Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 December 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Ober-Ramstadt, Germany | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1971–1972 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | ||
1972–1973 | Freiburger FC | ||
1973 | VfR Aalen | ||
1974–1975 | Spvgg Freudenstadt | ||
1976–1977 | Würzburger FV | ||
1977–1978 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | ||
1978–1979 | Bangladesh | ||
1979 | Thailand | ||
1980 | FV Biberach | ||
Al Ittihad | |||
1986 | Sakaryaspor | ||
2003 | Swaziland |
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.
Born in Ober-Ramstadt, [1] Bickelhaupt has managed SpVgg Greuther Fürth, [2] Freiburger FC, [3] Spvgg Freudenstadt, [4] Würzburger FV, [5] SC Young Fellows Juventus, [6] Thailand, FV Biberach [7] and Al Ittihad. [8]
In 1978 he became the first foreign coach of Bangladesh. [9] He also managed the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [10] 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. [11]
In October 2003 he became the new head coach of the Swaziland national football team. [12] 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. [13] [14] [15]