Helmut Schön
Helmut Schön (15 September, 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and coach. He played for the German national team. He is best known as coach of the German football national team from 1964 until 1978.
.jpg) Schön in 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Helmut Schön | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dresden, German Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 February 1996 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Wiesbaden, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1944 | Dresdner SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1950 | SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1947 | → FC St. Pauli (loan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | Hertha BSC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937–1941 | Germany | 16 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1956 | Saarland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1954 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | West Germany (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1978 | West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life and career change
Schön was a striker. He played for Dresdner SC. With this team he won the German football championship in 1943 and 1944 and the cup in 1941 and 1942. He appeared 16 times for his country between 1937 and 1941. He shot 17 goals for the national football team.[1]
From 1952 to 1956, Schön was the coach of the then independent Saarland. After the reunification with Germany in 1956 he became assistant coach to Sepp Herberger in the national team. He is best known as coach of the German football national team from 1964 - 1978. During his 14 years as national coach he reached 87 victories, 30 draws and 22 defeats in 139 matches.
International career statistics change
| Germany national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1937 | 1 | 2 |
| 1938 | 2 | 2 |
| 1939 | 8 | 8 |
| 1940 | 1 | 1 |
| 1941 | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 16 | 17 |
Managerial honours change
West Germany
- FIFA World Cup: 1974; runner-up: 1966; third-place: 1970
- UEFA European Championship: 1972; runner-up: 1976
Individual
References change
- ↑ Salzmann, Peter: 100 Jahre DSC. Der Mythos eines Sportvereins. In: Dresdner Hefte, Issue 55. Dresden 1998 (German)
- ↑ "Helmut Schön - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
Other websites change
- Helmut Schön DFB Homepage Archived 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)