Otto Rehhagel

Otto Rehhagel
	Rehhagel in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Otto Rehhagel
Date of birth	9 August 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth	Essen, Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1948–1957	TuS Helene Altenessen
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1960	TuS Helene Altenessen
1960–1963	Rot-Weiss Essen
1963–1965	Hertha BSC
1965–1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern
National team
1960	West Germany Amateur
Teams managed
1972	FV Rockenhausen
1972–1973	1. FC Saarbrücken
1973–1974	Kickers Offenbach (Assistant coach)
1974–1975	Kickers Offenbach
1976	Werder Bremen
1976–1978	Borussia Dortmund
1978–1979	Arminia Bielefeld
1979–1980	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1981–1995	Werder Bremen
1995–1996	Bayern Munich
1996–2000	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2001–2010	Greece
2012	Hertha BSC
Honours
Men's football
Representing Greece (as manager)
UEFA European Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Otto Rehhagel (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈʁeːhaːɡl̩]; born 9 August 1938) is a German former football coach and player.

Rehhagel is one of two people to have played in more than 1,000 Bundesliga matches as a player and coach (the other being Jupp Heynckes). In the Bundesliga, he holds the records for most wins (387), most draws (205) and most losses (228), with his team scoring more goals (1,473) and conceding goals (1,142) than any other team. From 1981 to 1995 he worked as manager for Werder Bremen, winning the Bundesliga twice with them and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1992. After a rather unfortunate intermezzo at Bayern Munich, he sensationally won the Bundesliga with promoted team 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Playing career

Born in Altenessen, Rehhagel began his career with local club TuS Helene Altenessen in 1948, then transferred to Rot-Weiss Essen (1960–63) and then played the Bundesliga at Hertha BSC (1963–65) until 1972 for Kaiserslautern. He played 201 games in the Bundesliga.

Career statistics

As of 15 May 2012

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %	Ref.
1. FC Saarbrücken	1 July 1972	30 June 1973	30	7	10	13	023.33
Kickers Offenbach	2 April 1974	9 December 1975	60	23	10	27	038.33
Werder Bremen	29 February 1976^[1]	30 June 1976^[1]	13	4	5	4	030.77	^[1]
Borussia Dortmund	1 July 1976^[2]	30 April 1978^[2]	74	29	16	29	039.19	^[2]
Arminia Bielefeld	10 October 1978	11 October 1979	37	15	9	13	040.54
Fortuna Düsseldorf	12 October 1979	5 December 1980	53	26	9	18	049.06
Werder Bremen	2 April 1981^[1]	30 June 1995^[1]	609	322	156	131	052.87	^[1]
Bayern Munich	1 July 1995^[3]	27 April 1996^[3]	42	27	5	10	064.29	^[3]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	20 July 1996	1 October 2000	174	87	38	49	050.00
Greece	9 August 2001	30 June 2010	106	52	22	32	049.06
Hertha BSC	19 February 2012	30 June 2012	14	3	3	8	021.43
Total			1,225	606	278	341	049.47	—

Honours

Managerial honours

Fortuna Düsseldorf

DFB-Pokal: 1979–80

Werder Bremen

Bundesliga: 1987–88, 1992–93
DFB-Pokal: 1990–91, 1993–94
DFL-Supercup: 1988, 1993, 1994
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1991–92

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Bundesliga: 1997–98
2. Bundesliga: 1996–97

Greece

UEFA European Championship: 2004

Individual

Order of the Phoenix of the Hellenic Republic: (2005)
Laureus World Sports Awards with the Greek national football team: (2005)
"Greece's Coach of the Year" (2004, 2007), first-ever foreigner to win this award
IFFHS World's Best National Coach: 2004
World Soccer 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013^[4]^[5]
France Football 46th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019^[6]^[7]

References

Other websites

Otto Rehhagel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
"Tanz den Rehakles" at YouTube, by DJ Ötzi

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