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Helmut Schön

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Helmut Schön
Schön in 1973
Personal information
Full name Helmut Schön
Date of birth (1915-09-15)15 September 1915
Place of birth Dresden, German Empire
Date of death 23 February 1996(1996-02-23) (aged 80)
Place of death Wiesbaden, Germany
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1944 Dresdner SC
1946–1950 SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt
1946–1947FC St. Pauli (loan)
1950–1951 Hertha BSC
National team
1937–1941 Germany 16 (17)
Teams managed
1952–1956 Saarland
1953–1954 1. FC Saarbrücken
1956–1964 West Germany (assistant coach)
1964–1978 West Germany
Honours
Representing  West Germany (as manager)
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1974 West Germany
Runner-up 1966 England
Third place 1970 Mexico
European Championship
Winner 1972 Belgium
Runner-up 1976 Yugoslavia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Helmut Schön (15 September, 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and coach. He played for the German national team. He is best known as coach of the German football national team from 1964 until 1978.

Early life and career

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Schön was a striker. He played for Dresdner SC. With this team he won the German football championship in 1943 and 1944 and the cup in 1941 and 1942. He appeared 16 times for his country between 1937 and 1941. He shot 17 goals for the national football team.[1]

From 1952 to 1956, Schön was the coach of the then independent Saarland. After the reunification with Germany in 1956 he became assistant coach to Sepp Herberger in the national team. He is best known as coach of the German football national team from 1964 - 1978. During his 14 years as national coach he reached 87 victories, 30 draws and 22 defeats in 139 matches.

International career statistics

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Germany national team
YearAppsGoals
1937 1 2
1938 2 2
1939 8 8
1940 1 1
1941 4 4
Total 16 17

Managerial honours

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West Germany

Individual

References

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  1. Salzmann, Peter: 100 Jahre DSC. Der Mythos eines Sportvereins. In: Dresdner Hefte, Issue 55. Dresden 1998 (German)
  2. "Helmut Schön - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.
  3. Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
  4. Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

Other websites

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