Rudolf "Rudi" Gutendorf is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 football manager, renowned for managing the highest number of national teams – to date a total of 18 teams.

Career

As a player he enjoyed an unremarkable career with his home-town club TuS Neuendorf

TuS Koblenz

TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...

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Coaching career

Retiring from active play in 1953 he took part in a coach training course under Sepp Herberger

Sepp Herberger

Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager...

, receiving his license in 1954, before embarking on his remarkable career as a manager the following year. His last coaching job was in 2003 with the Samoa national football team

Samoa national football team

The Samoa national association football team represents Samoa in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for football in Samoa. Samoa's home ground is Toleafoa J.S Blatter Soccer Stadium in Apia. It was known as the Western Samoa national...

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Filmography

• 1999: "Der Ball ist ein Sauhund"
• 15 November 1999: "Beckmann"
• 2006: "Volle Kanne - Service täglich"
• 2009: "Mein Ehrgeiz galt dem Fußball und den Frauen"

External links

• Official website