Torsten Gütschow

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Torsten Gütschow
Gütschow taking a shot in 1990
Personal information
Full name Torsten Jens Gütschow[1]
Date of birth (1962-07-28) 28 July 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Görlitz, East Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
1968–1973 Traktor Zodel
1973–1976 Dynamo Görlitz
1976–1980 Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1992 Dynamo Dresden 247 (116)
1992–1993 Galatasaray 15 (10)
1993–1994 Carl Zeiss Jena 9 (0)
1994–1995 Hannover 96 33 (16)
1995–1996 Chemnitzer FC 34 (15)
1996–1999 Dynamo Dresden 82 (33)
Total 420 (190)
International career
1979 East Germany U-18 4 (3)
1981–1983 East Germany U-21 16 (4)
East Germany Olympic 3 (2)
1984–1989 East Germany 3 (2)
Managerial career
2003–2004 FC Oberneuland
2006–2013
TuS Heeslingen
2014 TSG Neustrelitz
2017–2019 FSV Budissa Bautzen
2022–2023 Bremer SV
2023 SG Dynamo Schwerin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Torsten Gütschow (born 28 July 1962) is a German

East German Footballer of the Year.[5] He won three international caps for East Germany, scoring two goals between 1984 and 1989.[6] Since retiring he has taken up coaching, and has been manager of TuS Heeslingen
.

Playing career

In East Germany

Gütschow played as a youth for Traktor Zodel and

East German Footballer of the Year.[5]

During much of Gütschow's time with Dynamo Dresden, the league was dominated by

BFC Dynamo, who won ten consecutive league titles from 1979 to 1988.[8] Dresden broke this run by winning the championship in 1989 and 1990,[8][9] adding a cup win in the latter season to complete the double. They had also won the cup in 1982, 1984 and 1985.[9]

After reunification

The

Galatasaray of the Turkish Süper Lig.[1]
Gütschow's 12 Bundesliga goals are still the most of any Dynamo Dresden player.

Galatasaray had a German coach,

league and cup double.[15] Gütschow only spent six months in Turkey, returning to Germany in summer 1993[3]
but remains a popular figure with Galatasaray fans.

Gütschow returned to Germany with Carl Zeiss Jena of the 2. Bundesliga,[3] but had a singularly unsuccessful season, making only nine league appearances and failing to score.[16] He left Jena after one year, and followed this with single-year spells at two other 2. Liga clubs – Hannover 96 and Chemnitzer FC.[3] He had more personal success in both these seasons, scoring 16 and 15 goals respectively,[17][18] but the latter ended in relegation for Chemnitz.[19]

In 1996, Gütschow returned to Dynamo Dresden, now in the third-tier Regionalliga Nordost.[3] He spent three years with the club as they tried unsuccessfully to get promoted to the second division,[20] before retiring in 1999.[3] In total, he had made 329 league appearances for Dynamo, scoring 149 goals, across two spells.[3]

International career

Gütschow was called up to the

Olympic team.[7]

Coaching career

After ending his playing career, Gütschow took up coaching. He worked with

TuS 1906 Heeslingen, and won promotion to the Oberliga Nord in his first season.[21] Gütchow remained at the club at seven years, leaving in at the end of the 2012–13 season when the club withdrew from the Oberliga for financial reasons. He took over at Regionalliga Norodost side TSG Neustrelitz
a year later.

Stasi

Gütschow worked as an Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter (paid informant) for the

drink-driving
; the East German authorities offered him a deal where he would be released on condition that he would provide the Stasi with information. However, he immediately confessed this involvement to his team-mates, and promised never to report anything negative about them.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Dresden[23] 1980–81 DDR-Oberliga 14 3 0 0 0 0 14 3
1981–82 15 4 5 2 3 0 23 6
1982–83 25 9 4 1 2 0 31 10
1983–84 20 7 3 2 – 23 9
1984–85 26 17 8 3 6 1 40 21
1985–86 9 0 3 0 2 0 14 0
1986–87 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1987–88 20 9 4 2 2 0 26 11
1988–89 26 17 3 2 9 7 38 26
1989–90 25 18 6 10 1 1 32 29
1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga 26 20 3 1 6 5 35 26
1991–92 Bundesliga 31 10 3 1 – 34 11
1992–93 8 2 0 0 – 8 2
Total 247 116 43 24 31 14 321 154
Galatasaray[1] 1992–93 1. Lig 15 10 4 2 – 19 12
Carl Zeiss Jena 1993–94 2. Bundesliga 9 0 2 0 – 11 0
Hannover 96 1994–95 2. Bundesliga 33 16 2 1 – 35 17
Chemnitzer FC 1995–96 2. Bundesliga 34 15 2 2 – 36 17
Dynamo Dresden[24] 1996–97 Regionalliga Nordost 30 12 0 0 – 30 12
1997–98 32 16 4 2 – 36 18
1998–99 20 5 3 0 – 23 5
Total 82 33 7 2 0 0 89 35
Career total 420 190 60 31 31 14 511 235
  1. Sachsenpokal
  2. UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

International goals

Scores and results list East Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gütschow goal.[6]
List of international goals scored by Torsten Gütschow
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 February 1984 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 3–1 Friendly
2 12 September 1984 Georgi-Dimitroff-Stadion, Zwickau, East Germany  Greece 1–0 Friendly

Honours

Dynamo Dresden

Galatasaray

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Player Details TFF:Torsten Jens Gütschow". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  2. Fussballdaten
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  3. ^
    Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  4. ^
    RSSSF
    . Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  5. ^ a b "DDR-Fußballer des Jahres". hansanews.de (in German). Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  6. ^
    RSSSF
    . Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  7. ^ a b "Germany – Player Data – G". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  8. ^ a b "East Germany – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  9. ^ a b "SG Dynamo Dresden – Offizielle Homepage: Erfolge". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  10. ^ a b "East Germany (Germany – RL Nordost) 1990/91". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  11. Fussballdaten
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  12. Fussballdaten
    (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  13. fussballdaten
    . Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  14. fussballdaten
    . Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  15. ^ "Turkey – Final Tables". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  16. Fussballdaten
    . Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  17. Fussballdaten
    . Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  18. Fussballdaten
    . Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  19. Fussballdaten
    (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  20. ^ "SG Dynamo Dresden – Offizielle Homepage: Spielzeiten". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  21. Kicker sportmagazin
    (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  22. New York Times
    . Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  23. ^ "Germany – Player Data – 1. FC Dynamo Dresden". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  24. ^ "Torsten Gütschow". Dynamo Dresden (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2010.

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