Günther Schäfer (soccer player)

Günther Schäfer
Personnel
birthday	June 9, 1962
place of birth	Waiblingen ,  Germany
size	174 cm
position	Defender
Juniors
Years	station
0000-1975	TSV Neustadt
1975-1980	VfB Stuttgart
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1980-1996	VfB Stuttgart	331 (9)
1996-1998	Arminia Bielefeld	42 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1981-1984	Germany U-21	15 (0)
1987-1988	Olympic team	6 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2004-2005	VfB Stuttgart (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Günther Schäfer (born June 9, 1962 in Waiblingen ) is a former German football player and coach.

career

Schäfer played 373 Bundesliga games for VfB Stuttgart and Arminia Bielefeld and was assistant coach at VfB Stuttgart.

His greatest successes are second place in the 1989 UEFA Cup and second place in the 1986 DFB Cup, as well as the German championship in 1984 and 1992 . He achieved all of his successes with VfB Stuttgart.

He was highly valued by the supporters of VfB Stuttgart due to his great commitment, which distinguished him as a "tough" defender. His rescue operation, which made it possible to win the German championship in 1992, has not been forgotten by the fans: he used overhead kicks to prevent a possible goal in the decisive game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen , although he risked a serious injury as a result of this action.

In 2015 Schäfer became team manager at VfB Stuttgart. He had previously headed the Bundesliga club's soccer school.

Web link

• Günther Schäfer in the database of fussballdaten.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Setting the course. (No longer available online.) VfB Stuttgart 1893 eV, May 25, 2015, archived from the original on May 28, 2015 ; accessed on May 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.