Jörg Berger
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 October 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Gotenhafen, Nazi Germany | ||
| Date of death | 23 June 2010 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Duisburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1970 |
1.FC Lok Leipzig | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1970–1972 |
Lok Leipzig II | ||
| 1972–1974 | Carl Zeiss Jena | ||
| 1974–1976 | Hallescher FC Chemie | ||
| 1976–1978 | East Germany U-19 | ||
| 1978–1979 | East Germany U-21 | ||
| 1979–1980 | Darmstadt 98 | ||
| 1980–1981 | SSV Ulm | ||
| 1981–1982 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 1983–1986 | KSV Hessen Kassel | ||
| 1986 | Hannover 96 | ||
| 1986–1988 | SC Freiburg | ||
| 1988–1991 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 1991–1993 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 1993–1996 | Schalke 04 | ||
| 1997 | FC Basel | ||
| 1997–1998 | Karlsruher SC | ||
| 1998–1999 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| 2000 | Bursaspor | ||
| 2001–2004 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| 2004–2005 |
Hansa Rostock | ||
| 2009 | Arminia Bielefeld | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jörg Berger (13 October 1944 – 23 June 2010) was a German football manager and player, who last managed Arminia Bielefeld.
Career
As an active he played for
Coaching career
In 1970, Berger was forced to retire due to a muscle injury and started his managing career after the studying at the DHfK Leipzig. Berger was a reputable manager in East Germany who was planned to manage the national team as successor of longtime manager Georg Buschner some day.
Berger managed the youth team of the GDR. In 1979, he used a match in Yugoslavia to flee to West Germany. He signed with Second Bundesliga side SV Darmstadt 98. As a GDR refugee he suffered many threats by the East German secret police Stasi. He survived being poisoned whilst managing KSV Hessen Kassel in the mid-1980s. Evidence of the threats to his life were not available until 1990 when Germany was reunified, after which he was able to search his Stasi files.[1]
He was renowned as a great motivator, helping clubs threatened with relegation, but with little chance to build up teams over a longer period. Berger became the ’’fireman’’ of the Bundesliga after he twice failed to gain promotion to the Bundesliga with
Berger's last big success was reaching the DFB-Pokal final with Alemannia Aachen, a side from the Second division of the Bundesliga. However his contract was cancelled, by mutual agreement, after they lost to the then current champions (SV Werder Bremen) and failed to gain promotion to the Bundesliga.[4]
From 17 November 2004 until 14 August 2005, he was the manager of
He left the club on this date.Personal life
Berger was the father of three children. In 2002, he had to interrupt his time as Alemannia Aachen manager due to an operation on an intestinal tumour. In 2005, he was operated on again, this time on
See also
References
- ^ "Jörg Berger ist tot: Ex-Löwen Coach gestorben". Dasbesteausnordhessen.de.
- ^ "Ehemaliger Bundesliga-Trainer verstarb mit 65 Jahren Jörg Berger ist tot". Kicker.de. 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Schalke 04 trauert um Jörg Berger". Schalke04.de. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Alemannia trauert um Jörg Berger Ehemaliger Trainer starb im Alter von 65 Jahren". Alemannia Aachen.
- ^ "F.C. Hansa Rostock trauert um seinen ehemaligen Trainer Jörg Berger". F.C. Hansa Rostock. 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Jörg Berger neuer DSC-Coach". Arminia Bielefeld.
- ^ "Zum Tod von Jörg Berger". Arminia Bielefeld.
- ^ Trauer um Fußball-Trainer Jörg Berger Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Keine Rettung für den Retter Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Jörg Berger at eintracht-archiv.de
- Jörg Berger at WorldFootball.net
- Jörg Berger Died
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