junghans started his professional career with Bayern Munich in 1977, where he was the back up for Sepp Maier. In 1979, Maier had to end his career after a car accident. Junghans immediately enjoyed success and Bayern won the Bundesliga title in 1980 and 1981 with him between the posts. Bayern also won the DFB-Pokal and were European Cup runners-up in 1982, although Junghans did not play in the final. Junghans was part of the European Championship-winning 1980 Germany team, but as third choice goalkeeper he did not play in any of the games. In fact he would never get capped for Germany. Junghans left Bayern for Schalke after being demoted to second choice, spending four seasons in Gelsenkirchen. His next career stop was Berlin where he joined Hertha BSC, before eventually ending his playing career in 1996 for two seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with Fortuna Köln.

Coaching career

In 2007, Junghans returned to Bayern Munich, where he again understudied Sepp Maier, this time as goalkeeper coach, before taking over upon Maier's retirement in 2008.