Dettmar Cramer
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Date of birth | 4 April 1925 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dortmund, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 17 September 2015 | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Reit im Winkl, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
1960–1963 | Japan (technical advisor) | ||||||||||||||||
1964–1966 | West Germany (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
1971–1974 | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
1974 | United States | ||||||||||||||||
1974 | Hertha BSC | ||||||||||||||||
1975–1977 | Bayern Munich | ||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||||
1978–1981 |
Al-Ittihad | ||||||||||||||||
1981–1982 | Aris Salonika | ||||||||||||||||
1982–1985 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||
1984–1985 | Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1992 | South Korea U-23 (technical advisor) | ||||||||||||||||
1997 | Thailand | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dettmar Cramer (4 April 1925 – 17 September 2015) was a German football manager who led Bayern Munich to the 1975 and 1976 European Cups. He was born in Dortmund. Cramer is commonly considered to be the father of modern football in Japan and was a member of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd Class. He also briefly coached the United States national team.
Career
Known as the "Football Professor",
Little known, Cramer attempted to make the jump into a career in journalism at this point. He became lead editor for sports for West German television station ZDF. Feeling largely isolated from the football world, Cramer decided to call it quits after only six months on the job. Afterward he was sent by the DFB to Japan to serve as a football instructor.
In order to strengthen its national team ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games four years later, the Japan Football Association had the idea in 1960 of bringing in a foreign professional coach. Cramer was ultimately selected for this role. Through Cramer's coaching and leadership, and the efforts of his players, the Japan national team achieved a surprise upset over Argentina at the Tokyo Olympics. The significance of this result was not lost on Cramer who saw it as a confirmation that Japanese football was vastly improving. Cramer's efforts were not limited to the national team, as he also formulated and implemented policies for general development. The foundation of a first national league, the training of other coaches, and the strengthening of the national team would all contribute to Japan's success at the Mexico City Olympics four years later, where Japan would take home the bronze medal.
On 1 January 1964, Cramer returned to West Germany to serve as an assistant to West German national coach
During his time in national team service, Cramer received numerous coaching offers from West German clubs in the
Cramer led Bayern to victory in the 1975 and 1976
Not until the 1982–83 season did Cramer find himself employed in the Bundesliga again, this time with club
Personal life
Cramer served in
Honours
- Individual
- France Football 40th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019[3][4][5]
- Inducted into Japan Football Hall of Fame[6]
Career statistics
- As of 6 May 2012
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Hertha BSC | 1 July 1974 | 9 July 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
United States | 1 August 1974 | 16 January 1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | |
Bayern Munich | 16 January 1975 | 27 November 1977 | 136 | 63 | 31 | 42 | 46.32 | |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 December 1977 | 30 June 1978 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 47.83 | |
Saudi Arabia | 3 September 1978 | 1 December 1980 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 35.29 | |
Al-Ittihad | 3 September 1978 | 1 December 1980 | ||||||
Aris Thessaloniki
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1 December 1980 | 30 May 1981 | ||||||
Bayer Leverkusen | 108 | 36 | 30 | 42 | 33.33 | |||
Total | 286 | 116 | 70 | 100 | 40.56 |
References
- ^ Media Team, AIFF (12 May 2023). "Federation declares PK Banerjee's birth anniversary as AIFF Grassroots Day". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Bayern Munich lead tributes after coach Dettmar Cramer dies aged 90
- ^ "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- FOX Sports. 19 March 2019. Archived from the originalon 29 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia del fútbol". ABC. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Dettmar CRAMER". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- (in German) Verrat vermieden. in: Der Spiegel, Heft 46/1968, 22. Jahrgang, S.122.
- (in German) Hermann, Boris: Trainerfuchs Dettmar Cramer – Ein Napoleon auf Weltreise. in: www.spiegel.de, Fassung vom 8. Juli 2005
External links
- Dettmar Cramer at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
- Der 34. Speiltag der Bundesliga 77/78 (in German)
- Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association
- Soccer Archive (in Japanese)