Kurt Kowarz
Kurt Kowarz (born April 12, 1958 in Ulmbach ) is a former soccer goalkeeper and now works as a soccer coach .
Kowarz played for 1. FC Nürnberg from 1988 to 1994 and made 11 Bundesliga appearances. Kowarz was the second man behind Andreas Köpke at Nuremberg and therefore only came on missions when Köpke was injured or suspended due to red cards.
Career
"Kurti" Kowarz began his career at SG Germania Ulmbach , then moved to SG Bad Soden and became champion of the Hessian regional league in 1980 , which also meant promotion to the Hessian football league . In the summer of 1982 he moved to the top division VfR Bürstadt , only to fail in the promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga that same year . In the following year, he was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Kowarz was the only one to complete all 38 second division games in the 1983/84 season, but with his usual good performances, he could not prevent the immediate relegation. Kowarz moved to the second division promoted Viktoria Aschaffenburg , from 1986 he played for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen . After Rot-Weiß Oberhausen's license was withdrawn due to financial irregularities in the 1987/88 season , he was unemployed for weeks .
Curiously, Kowarz found his new employer through a report in the kicker sports magazine . 1. FC Nürnberg was looking for a replacement for Andreas Köpke - Kurt Kowarz completed a convincing trial session and received a contract with Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg for the current 1988/89 season . Between 1988 and 1994 he only made 11 Bundesliga appearances there, as he made a close friendship with Köpke and accepted Köpke's exceptional position and thus also his position as second goalkeeper without complaint.
In his last season at the club, Kowarz did not play any more, 1. FC Nürnberg was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, Köpke moved to Eintracht in Frankfurt. Kowarz was again without a club before he continued as a player-coach in the amateur area at FV Steinau in Hesse in 1995 . With the FV Steinau he was promoted three times to the Oberliga Hessen. From 1998 Kurt Kowarz was goalkeeping coach at Arminia Bielefeld , and already there the paths crossed with Zdenko Miletić , with whom he later trained again at FC Augsburg . Then Kowarz worked in a talent development program of the DFB.
Kurt Kowarz had been working as a coaching assistant at FC Augsburg since the 2002/03 season , with whom he achieved the long-awaited promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2006. On January 2, 2008, he was released from duty with immediate effect. On January 17, 2009, the soccer teacher was introduced as the new head coach of TSV Rain am Lech (Bayernliga). There he was under contract until June 30, 2011.
Kurt Kowarz also works as a goalkeeping coach for the DFB. From January 3, 2008 to January 15, 2009 he was in charge of the German U-19 national football team and took part in the U-19 European Football Championship in 2008 , which Germany won.
From January 16, 2009 to June 30, 2009 he worked for the German national soccer team (U-21 men) , which won the U-21 European soccer championship in 2009 .
Since July 1, 2009, he has been the goalkeeping coach of the German U-20 national soccer team , which reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 junior soccer world championship . Kurt Kowarz was currently the goalkeeping coach at 1860 Munich, where he was released on June 22, 2016.
Worth mentioning
- In 1994, Kurt Kowarz and Andreas Köpke jointly produced the one-hour video instructional film Professional Goalkeeper Training with Andreas Köpke and Kurt Kowarz , which is still available on DVD today.
- Kurt Kowarz managed to move up as a goalkeeper as well as a football coach from the lowest divisions up to the Bundesliga.
Individual evidence
- ↑ A bang in Rain - Kowarz must stop , fupa.net from January 25, 2011; Accessed March 5, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kowarz, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steinau an der Straße |