Werner Bickelhaupt

{{short description|German professional football coach|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|12|2|df=y}}

|birth_place = Ober-Ramstadt, Germany

|manageryears1 = 1971–1972

|managerclubs1 = SpVgg Greuther Fürth

|manageryears2 = 1972–1973

|managerclubs2 = Freiburger FC

|manageryears3 = 1973

|managerclubs3 = VfR Aalen

|manageryears4 = 1974–1975

|managerclubs4 = Spvgg Freudenstadt

|manageryears5 = 1976–1977

|managerclubs5 = Würzburger FV

|manageryears6 = 1977–1978

|managerclubs6 = SC Young Fellows Juventus

|manageryears7 = 1978–1979

|managerclubs7 = Bangladesh

|manageryears8 = 1979

|managerclubs8 = Thailand

|manageryears9 = 1980

|managerclubs9 = FV Biberach

|manageryears10 =

|managerclubs10 = Al Ittihad

|manageryears11 = 1986

|managerclubs11 = Sakaryaspor

|manageryears12 = 2003

|managerclubs12 = Swaziland

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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.

Career

Born in Ober-Ramstadt,[http://www.mackolik.com/Antrenor/3149/Werner-Bickelhaupt Werner Bickelhaupt] - profile at mackolik.com Bickelhaupt has managed SpVgg Greuther Fürth,{{cite web|url=http://www.greuther-fuerth.de/v3/chronik/trainer.php|title=Trainer|access-date=11 May 2009|publisher=SpVgg Greuther Fürth|language=de}} Freiburger FC,{{cite web|url=http://www.freiburger-fc.de/Geschichte/FFC-Statistik/ffc-statistik.html|title=FFC Statistik|access-date=11 May 2009|publisher=Freiburger FC|language=de}} Spvgg Freudenstadt,{{Cite web|url=https://www.spvgg-freudenstadt.de/texte/www.spvgg-freudenstadt.de/texte/seite.php?id=44220|title=Spielvereinigung Freudenstadt - Mannschaftsbilder 1. Mannschaft von 1949 bis 2022|website=www.spvgg-freudenstadt.de}} Würzburger FV,{{cite web|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/bickelhauptwerner/|title=Werner Bickelhaupt|access-date=11 May 2009|publisher=Fußballdaten.de|language=de}} SC Young Fellows Juventus,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html|title=Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs|website=RSSSF|access-date=11 May 2009}} Thailand, FV Biberach{{Cite web|url=http://www.weltfussball.at/spieler_profil/werner-bickelhaupt/|title = Werner Bickelhaupt}} and Al Ittihad.{{cite web |url=http://www.schwaebische-post.de/p/456732/ |title=Über Aalen nach Thailand und Burma - Schwäbische Post |website=www.schwaebische-post.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716165710/http://www.schwaebische-post.de/p/456732/ |archive-date=2018-07-16}}

In 1978 he became the first foreign coach of Bangladesh.{{Cite web|url=https://m.theindependentbd.com/arcprint/details/96023/2017-05-24|title=Australian Ord will be new football coach|website=theindependentbd.com}} He also managed the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.utpalshuvro.com/special-article/news/417|language=bn|title=ঢাকার মাঠে সবচেয়ে বড় ফুটবল উৎসব|date=20 April 2021|first=Dulal|last=Mahmud|website=Utp al Shuvro|archive-date=22 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122143751/https://www.utpalshuvro.com/special-article/news/417|url-status=live}} 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.{{Cite web|first=Iqbal|last=Kabir|url=https://ctgsangbad24.com/sports/17981/|title=লালবাগের সহীদ এক দশকে মাত্র দুটি দলেই খেলেছেন|language=bn|date=18 January 2024|access-date=18 January 2024|website=Ctgsangbad24}}

In October 2003 he became the new head coach of the Swaziland national football team.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/3191740.stm|title=Swaziland line up new coach|access-date=11 May 2009|date=14 October 2003|publisher=BBC Sport}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/3619719.stm|title=Mahlalela back in charge|access-date=11 May 2009|date=12 April 2004|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=3983|title=When the title race goes to the wire|access-date=11 May 2009|date=9 May 2009|author=Kenneth Dlamini|publisher=The Swazi Observer}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/teams/team=43885/profile.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613120718/http://fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/teams/team=43885/profile.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2008|title=Swaziland|access-date=11 May 2009|publisher=FIFA}}