Rudi Kargus

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Rudi Kargus
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Personnel
Surname Rudolf Kargus
birthday 15th August 1952
place of birth Worms ,  Germany
position goalkeeper
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1970-1971 Wormatia worms 9 (0)
1971-1980 Hamburger SV 254 (0)
1980-1984 1. FC Nuremberg 131 (0)
1985 Karlsruher SC 22 (0)
1986-1987 Fortuna Dusseldorf 20 (0)
1987-1990 1. FC Cologne 0 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1975-1977 Germany 3 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1991-1996 Hamburger SV Youth
1998 USC Paloma Hamburg
1 Only league games are given.

Rudolf "Rudi" Kargus (* 15. August 1952 in Worms ) is a former German footballer , who as keeper of Hamburger SV in the years 1976 the DFB Cup , in 1977 the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and in 1979 the German football championship won. To date (2016), Kargus is the “penalty killer” in Bundesliga history with a total of 23 penalties . Today the three-time national player is a recognized painter .

Vocational training

Rudi Kargus learned the profession of administrative clerk from 1968 to 1970. In 1971 he became a professional soccer player.

career

Clubs, 1962 to 1990

Wormatia Worms, until 1971

Kargus still played as a twelve-year-old in the youth of Wormatia center forward before he came into the goal through an injury to the regular keeper. As a ball catcher, he found his true talent and quickly got into the Southwest selection. In the 1970/71 season, the A-youth came nine times in the first half of the Wormatia in the Southwest Football Regionalliga . At the side of the experienced teammates Dieter Franzreb, Volker Radtke and Heiner Schmieh, he distinguished himself in the games against SV Alsenborn, Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Homburg and SV Völklingen, so that the DFB also noticed him. Under DFB youth coach Herbert Widmayer , the 1.83 m tall and slender young goalkeeper made his debut on November 25, 1970 in Lübeck in the international match against Sweden in the German youth national team , which ended 1-0. Kargus also guarded the goal of the successful DFB youth in the two qualifying games against Italy in March and April 1971. At the UEFA youth tournament in May 1971 in Czechoslovakia, he played in all three group matches against the hosts (0-0), Greece (2-4) and the DFV team (1-3). In total, Kargus was used in eight youth international matches. The former "doer" of TuS Altrip (finalist in 1970 for the German A youth championship) and Gerhard Heid , who was employed as a youth manager at Hamburger SV, put Rudi Kargus on to the 1971/72 round at Rothenbaum .

Hamburger SV, 1971 to 1980

In the first two rounds in the Bundesliga , 1971 to 1973, Kargus under coach Klaus-Dieter Ochs was not yet able to change the goalkeeper hierarchy at HSV, the regular keeper remained the experienced Arkoc Özcan, who was only found out years after his career had ended actually called Özcan Arkoç . Kargus played his first Bundesliga game on September 11, 1971 in a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Braunschweig. In total, he made 24 league appearances in the first two rounds. When Kuno Klötzer took over the sporting direction in Hamburg for the 1973/74 round, Kargus became a regular player and played 33 rounds. With outstanding reflexes and saves, Kargus stood out in the cup replay against Borussia Mönchengladbach on December 22, 1973, when he was able to parry three penalties from Köppel, Bonhof and Danner in front of 50,000 spectators in a 3-1 win on penalties and thus the basis for his reputation as "Penalty killer" put. The DFB reacted to the achievements of the HSV goalkeeper with the first nomination for the B international match on September 3, 1974 against Luxembourg.

Rudolf Kargus (right) and Willi Reimann (left) with the trophy after winning the final against RSC Anderlecht in the European Cup Winners' Cup , May 11, 1977

His sporting development finally led him in the 1974/75 round to the narrow circle of goalkeepers who came into question for the national team. Sepp Maier , Norbert Nigbur , Bernd Franke , Dieter Burdenski and the young HSV keeper topped the goalkeeper ranking. With three penalties saved in the Bundesliga and two in the UEFA Cup game at Dynamo Dresden - on December 11, 1974, he fended off the penalties from Dörner and Lichtenberger at 2-2 in Dresden - he had finally earned a reputation as a "penalty killer". The development continued, however, Kargus won the DFB Cup with HSV in 1975/76 and was runner-up in the league. He saved seven penalties in the Bundesliga and made his international debut against Turkey on December 20, 1975 in Istanbul. Now he was the clear number two behind Sepp Maier and drove as a substitute to the European Football Championship in Yugoslavia. The sporting highlight was the 2-0 victory in the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup on May 11, 1977 in Rotterdam against RSC Anderlecht in 1976/77.

The personnel rogue of the "general manager" Peter Krohn in 1977/78, with the replacement of the experienced and matter-of-fact trainer routine Kuno Klötzer by the eloquent but not exactly for "Hanseatic virtues", Rudi Gutendorf , however, led to a dramatic sporting experience at HSV Crash. The mistake in the coaching bench brought the Hanseatic League a disappointing tenth place in the Bundesliga and the stability of Kargus' goalkeeping performance was not unaffected. Several mistakes scratched the nimbus of the former national team "Crown Prince". Nevertheless, he traveled with Maier and Burdenski to the soccer world championship in Argentina.

With the new coach Branko Zebec Kargus won the German championship in 1979, was runner-up in 1980 and was in the European Cup of national champions on May 28, 1980 in Madrid in the final against Nottingham Forest . But the 5-1 home win on April 23, 1980 in the semi-finals against Real Madrid is particularly memorable. Although the ex-Wormsman played his 200th Bundesliga game and other B internationals, the former support in the HSV goal was now under criticism due to some weaker performances. He no longer exuded calm and sovereignty and after flying wildly in the European Cup quarter-finals against Hajduk Split , Zebec asked HSV manager Günter Netzer to sign for the goal.

It came Heinz-Josef Koitka and Uli Stein from the second division Rot-Weiss Lüdenscheid and Arminia Bielefeld . It took Kargus three months to find a new employer in 1. FC Nürnberg .

On the other hand, it is reported that Rudi Kargus wanted to have his annual salary increased from 300,000 Marks to 400,000 Marks and a contract extension failed. Thus, without a contract, his income was temporarily reduced to DM 457.20 weekly unemployment benefit for three months, until the transfer fee, which was sufficiently reduced by the HSV from 1.5 million to DM 700,000, elicited an offer from 1. FC Nürnberg. Later, after a lawsuit, the HSV had to pay 6,025 marks to the employment office because it had prevented Kargus from taking up a new job quickly with an excessively high transfer fee.

Kargus played his last Bundesliga game for Hamburger SV on May 31, 1980 in a 4-0 home win against Schalke 04 after a total of 254 Bundesliga games since 1971. Many of the players who played for HSV in this game in the old Volksparkstadion in front of over 50,000 spectators count to the greats of that era, like the "banana flanker" Manni Kaltz , the former European footballer of the year Kevin Keegan , Felix Magath and the "penalty area monster" Horst Hrubesch . As FC Bayern also won that day, HSV were runner-up this time, with two points behind the Munich team, who had the same goal difference.

Nuremberg, 1980 to 1984

Kargus replaced Bernhard Hartmann, who was seen as too inconsistent, and made his debut on the ninth matchday of the 1980/81 round, October 15, 1980, at the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt. After eight match days, the "Club" with coach Horst Heese was 15th in the table with 5:11 points and Kargus and colleagues were pushed even more into the relegation battle with 1: 4 goals through Frankfurt. In the end, Nuremberg finished 14th, and Kargus had made his contribution to staying up in the league in 22 missions.

In the 1981/82 season he was chosen by his team-mates to succeed Reinhold Hintermaiers as captain in a scheduled election by the new coach Udo Klug and became an outstanding player in Nuremberg. On the 24th matchday of the 1981/82 season he parried his 18th penalty in Mönchengladbach, replacing Norbert Nigbur as the record holder.

With the club he reached the final of the DFB Cup in this round. In the semifinals, Kargus previously celebrated a 2-0 victory against his former club from Hamburg. In Frankfurt, however, Bayern Munich prevailed on May 1, 1982 after leading the club 2-0 4-2. Bayern took the lead with a 911 converted by Paul Breitner . Kargus saved the team from Noris in the 1982/83 season with his above-average goalkeeping performance almost alone from relegation. "Rudi is one of our lifeguards," said Udo. In 1983/84, however, Klug was replaced by Rudi Kröner after just eleven match days , even though he had won four wins, two thirds of the total for the year. The club management could not know that until then. Kröner never won and was exchanged for Heinz Höher from January 1, 1984 after a short visit by Fritz Popp to the dugout , who won twice but lost all of the last ten games. Most of the time, however, at least one consolation goal was achieved. Nuremberg came last, and Kargus himself conceded an impressive 82 goals, at least had the consolation that his colleagues at the relegated Offenbacher Kickers, Valentin Herr and the young Oliver Reck , had to fish the leather out of their own nets 24 times more often.

Kargus went to the 2nd Bundesliga and played twelve games there before he was the alleged “ringleader” of the Nuremberg “October Revolution” against coach Höher at the end of October 1984 together with six other players - Udo Horsmann , Stefan Lottermann , Horst Weyerich , Detlef Krella , Manfred Walz and Thomas Brunner  - was terminated without notice due to “indiscretion in breach of contract and refusal to work”. Brunner was pardoned by the club's management because they found out in time that his transfer value had been transferred to a bank as security. Kargus had to wait three months for an offer. It came from the Bundesliga promoted Karlsruher SC, who was afraid of relegation.

Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf and Cologne, 1985 to 1990

On matchday 18, February 2, 1985, Kargus celebrated his Bundesliga comeback in a 3-0 draw against Waldhof Mannheim at the relegation-threatened Karlsruher SC . KSC goalkeeper Bernd Fuhr had conceded 26 goals in the last five games of the first half of the season, so the club signed the experienced keeper from Nuremberg during the winter break, as did defender Michael Hertwig. Kargus completed 15 league games for KSC in the second half of the season, but neither the signings nor the change from coach Werner Olk to Lothar Buchmann could prevent the relegation of Baden. Kargus belonged to the second division squad of the KSC in 1985/86 . The Karlsruhe team relied on Bernd Fuhr in goal. Kargus only came to seven second division appearances. At the end of the round he was without a contract and kept fit with forest runs and gymnastics.

Keeping fit was worth it: After a metatarsal fracture by goalkeeper Jörg Schmadtke , ex-international Kargus received a contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf during the 1986/87 round . He played his 400th Bundesliga game against Bayer Uerdingen on matchday 23. In the end, however, Düsseldorf was relegated to the Bundesliga for the fourth time and Kargus for the third time. "If you are relegated less often, you have more money in the bank!" Rudi Kargus had played another twenty first division games. His last game in the Bundesliga was on May 30, 1987 in the Düsseldorf Rheinstadion against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. At that time, 8,000 spectators wanted to watch in the stadium how Kargus ended his playing career after 408 first division appearances and 19 games in the 2nd Bundesliga.

There followed three years as a substitute for Bodo Illgner at 1. FC Köln, where he was no longer used in the league. After injuring his elbow in an indoor soccer tournament, he had to end his active career for good in 1990.

Trainer

He then took over the position of chief youth coach at Hamburger SV between 1991 and 1996. A year earlier he had completed the football teacher training course at the Sports University in Cologne as a class leader, which meant he was well qualified to train USC Paloma Hamburg in 1997 , where he stayed until 2000 and led the club from the district to the state league.

Due to several hip operations , he had to end his coaching career early.

National team

In the national team he came in 1975, 1976 and 1977 each time in friendly matches and was able to record victories against Turkey, Wales and Yugoslavia. At the European Championships in 1976 in Yugoslavia , where Germany finished second, and the 1978 World Cup in Argentina , he was part of the national team, but was not used.

In the B national team , he came to eleven missions from 1974 to 1979.

successes

National team
Hamburger SV
Personally

In 2009, a study by TU Dortmund University found that Kargus was the most successful penalty killer in Bundesliga history with 3,828 penalties at the time. His 24 penalty kicks (some sources indicate 23) were saved from 70 penalty kicks that were delivered on his goal.

Career as an artist

Rudi Kargus landed as a singer in 1977 with his song Also Penalty You Can't Keep a Hit - but preventing it is ultimately the job of a goalkeeper, reminded the press. The B-side of the single, My Friend the National Goalkeeper , did not invite similar thoughtful reflections.

Since 1996 Rudi Kargus, who showed an interest in art much earlier and stated painting as a hobby, has dealt intensively with art painting and he has already had various exhibitions. This passion was awakened by a painter whom Kargus met while on vacation in Fuerteventura . He learned expressive painting at the Blankenese art school.

For the soccer World Cup 2006 he was commissioned by the DFB to paint soccer pictures, which he said he never wanted to do originally but was happy to do. The pictures were exhibited on the museum ship Rickmer Rickmers in the port of Hamburg. In German Football Museum in Dortmund one of his works in a prominent position is shown permanently.

Kargus, who generally does not sign his works, also deals with socially critical content with his painting and occasionally makes his works available for projects such as the capitalism tribunal.

His studio is located in a remote farm between Norderstedt and Quickborn .

Quote

“I don't want to sound like yesterday, but there are some things I find difficult to take. For example, the whip on the field an hour before the start of the game or the rehearsed goal celebration. I am ashamed of others. "

literature

  • Rudi Kargus: Splendid parade: Painting by Rudi Kargus. Oberhummer Gesellschaft, 2005, ISBN 3-934137-09-1 .
  • Werner Skrentny, Jens Reimer Prüß : Hamburg sports club. Always first class. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-89533-220-8 .
  • BF Hoffmann : The great lexicon of the Bundesliga keepers. More than 300 biographies - from the beginning to the present. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-526-0 , pp. 196-199.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Kargus, Rudi, p. 215 .
  2. ^ Tribune for sale , Der Spiegel , 47/1981.
  3. ↑ Capital on the bank , Der Spiegel, 37/1981.
  4. ↑ Kicker Sportmagazin No. 90/1984, p. 81.
  5. ↑ a b ndr.de Rudi Kargus: The penalty killer with the brush , August 15, 2011, accessed on September 8, 2011.
  6. ↑ ruhrnachrichten.de TU Dortmund: Study outed the penalty killer , May 26, 2009, accessed on September 8, 2011.
  7. ↑ You can also save penalties / My friend the national goalkeeper by Rudi Kargus (single) , Rate Your Music.
  8. ↑ Björn Troll: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: Kargus exhibition for the soccer World Cup 06 ); Report on report-k.de.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.report-k.de
  9. ↑ onlinekunst.de: “Football: Painting by Rudi Kargus” , 2006, accessed on September 8, 2011.
  10. ^ Auction: Images of Capitalism - Benefit Auction Zug , Vienna Online, March 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ Welt Online: Rudi Kargus A clinger learns to let go , October 12, 2009, accessed on September 8, 2011.
  12. ↑ Jens Kirschneck: Interview with Rudi Kargus: Formerly a professional footballer, now an artist , Tagesspiegel , April 5, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Kargus, Rudi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kargus, Rudolf (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms , Germany