Stefan Kuntz
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Full name | Stefan Kuntz[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 30 October 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Neunkirchen, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Turkey (head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1981 | Borussia Neunkirchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1983 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 89 | (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1986 | VfL Bochum | 100 | (41) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1989 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 94 | (32) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1995 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 170 | (75) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Beşiktaş | 30 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Arminia Bielefeld | 65 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | VfL Bochum | 20 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | SV Furpach | 22 | (22) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | FC Palatia Limbach | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 600 | (239) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1985 | West Germany U-21 | 4 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | West Germany B | 1 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1997 | Germany | 25 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Borussia Neunkirchen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Karlsruher SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Waldhof Mannheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | LR Ahlen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2021 | Germany U21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Germany U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Stefan Kuntz (born 30 October 1962) is a German professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the head coach of the Turkey national team.
Kuntz represented the German national team between 1993 and 1997, reaching the 1994 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals and winning UEFA Euro 1996. He scored six goals from 25 full caps including in the Euro 1996 semi-final elimination of England.
Club career[]
Kuntz's playing career lasted from 1983 until 1999. He made 449 appearances and scored 179 goals in the Bundesliga.[2] Kuntz played for VfL Bochum, Bayer 05 Uerdingen, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Arminia Bielefeld and also played in Turkey for Beşiktaş J.K. In 1986 and 1994, Kuntz was the top scorer in the Bundesliga.[3]
In 1995, Kuntz joined Turkish side Beşiktaş following request of his compatriot coach Christoph Daum.[4] Kuntz made his 1.Lig debut on 13 August 1995 in an away game against Kayserispor that ended 1–1.[5] On 24 September 1995, he scored his first goal at week 5 home encounter against Istanbulspor which ended 5–2.[6]
International career[]
At Euro 1996, Kuntz played a key role in the 1–1 draw with England in the semi-final, scoring the equalizer soon after England took the lead, as well as scoring the fifth penalty later in the shootout. During his international career, Kuntz obtained 25 caps, scoring six goals.[7] None of these caps ended in a defeat for Germany (20 wins, one win after penalty shootout and four draws), which is the German record for most caps without defeat.[8]
Post-playing career[]
From 2006 to 2008, Kuntz was the athletic director of VfL Bochum. Between 2008 and 2016, he was the chairman of the board of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.[citation needed]
As coach of Germany U21 he won the UEFA European Under-21 Championship twice: in 2017, his side beat Spain 1–0 in the final, and in 2021, Germany defeated Portugal by the same scoreline.[9]
On 19 September 2021, he was appointed as the new head coach of the Turkish national team.[10]
Honours[]
Player[]
Kaiserslautern
Germany
- UEFA European Championship: 1996[citation needed]
Individual
- German Footballer of the Year: 1991[citation needed]
Manager[]
Germany U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2017, 2021; runner-up: 2019[citation needed]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of 16 November 2021
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Turkey | September 2021 | present | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
References[]
- ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Germany (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (1 October 2015). "Stefan Kuntz – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "(West) Germany – Top Scorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Amatör Ruhla Oynayan Bir Alman: Stefan Kuntz" (in Turkish). Beşiktaş J.K. 20 January 2016. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
1995-96 sezonunda vatandaşı Christoph Daum'un isteği üzerine Beşiktaşımız'a transfer oldu. Siyah-beyaz formayla, ligdeki ilk golünü 24 Eylül 1995'de Beşiktaşımız'ın 5-2 kazandığı maçta İstanbulspor filelerine gönderdi.
- ^ "Kayserispor – Beşiktaş Maç Detayları – TFF" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Beşiktaş – Istanbulspor A.Ş. Maç Detayları – TFF" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 7 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (1 October 2015). "Stefan Kuntz – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ^ "Stürmer, Trainer, Manager – Die Stationen des Stefan Kuntz". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 7 April 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Germany beat Portugal to win European U21 Championship". Bundesliga. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Stefan Kuntz named new Turkey head coach". tff.org. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Deutscher Supercup, 1991, Finale". dfb.de. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Neunkirchen, Saarland
- Footballers from Saarland
- German footballers
- Germany under-21 international footballers
- Germany B international footballers
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- Association football forwards
- Borussia Neunkirchen players
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- KFC Uerdingen 05 players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- Beşiktaş J.K. footballers
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Süper Lig players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- UEFA European Championship-winning players
- Kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners
- German expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
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- German football managers
- Borussia Neunkirchen managers
- Karlsruher SC managers
- SV Waldhof Mannheim managers
- Rot Weiss Ahlen managers
- Germany national under-21 football team managers
- Turkey national football team managers
- German expatriate football managers