Guido Buchwald

Guido Buchwald (born 24 January 1961) is a former German football player. He has played for the German national team.

Guido Buchwald

Buchwald with Urawa in 2004.
Personal information
Full name	Guido Ulrich Buchwald
Date of birth	(1961-01-24) 24 January 1961
Place of birth	West Berlin, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Stuttgarter Kickers (Director of football)
Youth career
1969–1977	SV Wannweil
1977–1978	TSV Pliezhausen
1978–1979	Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1983	Stuttgarter Kickers	146	(18)
1983–1994	VfB Stuttgart	325	(28)
1994–1997	Urawa Red Diamonds	127	(11)
1997–1999	Karlsruher SC	40	(3)
Total		638	(60)
National team
1980	West Germany U-21	1	(0)
1983–1984	West Germany Olympic	9	(1)
1984–1994	Germany	76	(4)
Teams managed
2004–2006	Urawa Reds
2007	Alemannia Aachen
2012	Stuttgarter Kickers (interim)
Honours Men's football Representing Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1990 Italy UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1992 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

The best game of Buchwald's career was in the 1990 FIFA World Cup final, where West Germany beat Argentina. Buchwald closely marked Diego Maradona during the match, which earned him the nickname "Diego." His other nickname, "Bucky," comes from his unusual name. Buchwald also played for Germany in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and earned 76 caps in his career.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stuttgarter Kickers	1979–80	2. Bundesliga	33	1	1	0	—		—		34	1
	1980–81		38	8	1	0	—		—		39	8
	1981–82		38	5	1	0	—		1	0	40	5
	1982–83		37	4	2	0	—		—		39	4
	Total		146	18	5	0	—		1	0	152	18
VfB Stuttgart	1983–84	Bundesliga	34	3	5	3	—		1	0	40	6
	1984–85		15	4	2	0	—		—		17	4
	1985–86		32	1	6	2	—		—		38	3
	1986–87		33	2	1	0	—		4	0	38	2
	1987–88		30	1	1	0	—		—		31	1
	1988–89		30	1	5	2	—		10	0	45	3
	1989–90		28	5	3	3	—		5	1	36	9
	1990–91		21	3	4	1	—		—		25	4
	1991–92		37	5	4	1	—		4	2	45	8
	1992–93		33	1	2	0	—		3	0	391	21
	1993–94		32	2	1	1	—		—		33	3
	Total		325	28	34	13			27	3	387	45
Urawa Reds	1994	J1 League	20	2	3	0	2	0	—		25	2
	1995		51	4	3	0	-		—		54	4
	1996		24	3	4	0	12	0	—		40	3
	1997		32	2	0	0	6	0	—		38	2
	Total		127	11	10	0	20	0	—		157	11
Karlsruher SC	1997–98	Bundesliga	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
	1998–99	2. Bundesliga	31	3	1	0	—		—		32	3
	Total		40	3	1	0	—		—		41	3
Career total			638	60	50	13	20	0	28	3	737	77

• ¹ Including 1 match and 1 goal in 1992 DFB-Supercup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Germany	1984	3	0
	1985	0	0
	1986	7	0
	1987	7	0
	1988	6	0
	1989	6	0
	1990	12	0
	1991	6	1
	1992	13	1
	1993	10	2
	1994	6	0
Total		76	4

Coaching

As of 11 May 2012

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Karlsruher SC	16 October 1999	24 October 1999	2	0	0	2	000.00
Urawa Reds	1 January 2004	31 December 2006	98	58	19	21	059.18
Alemannia Aachen	1 July 2007	26 November 2007	14	5	4	5	035.71
Total			114	63	23	28	055.26

Honours

As a player

VfB Stuttgart

• Bundesliga: 1983–84, 1991–92
• DFL-Supercup: 1992

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 1990

Individual

• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1989–90, 1993–94
• J.League Best XI: 1995, 1996

As a manager

Urawa Red Diamonds

• J.League Division 1: 2006
• Emperor's Cup: 2005, 2006
• Xerox Super Cup: 2006

Individual

• J.League Manager of the Year: 2006