Klaus-Dieter Pagels

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Klaus-Dieter Pagels
Personal information
Date of birth 1 September 1949 [1]
Place of birth Stade, Germany
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1991–199? VfL Stade [1]
2012–2013 Zimbabwe
2016 Emirates Club [2] [3] [4] [5]

Klaus-Dieter Pagels (born 1 September 1949 in Germany) is a German football coach.

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Career

On a Germany-Zimbabwe government project, Pagels went to Zimbabwe in 2009 to educate schoolchildren and develop grassroots as well as women's football. [6]

Nominated to take the position of Zimbabwe coach in 2009, [7] Pagels was named as interim of the Warriors near the close of 2012 [8] with his appointment seen as ludicrous to some. [9] Tasked with bringing Zimbabwe to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, putting a confident mentality into the team and making most of the talent in the country, [10] he planned on selecting a mainly local-based squad for the World Cup qualifying [11] but only chose five for the 18-man roster for their qualifier away to Egypt [12] amid work permit problems, [13] Going down 1-2 to Egypt, the German employed a technical style of play similar to Barcelona's tiki-taka style, where possession is highlighted and the offensives build up from the back to the front line. [14] However, he was criticized for not calling up the most talented Zimbabwean footballers [14] and crashed out to Egypt again 2-4 in their second leg a few months later, becoming the only African selection to go down on back-to-back home rounds. [15] At the 2013 COSAFA Cup, his last tournament, [16] the then 63-year old aimed to defend the tournament title [17] but let in goals in all three games [18] and conceded 0-2 to Zambia in the final, [19] with failing to read the opposition one of the causes for his poor run. [18] His contract expiring on July 31 that year, [20] the Stade local stated that low finances are one of the greatest problems with Zimbabwean football [21] and that he regretted his departure since the new manager would have to start form scratch with the team. [22]

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