Rolf Rüssmann

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Rolf Rüssmann
Personal information
Full name Rolf Rüssmann
Date of birth (1950-10-13)13 October 1950
Place of birth Schwelm, West Germany
Date of death 2 October 2009(2009-10-02) (aged 58)
Place of death Steinhagen, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1962–1969 FC Schwelm 06
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1973 FC Schalke 04 105 (10)
1973
Club Brugge
11 (0)
1974–1980 FC Schalke 04 199 (20)
1980–1985 Borussia Dortmund 149 (18)
Total 464 (48)
International career
1977–1978 West Germany 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rolf Rüssmann (13 October 1950 – 2 October 2009) was a German international

Club Brugge and Borussia Dortmund
.

Player bio

In 1969,

Club Brugge (11 matches, 0 goals). Returning to Schalke afterwards, Rüssmann stayed on with the club until December 1980. Cash-strapped, Schalke had to sell him to arch-rival side Borussia Dortmund at that time with Rüssmann staying on at Westfalenstadion until he retired in 1985 after 48 goals in 453 Bundesliga matches.[1] Before the 2015/15 season only 23 players had amassed more appearances in the Bundesliga than Rüssmann.[2]

A respected youth international for

Bundesligaskandal. Six years after the scandal, he was enjoying a bright season with his club and the German Football Association had eased their restrictions concerning players involved in the scandal (see Klaus Fischer) in the meantime, Rüssmann was re-called by Helmut Schön to debut for the West Germans in a friendly win against Yugoslavia in April 1977.[3] Steady performances lead to more call-ups and regular caps resulted in Rüssmann earning a spot in the 1978 FIFA World Cup squad of West Germany. He came to action in all six matches, but after their (early) elimination he did feature just one more time for his nation in the rest of his career. In total, Rüssmann won 20 caps, scoring one goal (winning goal versus the Soviet Union
).

Honours

General manager in the Bundesliga

In 1987, Rüssmann returned to FC Schalke 04 as an off-pitch authority and was general-manager of the club from 25 February to 10 August 1987. With Borussia Mönchengladbach's veteran general-manager Helmut Grashoff looking for a successor, Rüssmann started to work as assistant to Grashoff at Mönchengladbach in April 1990 and got Grashoff's replacement later on. On 8 July 1992, Rüssmann was sacked by Mönchengladbach, but re-appointed by the club in September 1992 due to a change of view inside the Mönchengladbach presidium. On 10 November 1998, Rüssmann was finally out of the door at Mönchengladbach following a complete change of environment caused by an ongoing disastrous run of results in the Bundesliga since 1996. From 1 February 2001, Rüssmann was general-manager of Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, getting the sack by Die Schwaben in December 2002.

Death

He died on 2 October 2009 from prostate cancer less than two weeks before he would have turned 59.[4]

References

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (3 December 2015). "Rolf Rüssmann – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Germany – All-Time Most Matches Played in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (3 December 2015). "Rolf Rüssmann – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Bundesliga-Urgestein: Rolf Rüssmann ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 3 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Borussia Dortmund captain
1983–1985
Succeeded by
Dirk Hupe