Rainer Bonhof

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Rainer Bonhof
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Rainer Bonhof (1975)
Personnel
birthday March 29, 1952
place of birth Emmerich am RheinGermany
size 180 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1963-1970 SuS Emmerich
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1970-1988 Borussia Monchengladbach 231 (42)
1978-1980 Valencia CF 61 (10)
1980-1983 1. FC Cologne 74 (14)
1983 Hertha BSC 6 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1969-1970 DFB youth selection 10 0(5)
1971-1973 Germany U-23 5 0(0)
1972-1981 Germany 53 0(9)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1989-1990 Bayer 05 Uerdingen ( assistant coach )
1990-1998 Germany (assistant coach)
1998 Germany U-21
1998-1999 Borussia Monchengladbach
2001-2002 al Kuwait SC
2002-2005 Scotland (assistant coach)
2002-2005 Scotland U-21
1 Only league games are given.

Rainer Bonhof (born March 29, 1952 in Emmerich am Rhein ) is a former German- Dutch soccer coach and player . Since February 10th, 2009 he has been Vice President of Borussia Mönchengladbach . During his active time he played for Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Valencia , 1. FC Köln and Hertha BSC . In the 1974 World Cup final , he provided the template for Gerd Müller's winning goal to make it 2-1.

Career

Rainer Bonhof with the World Cup trophy after winning the final at the 1974 World Cup. Together with Bernd Hölzenbein , Jürgen Grabowski and Berti Vogts , he did a lap of honor in the Munich Olympic Stadium

On October 18, 1969 Bonhof played in Geleen against the selection of the Netherlands, his first junior international game (final score 1: 1) for the DFB . At this point he had Dutch citizenship as his grandfather was Dutch. Bonhof became a German citizen after this game .

From 1972 to 1981 he wore the national jersey 53 times as a midfielder and scored nine goals. He was the first naturalized national player.

His greatest sporting success was the 1974 world championship title in Munich, when Germany defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the final , preparing the decisive goal to make it 2-1. Bonhof was the youngest player in the squad at this World Cup. In addition, he was runner-up in Yugoslavia with Germany in 1976 and European champion in 1972 and 1980, each time without commitment.

In his playing days, he was considered a free kick specialist and was feared for his powerful shots. Bonhof scored 57 goals in 311 Bundesliga games and 14 goals in 82 European Cup games.

After his playing career and a year as an assistant at Bayer 05 Uerdingen , he was assistant coach of the national team at the DFB from 1990 to 1998 alongside head coach Berti Vogts and won the 1996 European championship with him . He was then briefly coach of the U-21 national team, but on November 12, 1998, as the successor to Friedel Rausch, he was coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach; the team rose with him for the first time from the Bundesliga. After starting with three defeats in the second division, his engagement ended on August 31, 1999, and he was followed by Hans Meyer as the new coach.

In 2002 Bonhof followed Berti Vogts again as assistant coach of the Scottish national team and remained so from 2004 to 2005 under Walter Smith . In addition, he was the coach of the U-21 national team during this time . In 2005 he prematurely terminated the contract in order to give his successor a longer familiarization period.

From September 1, 2006 to November 2008, Bonhof worked as a scout for Chelsea FC before he was fired from the club due to austerity measures. He was responsible for Germany and Austria and was primarily supposed to sift through talents who might be considered for a commitment at Chelsea.

On February 10, 2009, Bonhof returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach and accepted President Rolf Königs' offer to become second Vice President alongside Siegfried Söllner.

social commitment

Since the summer of 2008, Bonhof has been involved as a sports ambassador for the social project We help Africa for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. He is a member of the board of trustees of the humanitarian aid organization Help - Help for self-help .

successes

Borussia Monchengladbach

Valencia CF

National team

Awards

Web links

Commons : Rainer Bonhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. "The world champion with a wrong passport" on wn.de
  2. Peter Ries Beck: Mr. Walstra and the black pass , Berliner Zeitung , March 16, 2004
  3. a b Note and interview in: RevierSport 52/2013, p. 38 f.
  4. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Rainer Bonhof - International Appearances . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. July 16, 2015. Accessed July 27, 2015.
  5. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Rainer Bonhof - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. July 16, 2015. Accessed July 27, 2015.
  6. Marcel Haisma: Rainer Bonhof - Matches in European Cups . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. February 28, 2004. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  7. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Chelsea dismisses Bonhof, Lehmann remains unpunished - November 3, 2008
  8. Borussia.de: Bonhof in the Presidium - February 10, 2009