Rolf Rüssmann
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rolf Rüssmann | ||
Date of birth | 13 October 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Schwelm, West Germany | ||
Date of death | 2 October 2009 | (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
Player bio
In 1969,
A respected youth international for
Honours
- DFB-Pokal: 1971–72
- Bundesliga: runner-up 1971–72, 1976–77
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
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (3 December 2015). "Rolf Rüssmann – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Germany – All-Time Most Matches Played in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (3 December 2015). "Rolf Rüssmann – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Bundesliga-Urgestein: Rolf Rüssmann ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 3 October 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
External links
- Rolf Rüssmann at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Rolf Rüssmann at WorldFootball.net
- Rolf Rüssmann at National-Football-Teams.com