Claus-Dieter Wollitz

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Claus-Dieter Wollitz
Wollitz.jpg
Claus-Dieter Wollitz, 2018
Personnel
birthday July 19, 1965
place of birth Brakel ,  Germany
size 185 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
SpVg Brakel
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
0000-1987 SpVg Brakel
1987-1988 FC Schalke 04 29 0(3)
1988-1989 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 0(0)
1989-1993 VfL Osnabrück 141 (43)
1993-1994 Hertha BSC 35 0(6)
1994-1995 VfL Wolfsburg 32 0(6)
1995-1996 1. FC Kaiserslautern 26 0(2)
1996-1998 KFC Uerdingen 05 61 (18)
1998-2001 1. FC Cologne 48 0(6)
2001-2002 TuS Lingen
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2003-2004 KFC Uerdingen 05
2004-2009 VfL Osnabrück
2009-2011 Energy Cottbus
2012-2013 VfL Osnabrück
2013-2014 FC Viktoria Cologne
2016-2019 Energy Cottbus
2020 1. FC Magdeburg
1 Only league games are given.

Claus-Dieter "Pele" [ ˈpeːlə ] Wollitz (born July 19, 1965 in Brakel ) is a German soccer coach and former soccer player . Most recently he was the head coach of 1. FC Magdeburg .

Player career

The offensive midfielder Wollitz ( nickname "Pele") began playing football in his place of birth at SpVg Brakel . In 1987 he moved to the Bundesliga for FC Schalke 04 , which was then coached by Rolf Schafstall . There he made the leap into the regular formation. At the end of the season he rose with the team as bottom of the table in the 2nd Bundesliga .

Wollitz then moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen . Here he was only set up irregularly both under coach Rinus Michels and under the new head coach Jürgen Gelsdorf during the season .

A year later he signed a contract with VfL Osnabrück , who played in the 2nd Bundesliga; VfL paid the highest transfer fee in the history of the club. In his role as a playmaker and free kick specialist, Wollitz developed into a crowd favorite in his four years. At the end of the first two seasons he and his team held the class, Wollitz often scored decisive goals. In 1993, VfL Osnabrück was relegated; Wollitz caused displeasure among coach Hubert Hüring due to the emigration thoughts expressed early on .

In 1993 Wollitz moved to Hertha BSC in the 2nd division , where he took the offensive position as the successor to Mario Basler , who had moved to Werder Bremen. He couldn't live up to expectations. After a season in Berlin, he accepted the offer from the up-and-coming VfL Wolfsburg - at that time also in the 2nd Bundesliga. With his team he narrowly missed promotion to the Bundesliga in the 1994/95 season. He also played the final in the 1995 DFB Cup , which was lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach .

His sixth professional station was Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern , where he immediately integrated into the team. He won the DFB Cup with the club in 1996 , but was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga at the end of the season. In 1996 he moved to the second division club KFC Uerdingen 05 . In Uerdingen he met his former coach Jürgen Gelsdorf again and developed into one of the best players in the 2nd Bundesliga with a total of 18 goals in two years. The 1. FC Köln , who had just been relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time, undertook Wollitz the 1998-99 season. In his first season Wollitz was often used, but later injured. After he was promoted back to the 1st division with his team, he came there to two appearances in the 1st division.

During this phase, Wollitz decided to end his career as a professional footballer in the near future and switch to the coaching field. At the end of 2000 he acquired the A license for this, and in the summer of 2001 he finally left 1. FC Köln.

In autumn 2001 he played briefly for the Lower Saxony division TuS Lingen , only to end his career at the age of 36.

Coaching career

KFC Uerdingen

Wollitz began his coaching career in 2002 with the regional league team KFC Uerdingen 05, where he had already played as a player. After two seasons and one place in the middle of the table at the end of the season, Wollitz moved to VfL Osnabrück for the 2004/05 season, where he had also played earlier.

VfL Osnabrück

Under Wollitz, VfL Osnabrück succeeded on the last match day of the 2006/07 season as second in the table in the Regionalliga Nord and made it to the 2nd Bundesliga.

In 2007 he completed a coaching course, which qualified him as a professional football coach according to the guidelines of the DFB. He completed the course in December 2007 as a state-recognized soccer teacher as second best.

In 2008 he held the class with VfL Osnabrück in the 2nd Bundesliga and finished the season in twelfth place. In 2009 the club rose under Wollitz after relegation games against SC Paderborn in the 3rd division . After the season it became known that VfL Osnabrück players were involved in the 2009 soccer betting scandal .

Energy Cottbus

In June 2009 Wollitz and his assistant and co-trainer Markus Feldhoff moved to FC Energie Cottbus , who had just been relegated from the Bundesliga. Wollitz did not succeed in direct recovery after an average season. In the following season Cottbus was in third place at the end of the first half of the season and played for promotion at times. In January 2011 Wollitz extended his contract until 2013. In the second half of the season his team lost contact with the top ranks, a promotion place was clearly missed in the end. This was followed by a mixed first half of the season in the 2011/2012 season, whereupon Energie Cottbus and Wollitz parted by mutual agreement. The association thus complied with the request for exemption from Wollitz, who gave personal, sporting and family reasons.

Return to VfL Osnabrück

On January 1, 2012, he returned as head coach to VfL Osnabrück, who had played in the third division since 2011. He signed a three-and-a-half year contract until June 30, 2015. On July 1, 2012, he also became sports director. VfL played a good season under Wollitz and stayed in the race for third place, which would have meant relegation, until the end.

On May 11, 2013, immediately after a defeat in the penultimate game of the season against Arminia Bielefeld , Wollitz announced at a press conference his resignation as sports director and coach on June 30, 2013. The resignation was greeted with amazement by the public, especially since VfL three of the last won four games and had good prospects of reaching the relegation place. As a reason for resignation, Wollitz cited a lack of trust in his work in the club environment; In addition, there were changes in the club with which he could not identify. After returning from Bielefeld, he gave an emotional speech of rage in front of some fans, in which he criticized the club's board, among other things. The speech made it to the Internet, and a little later the video was distributed in the media and broadcast in the ZDF morning magazine, among others. Only a little later Wollitz was given early leave. As a justification, the association gave the public announcement of its imminent resignation as well as the criticism of the association's management at the press conference. In a farewell address to his players and the coaching team, Wollitz later apologized for his angry speech. There was talk of an emotional moment.

The previous assistant coach Alexander Ukrow took over the coaching position for the rest of the season. VfL won the last game of the season against Alemannia Aachen and reached the relegation, but failed there at Dynamo Dresden .

FC Viktoria Cologne

For the 2013/14 season , FC Viktoria Köln , who played in the Regionalliga West , signed Wollitz as their new head coach. After several defeats, the club separated from him on December 6, 2014.

Return to Energie Cottbus

On April 12, 2016 Wollitz returned to FC Energie Cottbus, which he should save from relegation from the 3rd division . He succeeded Vasile Miriuță . The rescue did not succeed and after relegation to the Regionalliga Nordost two years later he was promoted to championship again, but in 2018/19 he was immediately relegated. During the winter break of the following season , the regional division announced the amicable separation from Wollitz on January 1, 2020. FC Energie had taken the break as leaders.

1. FC Magdeburg

On January 1, 2020, Wollitz took over the position of head coach at the third division club 1. FC Magdeburg , where he succeeded Stefan Krämer . After only 10 points from 11 competitive games, he was released after the 31st matchday in the table fourteenth.

Others

Wollitz is married and has three daughters. His brother Michael , who was four years older than him, was also a professional soccer player. He got his nickname "Pele", based on the famous Brazilian soccer player Pelé , at the age of five.

As a trainer, Wollitz is known in public for his passionate and emotional leadership style, but also for his frequent outbursts of anger. In the media he is referred to as a "cult trainer", on the other hand characterized as choleric. A former player certified that he invested a lot in the team, the then president of Energie Cottbus described him as authentic and thrilling after his engagement. According to his own statements, he gives his players a lot of freedom, but in return he demands proper behavior.

After outbursts of anger, he was referred to the stands three times by the respective referee in the 2012/13 third division season.

successes

VfL Wolfsburg

1. FC Kaiserslautern

VfL Osnabrück

  • 2005: Winning the Lower Saxony Cup (as a trainer)
  • 2007: Promotion to the second Bundesliga (as a coach)

Energy Cottbus

  • 2018: Winning the Brandenburg State Cup (as a trainer)
  • 2018: Champion of the Regionalliga Nordost (as coach)
  • 2018: Promotion to the third division (as a coach)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung: "I want to help Lingen" , accessed on May 15, 2013
  2. ↑ Consensual separation ( Memento from January 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Pele Wollitz comes back
  4. ↑ Wollitz resigns , notification on the VfL Osnabrück homepage from May 11, 2013, accessed on May 11, 2013
  5. ↑ Wollitz resigns as Osnabrück trainer , SPIEGEL ONLINE, accessed on May 14, 2013
  6. ^ VfL Osnabrück split up after angry speech from Wollitz ( memento from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), sportschau.de, accessed on May 14, 2013
  7. ↑ a b c d e Wollitz released after angry speech in Osnabrück , DIE WELT, accessed on May 14, 2013
  8. ↑ a b Trainer Wollitz apologizes to the team , accessed on May 15, 2013
  9. ↑ kicker.de: After announcement of resignation: Wollitz is on leave , accessed on May 28, 2013
  10. ↑ kicker.de: Ouali rescues Dresden from relegation , accessed on May 28, 2013
  11. ↑ Claus Dieter Wollitz takes over as a trainer ( memento from June 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) viktoria1904.de, accessed on June 21, 2013
  12. ↑ Viktoria Köln is on leave of Wollitz and Eulberg ( Memento from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), viktoria1904.de, accessed on December 9, 2014
  13. ↑ Pelle Wollitz takes over ( memento of April 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Energie Cottbus website, accessed on April 12, 2016
  14. ↑ Pele Wollitz goes in winter , fcenergie.de, accessed on December 21, 2019
  15. ↑ 1. FCM welcomes Claus-Dieter Wollitz , 1.fc-magdeburg.de, accessed on December 23, 2019
  16. ↑ Head coach Wollitz released - Thomas Hoßmang takes over , 1.fc-magdeburg.de, accessed on June 11, 2020
  17. ↑ Herbert Herkenrath: "You can say Pelé to me ..." , STERN.DE, accessed on May 14, 2013 (Note: The nickname is misspelled here, Pelé instead of Pele)
  18. ↑ a b c "Pele" Wollitz: Passion and a long leash , German Football Association e. V., accessed on May 14, 2013
  19. ↑ Kult-Trainer flies to Youtube-Wutrede , accessed on May 15, 2013
  20. ↑ Cult trainer Wollitz shocked: "That'll tear my feet off!" , Accessed on May 15, 2013
  21. ↑ "Pele" Wollitz is supposed to lead Cottbus to the rise , accessed on May 15, 2013
  22. ↑ VfL wants the “rescue card” for liquidity and license - Wollitz has to expect a DFB penalty , accessed on May 15, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Wollitz, Claus-Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wollitz, Pele (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Brakel , Germany