Guido Buchwald

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Guido Buchwald
Personal information
Full name	Guido Ulrich Buchwald
Date of birth	January 24, 1961 (1961-01-24) (age 47)
Place of birth	West Berlin, West Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	unattached
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1983 1983-1994 1994-1997 1997-1999	Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart Urawa Red Diamonds Karlsruhe	075 0(9) 325 (28) 127 (11) 040 0(3)
National team
1984-1994	Germany	076 0(4)
Teams managed
2004-2006 2007	Urawa Red Diamonds Alemannia Aachen
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Guido Buchwald (born January 24, 1961) is a German former football defender and manager.

The best game of Buchwald's career was probably the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup when he effectivelly marked the skilled footballer, Diego Maradona, earning him the nickname 'Diego'. He was also part of Germany's disappointing 1994 FIFA World Cup squad.

Buchwald began his professional soccer career in 1983 with VfB Stuttgart. He played 325 games in the German Bundesliga for this club, scoring 28 goals. The low-point of his career was in 1986 when coach Franz Beckenbauer did not include him in his team for the World Cup in Mexico.

The same year Stuttgart lost the final of the German Cup against FC Bayern München and in 1989 the final of the UEFA Cup was also lost, but they managed to win two German championships (1984, 1992).

His personal highlight in his Bundesliga-Career was on the last day of play in the 1991/1992 season, when he scored the deciding goal against Bayer Leverkusen that won Stuttgart the game and the Championship - just 6 minutes before the games' end.

In 1994 he signed with the Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds before returning to Germany in 1998 to help the Karlsruhe avoid relegation. He could not save the team and after one more season playing in the second division he retired but stayed with the club as a director of sports.

After a stop with the Stuttgarter Kickers (again as director of sports) he went back to Japan where he was managing his old club. He has become somewhat of a cult figure in Urawa and has recently lead his team to the 'closing' championship.

Buchwald has just returned to Germany to become manager of Alemannia Aachen. After five months on duty he was fired by club management on November 26, 2007.

Contents 1 Honors and awards 1.1 Individual honors as player 1.2 Individual honors as coach 1.3 Team honors as player 1.4 Team honors as coach 2 Trivia 3 External links

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual honors as player

• J-League Best Eleven: 1995, 1996

[edit] Individual honors as coach

• J-League Coach of the Year: 2006

[edit] Team honors as player

• World Cup Champions: 1990
• Bundesliga Champions: 1983-84, 1991-92

[edit] Team honors as coach

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

[edit] Trivia

Buchwald is included in the 'Classic Germany' team in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 under the name of 'Burckland'.

[edit] External links

• National Football Teams

Preceded by Akira Nishino

J. League Manager of the Year 2006

Succeeded by Oswaldo de Oliveira

v • d • e West Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1984 1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Strack • 4 K. Förster • 5 B. Förster • 6 Rolff • 7 Brehme • 8 Allofs • 9 Völler • 10 Meier • 11 Rummenigge • 12 Burdenski • 13 Matthäus • 14 Falkenmayer • 15 Stielike • 16 Bruns • 17 Littbarski • 18 Buchwald • 19 Bommer • 20 Roleder • Coach: Derwall

v • d • e West Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1988 1 Immel • 2 Buchwald • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Herget • 6 Borowka • 7 Littbarski • 8 Matthäus • 9 Völler • 10 Thon • 11 Mill • 12 Illgner • 13 Wuttke • 14 Berthold • 15 Pflügler • 16 Eckstein • 17 Dorfner • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Sauer • 20 Rolff • Coach: Beckenbauer

v • d • e West Germany squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Illgner • 2 Reuter • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Augenthaler • 6 Buchwald • 7 Littbarski • 8 Häßler • 9 Völler • 10 Matthäus • 11 Mill • 12 Aumann • 13 Riedle • 14 Berthold • 15 Bein • 16 Steiner • 17 Möller • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Pflügler • 20 Thon • 21 Hermann • 22 Köpke • Coach: Beckenbauer

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1992 Runners-up 1 Illgner • 2 Reuter • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Binz • 6 Buchwald • 7 Möller • 8 Häßler • 9 Völler • 10 Doll • 11 Riedle • 12 Köpke • 13 Thom • 14 Helmer • 15 Frontzeck • 16 Sammer • 17 Effenberg • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Schulz • 20 Wörns • Coach: Vogts

v • d • e Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Illgner • 2 Strunz • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Helmer • 6 Buchwald • 7 Möller • 8 Häßler • 9 Riedle • 10 Matthäus • 11 Kuntz • 12 Köpke • 13 Völler • 14 Berthold • 15 Gaudino • 16 Sammer • 17 Wagner • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Kirsten • 20 Effenberg • 21 Basler • 22 Kahn • Coach: Vogts

v • d • e Urawa Red Diamonds – Managers Mori (1992–93) • Yokoyama (1994) • Osieck (1995–96) • Köppel (1997) • Hara (1998–99) • Aad de Mos (1999) • Yoshida (1999) • Saito (2000) • Yokoyama (2000) • Tita (2001) • Pita (2001) • Ooft (2002–03) • Buchwald (2004–06) • Osieck (2007–08) • Engels (2008–)

v • d • e Alemannia Aachen – Managers Pfau (1962–65) • Weth (1965–66) • Hoffmann (1966–67) • Pfeiffer (1967–69) • Stollenwerk (1969) • Weth (1969–70) • Lindemann (1970) • Kottmann & Schütt (1970–71) • Baumann (1971–72) • Schütt (1972) • Thomas (1972–73) • Pfeiffer (1973–74) • Prokop (1974) • Witzler (1974–76) • Prokop (1976–78) • Haag (1978) • Ahmann (1978–81) • Habig (1981) • Martinelli (1981) • Buhtz (1981–82) • Cendic (1982–83) • Ahmann (1983–84) • Grünther (1984) • Fuchs (1984–87) • Ferner (1987) • Neururer (1987–89) • Grünther (1989) • Denizli (1989–90) • Krautzun (1990) • Wagner (1990–91) • Schleiden (1991) • Hannes (1991–94) • Graf (1994) • von Bruch (1994–96) • Fuchs (1996–99) • Winkhold (1999) • Hach (1999–2001) • Berger (2001–04) • Hecking (2004–06) • Frontzeck (2006–07) • Buchwald (2007) • Schmadtke (2007) • Seeberger (2008–)