Otto Pfister

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Otto Pfister
Pfister in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-11-24) 24 November 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth Cologne, Nazi Germany
Position(s)
Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 Viktoria Köln
1958–1959 VfL Köln 99
1959–1960 Chiasso
1960–1961 Grenchen
1961–1963 Vaduz
1963–1966 St. Gallen
1966–1968 Nordstern Basel
1968–1969 Moutier
1969–1972 Chur 97
Managerial career
1972–1976 Rwanda
1976–1978 Upper Volta
1979–1982 Senegal
1982–1985 Ivory Coast
1985–1989 Zaire
1992–1993 Ghana
1995–1997 Bangladesh
1997–1998 Saudi Arabia
1998 Saudi Arabia (Olympic)
1998–1999 Saudi Arabia
1999–2002 Zamalek
2002–2004 CS Sfaxien
2004–2005 Nejmeh
2005 Al Masry
2006 Togo
2006–2007 Al Merrikh
2007–2009 Cameroon
2011–2012 Trinidad and Tobago
2014 Al Merrikh
2015 USM Alger
2017–2018 Afghanistan
Medal record
Men's football (as manager)
Representing  Ghana
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up
1992
FIFA U-17 World Championship
Winner 1991
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2008
Representing  Saudi Arabia
FIFA Arab Cup
Winner 1998
Arabian Gulf Cup
Runner-up 1998
Representing  Ivory Coast
West African Nations Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1983
ECOWAS Cup
Winner 1983
Representing  Senegal
Amílcar Cabral Cup
Runner-up 1982
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Otto Martin Pfister (born 24 November 1937) is a German football manager and one of Germany's most successful coaching exports, voted Africa's Manager of the Year in 1992.[1] He is formerly the manager of the Afghanistan national team.[2]

Coaching career

Pfister has been involved in

Al-Merreikh on 8 September 2006 and would later leave this position on 26 October 2007. The following day Pfister would sign a contract as the head coach of Cameroon
taking him through until 2010. As of 24 March 2011 Pfister was unveiled as head coach of Trinidad and Tobago.[7] In February 2014, at the age of 76, he made a return to the head coach of Al-Merreikh, a team he had previously guided to the final of the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup.[8]

Burkina Faso

Between 1976 and 1978, Pfister changed the face of football in

African Cup of Nations in 1978 in Ghana. It was the success with the Burkina team that opened the way for Pfister to traverse Africa, the Middle East
, and Asia over the following years since his first landing in Africa.

Ivory Coast

In 1982, Pfister became coach of the

African Cup of Nations
with Ivory Coast in 1983.

Zaire

Pfister took over as head coach of

African Cup of Nations
1988.

Ghana

Pfister led Ghana to a famous win in the 1991

FIFA U-17 World Championship. The Championship was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini Terme, Viareggio, Massa, Carrara, and Livorno in Italy between 16 and 31 August 1991. Ghana finished second to Spain in their group and progressed to the Quarter-finals where they beat Brazil 2–1 with goals from Mohammed Gargo and Nii Lamptey
. After a 0–0 draw with Qatar in the Semi-finals, Ghana won 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out, lining up a final against Spain. On 31 August 1991, Ghana beat Spain 1–0 in the World Cup final in Florence, Ghana's first title.

The

African Cup of Nations
. After extra time the final score was 0–0 and the game entered penalties. After a marathon penalty shootout, Ivory Coast finally won 11–10 on penalties. The penalty shootout was significant in that it was the first in the final of a major international tournament that every player on the pitch took a penalty.

During Pfister's time with Ghana, he was observed numerous times not wearing a belt, and thus consequently, he wore his trousers very low. This gave rise to the term "Otto Pfister" within Ghanaian popular slang culture. "Otto Pfister" in this regard has come to mean someone sagging their trousers in Ghanaian youth fashion.

Saudi Arabia

Pfister became the head coach of

1998 Gulf Cup of Nations in Bahrain
.

Zamalek

Pfister was highly successful during his time at

Accra Hearts of Oak SC
.

Nejmeh

Pfister was appointed as Manager of

Al-Ansar Club. Both teams needed to win the final match, which incidentally was against each other. The final result was 2–2 and Pfister's Nejmeh were crowned champions as they had a highly superior goal difference. Pfister secured qualification to the 2005 AFC Cup for Nejmeh (which they would eventually finish as runners-up). Pfister also won the Lebanese Super Cup and Lebanese Elite Cup
with Nejmeh during the 2004–05 season.

Togo

Pfister was selected to lead the Togo national team three months before World Cup 2006 after Stephen Keshi was sacked. Prior to the World Cup, players went on strike because of unpaid bonuses. Faced with the rebellion over bonuses, Pfister walked out, saying he could take no more. Pfister was reinstated three days later after demands from players and FTF staff.

Sports commentators such as Ed Kavalee ensured that this dispute was resolved with a high level of transparency, with countries as far away as Australia receiving constant Pfister updates.

Togo lost their opening game of the

Ahn Jung-Hwan sealed a 2–1 defeat for Togo. Togo's next opponents in Group G were Switzerland, with the match scheduled for the afternoon of 19 June. However, the Togo squad threatened to refuse to fulfil the fixture and take strike action against unpaid bonuses. FIFA negotiated with the squad on 17 June, persuading them to travel to Dortmund in time to fulfil the fixture; goals from Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta resulted in a 2–0 defeat. Togo's final group game against France
ended in 2–0 defeat.

Cameroon

On 27 October 2007, Pfister was appointed the manager of

African Cup of Nations. On 10 February 2008, Cameroon took on defending champions Egypt in the Final in Accra. Egypt scored a 77th-minute goal through Mohamed Aboutrika
which would be enough to win the match and be crowned the champions of the 2008 African Cup of Nations. Eto'o was the tournaments highest scorer with five goals. Pfister stepped down from his role on 26 May 2009.

USM Alger

In January 2015, Pfister was linked with Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club USM Alger, and signed a contract with the club shortly after.[11][12] On 18 May Pfister was sacked as coach of USM Alger.[13]

Personal life

Pfister gained his coaching certificates in

UEFA Pro License holder, has a Bundesliga license for professional football coaching and is an Instructor for FIFA and German Football Association
professional football coaching courses.

In 2001, Pfister was awarded the

German Football Federation
Honors Award.

In Ghana the slang "Rules with an Iron-Pfister" is often used to refer to his coaching style.

During his time in Ghana, Pfister's fame transcended football. His unconventional style of wearing his trousers on the hip, rather than the waist, has become a fashion trend among the youth.

Commenting that Tony Yeboah's birthday can not be determined exactly, Ghana's then-manager Otto Pfister said: There's only one way to find out: saw his leg off and count the rings!

Honours

Managerial statistics

As of 1 July 2018
Nat Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Switzerland FC Vaduz 1961 1963 50 24 8 18 48.00
Switzerland FC St. Gallen 1963 1966 86 44 16 26 51.16
Switzerland FC Nordstern Basel 1966 1968 55 17 15 23 30.91
Switzerland FC Moutier 1968 1969 25 6 7 12 24.00
Switzerland FC Chur 97 1969 1972 59 28 9 22 47.46
Rwanda Rwanda 1972 1976 —
Burkina Faso Upper Volta 1976 1978 —
Senegal Senegal 1979 1982 34 18 7 9 52.94
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 1982 1985 30 15 11 4 50.00
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zaire
 1985 1989 c
Ghana Ghana 1992 1993 —
Bangladesh Bangladesh 1995 1997 18 6 2 10 33.33
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1997 1998 31 16 9 6 51.61
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1998 1999 14 11 2 1 78.57
Egypt
Al-Zamalek
 1999 2002 53 42 6 5 079.25
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2002 2004 30 12 9 9 040.00
Lebanon Nejmeh SC 2004 2005 26 20 4 2 076.92
Egypt
El-Masry
 2005 2005 4 1 2 1 025.00
Togo Togo 2006 2006 5 1 0 4 020.00
Sudan
Al-Merrikh
 2006 2007 27 17 5 5 062.96
Cameroon
Cameroon
 2007 2009 15 10 1 4 066.67
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 2011 2012 7 5 0 2 071.43
Sudan
Al-Merrikh
 2014 2014 15 10 4 1 66.67
Algeria USM Alger 2015 2015 13 3 7 3 23.08
Afghanistan Afghanistan 2017 2018 9 3 3 3 33.33
Total 599 302 128 169 50.42

References

  1. ^ GmbH, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "Aktuelle Nachrichten online". FAZ.NET. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Otto Pfister, New Mentor For Afghanistan National Football Team - English - Middle East Press". middleeastpress.com. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. ^ Germany, SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg. "Togo-Coach Otto Pfister: "Lege keinen großen Wert auf Disziplin" - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport". SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved 9 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Dunn, Carrie (10 June 2006). "All change in the Togo camp". Retrieved 9 May 2017 – via The Guardian.
  6. ^ FIFA.com. "Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)". FIFA.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  7. ^ Otto Pfister Appointed Coach Of Trinidad & Tobago Goal.com. 24 March 2011.
  8. ^ German Pfister returns to Merrikh Confederation of African Football. 24 February 2014.
  9. ^ Islam, Rashedul. "Bangladesh would play better than India". Prothom Alo.
  10. ^ "BBC SPORT - Football - African - Otto Pfister named Cameroon boss". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  11. ^ HMF (29 January 2015). "L'USM Alger en contact avancé avec Otto Pfister" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  12. ^ AS (10 February 2015). "USMA : Otto Pfister s'engage officiellement" (in French). Competition. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ^ HMF (18 May 2015). "USM Alger : Otto Pfister limogé !" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

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