Udo Lattek

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Udo Lattek
Udo Lattek.jpg
Udo Lattek as coach of FC Bayern Munich (1973)
Personnel
birthday January 16, 1935
place of birth Bosemb ,  German Empire
date of death January 31, 2015
Place of death Cologne ,  Germany
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
VfB Koenigsberg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
SSV Marienheide
1955-1958 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 30 (12)
1958–1962 VfR Wipperfürth
1962-1965 VfL Osnabrück 70 (34)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
0000-1965 VfR Wipperfürth
1965-1970 Germany youth
1965-1970 Germany (assistant)
1970-1975 FC Bayern Munich
1975-1979 Borussia Monchengladbach
1979-1981 Borussia Dortmund
1981-1983 FC Barcelona
1983-1987 FC Bayern Munich
1991 1. FC Cologne
1992-1993 FC Schalke 04
2000 Borussia Dortmund
1 Only league games are given.

Udo Lattek (born January 16, 1935 in Bosemb , East Prussia , † January 31, 2015 in Cologne ) was a German football player and coach .

As a coach, Lattek won a total of eight German championship titles with FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach . With this record he is the most successful club coach in German football. He also won with the two clubs and the FC Barcelona each have a competition in the European Cup ( European Champion Clubs 'Cup , UEFA Cup , UEFA Cup Winners' Cup ).

Lattek, who was also a television expert for many years, worked as a columnist until his Parkinson's disease became known .

Private

Lattek was born into a farming family in Bosemb in the East Prussian district of Sensburg (today's Boże in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ).

Towards the end of the Second World War , the family was expelled from their homes , first moved to Denmark for two years , then to West Germany in Wipperfürth in Upper Berg . Lattek grew up there on a farm.

In 1955 Lattek passed the Abitur . From 1955 to 1958 he studied in Münster Sports and English for the teaching profession . He then worked for a year at Engelbert-von-Berg-Gymnasium Wipperfürth , his former school. After a four-month employment at the Canisianum grammar school in Lüdinghausen , he taught in 1961 as a sports teacher at the Altenforst grammar school in Troisdorf . In 1962 Lattek married Hildegard, a physical education teacher. Their first son Dirk died of leukemia in 1981 at the age of 15 . Lattek then went to Spain with his wife to coach FC Barcelona for two years . Their daughters were born in 1982 and 1988.

Player career

From a young age he was an avid soccer player. He played as an amateur for SSV Marienheide before the striker moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen , where he played his first league game on March 29, 1956 (the top German division at the time). The Werkself, who had just missed qualifying for the final round of the German soccer championship last year as third in the table, surprisingly rose the following year. After a stopover at VfR Wipperfürth , Lattek moved to VfL Osnabrück in 1962 , where he played for three years in the Ober- and Regionalliga Nord and scored 34 goals in 70 games.

Work as a trainer

German Football Association (1965–1970)

On the recommendation of Lattek's instructor in the coaching course, Hennes Weisweiler , in the spring of 1965 the DFB offered Lattek the position of coach of the youth national team , which Lattek accepted. In addition, he was an assistant to the coaching staff of national coach Helmut Schön for the senior national team , which is why he also traveled to England for the 1966 World Cup .

Bayern Munich (1970–1975)

Udo Lattek (right) and Gerd Müller , 1973

On March 14, 1970, Lattek took over as coach at Bayern Munich . Franz Beckenbauer is said to have persuaded him to do so because the players had problems with the reigning coach Branko Zebec and spoke out vehemently for Lattek. They knew Lattek from the national team. His appointment was controversial as he had no experience as a club coach and was just 35 years old. Lattek and Bayern finished the season as runners-up.

In the ranks of Munich there were four national players: Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier , Gerd Müller and Georg Schwarzenbeck . Lattek supplemented the team with the youth national players Paul Breitner , Uli Hoeneß and Rainer Zobel , who had followed the call of their former teacher to the Isar . Lattek was considered tactically and psychologically savvy, preferred to speak frankly when dealing with his players and thus contributed to forming a functioning unit out of this squad. He built FC Bayern into the strongest German club team and initiated what is probably the most successful phase in the club's history. After winning the DFB Cup in 1970/71 , he became German champions three times in a row from 1972 to 1974 with Bayern, who had twice been successful champions in the past few decades . The European crowning achievement followed in 1974: Bayern were the first German team to win the European Cup (1: 1, 4: 0 against Atlético Madrid ). In the summer of 1974, the Bayern players - six were regular players during the tournament - also formed the core of the German world championship team , which won the world championship title in their own country.

1974/75 Bayern played their worst Bundesliga season to date, during which a series of 73 home games broke without defeat. After disagreements with club president Wilhelm Neudecker , Lattek was dismissed on January 3, 1975 and replaced by Dettmar Cramer .

Borussia Mönchengladbach (1975-1979)

For the 1975/76 season Lattek had actually signed with Rot-Weiss Essen , but then went to Borussia Mönchengladbach , the reigning champion and Bayern competitor in recent years: “What would you do if you had the choice between a bicycle (Essen) and a Mercedes (M'gladbach)? "

In Mönchengladbach Lattek took over an intact team with players like Uli Stielike , Jupp Heynckes , Herbert Wimmer , Allan Simonsen , Rainer Bonhof and Berti Vogts , but he changed the game system of the "foals". Instead of the “hurray style” of his predecessor Hennes Weisweiler , he put the emphasis more on the defensive area and won the next two championships in 1976 and 1977 with a stable defense, which meant another title hat-trick in the 1970s. In 1977 he was with Gladbach in the final of the European Cup . But you had to admit defeat to Liverpool 1: 3. The renewed championship in 1978 was only missed because of the worse goal difference compared to 1. FC Köln .

In 1979 Borussia defeated Red Star Belgrade in the final of the UEFA Cup (1-1, 1-0) and celebrated their second international success. After four years, Lattek said goodbye to Bökelberg and handed over his position to Jupp Heynckes, who had ended his playing career.

Borussia Dortmund (1979–1981)

With Borussia Dortmund , a few years earlier still in the second division, Lattek spent two unspectacular years in the middle of the Bundesliga . This time was overshadowed by the serious illness of his son Dirk and his death in 1981. Lattek took this as an opportunity to leave Germany and look for a new challenge abroad. He asked BVB President Reinhard Rauball for early release and took over the coaching position at the traditional Spanish club FC Barcelona .

FC Barcelona (1981-1983)

Lattek: “I needed a new task, Barcelona were the most difficult club back then, which challenged me 24 hours a day and thus distracted me. I also had to learn a new language, I did it in three months, never needed an interpreter and gave a short speech in Spanish in front of 45,000 spectators during the first training session at Camp Nou . "

In 1982 Lattek reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup with "Barça" , in which Standard Liège could be defeated 2-1. This summer, the exceptional Argentinian player Diego Maradona moved to Barcelona, ​​which already had many stars in its squad with Migueli , Carles Rexach , Quini , Bernd Schuster and Lattek's old friend Allan Simonsen . Lattek had a difficult relationship with Maradona. When he was delayed on a team bus departure date in 1983, Lattek let the bus leave without the superstar. A little later - on March 3, 1983 - Lattek was dismissed and replaced by the Argentine César Luis Menotti . Lattek suspected that he was fired because of a complaint from Maradona to the club's president.

FC Bayern Munich (1983–1987)

After his release in Spain, he returned to the Bundesliga and took over Bayern a second time for the 1983/84 season . His former player Uli Hoeneß, now Bayern manager, had brought him back to the Isar. Lattek was able to build on his successes from the early 1970s by following another title hat-trick ( 1985 , 1986 , 1987 ) - in 1986 even the then still rare “double” of championship and cup. In 1987, however, his team lost 2-1 to FC Porto in the final of the European Cup, 13 years after Lattek's first appearance in the final .

At Bayern he worked again with many exceptional players such as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , Lothar Matthäus , Dieter Hoeneß , Jean-Marie Pfaff and Klaus Augenthaler and lived up to his reputation as the “most successful German coach”. The picture of the trainer became famous, after winning the title in 1987 (the tenth Bayern player, making them record champions for the first time) tossing his pants to the spectators in the Olympic Stadium and then celebrating only in underwear.

As in 1979 at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Jupp Heynckes followed him as coach.

Sports director at 1. FC Köln (1987–1992)

On July 1, 1987, Udo Lattek swapped the coach bench for the office chair. At 1. FC Köln he was supposed to take care of the interests of the licensed team as a so-called technical director . At the beginning of August 1987, Lattek and the FC board caused a sensation with the return of Pierre Littbarski . The return of Littbarski also gave a sporting boost, so that the FC remained unbeaten in the Bundesliga until the away defeat at Werder Bremen on November 7, 1987 and made it to the top of the table. “Udo, the guru from the Rhine”, was the headline of the “kicker” and quickly identified the blue sweater that the sports director always wore at games as a good luck charm. Lattek later auctioned the famous textile for the benefit of children's cancer aid. After only a little over six months, he asked the FC officials to terminate his contract because he had been offered an offer as chief columnist for the new “ Sport-Bild ” magazine . In September 1990, however, Lattek withdrew as sports technical director for 1. FC Köln. During the 1991/92 season, FC separated from their head coach Erich Rutemöller , and Udo Lattek stepped in as an interim coach. He looked after the team at the home game against Bayern Munich (1: 1) and shortly afterwards handed over the training management to assistant coach Hannes Linßen . In the summer of 1992 Lattek left 1. FC Cologne.

FC Schalke 04 (1992-1993)

The master maker looked after FC Schalke 04 for six months before the club president Günter Eichberg , who became known as the “Sun King”, fired him during the winter break. After that, Lattek announced his withdrawal from the active soccer business.

Borussia Dortmund (2000)

Towards the end of the 1999/00 season , the now 65-year-old took over a coaching position for the last time in seven years. Borussia Dortmund was then ranked 13th in the table five game days before the end of the season, just two points ahead of the first relegation zone. Lattek and his assistant Matthias Sammer managed to lead Dortmund to 11th place in the table. After a final 3-0 win against Hertha BSC , the successful coach was frenetically celebrated by 75,000 fans in the Westfalenstadion . He declined an engagement beyond the season. According to his own statements, Lattek received two million marks for his short assignment .

Success as a trainer

International

Germany

After the coaching career

Lattek lived with his wife in Cologne and worked as a columnist for Die Welt and kicker . On May 22, 2011, he was ceremoniously bid farewell as a commentator in the Sunday program Doppelpass auf Sport1 (formerly DSF) after 16 years and 786 programs in which he had long since achieved cult status as an expert.

In August 2010, Lattek suffered a stroke . Thanks to the quick action of his wife, consequential damage could be prevented. In 2011 and 2012 he had to undergo two operations on the brain to remove benign tumors. On October 13, 2013, his wife announced to the Bild newspaper that Lattek had Parkinson's disease . It was also known that he suffered from creeping dementia . He lived in a nursing home in Cologne and was dependent on a wheelchair. He died on January 31, 2015 at the age of 80. He was buried on February 10, 2015 in the New Cemetery in Cologne-Weiden with prominent sympathy ( Reinhard Rauball , Wolfgang Niersbach , Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , Erich Ribbeck , Reiner Calmund , Christoph Daum , Wolfgang Overath and Rainer Bonhof ).

Awards

Lattek was recognized by the German Academy for Football Culture for the football slogan of 2010. His award-winning statement about 1.FC Köln , which he once looked after as sports director :

"There is always such a great atmosphere in the Cologne stadium, actually only the team bothers."

In 2011 he received the Sport Bild Award for his life's work.

Web links

Commons : Udo Lattek  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Lattek buried in Cologne. Sport1, February 10, 2015, accessed February 10, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Udo Lattek gets out of the "Doppelpass". In: welt.de . May 8, 2011, accessed February 6, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b Start trainer: Udo Lattek suffers from Parkinson's. In: Spiegel Online . October 14, 2013, accessed February 6, 2015 .
  5. ↑ April 28, 2003: Interview with Maischberger
  6. ↑ Physical education with Udo Lattek. In: ksta.de. July 26, 2011, accessed February 6, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Bild.de of February 5, 2015: From refugee child to winner in the European Cup
  8. ↑ Christian Eichler: A modernizer of football. In: FAZ.net . February 4, 2015, accessed February 6, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Udo Lattek - an eventful career - Bundesliga - picture gallery. In: kicker.de . Retrieved February 6, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Udo Lattek - career (trainer). Fussballdaten.de, accessed on February 4, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Udo Lattek turns 80: "One of the greatest trainer personalities". DFB, January 16, 2015, accessed on February 4, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Udo Lattek's stations and successes. FC Bayern Munich, January 16, 2015, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2015 .
  13. ^ Former FC Barcelona coach Udo Lattek passes away. FC Barcelona, ​​February 4, 2015, accessed February 4, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Udo Lattek - From the coach bench to the office chair. Retrieved July 25, 2018 .
  15. ↑ probono TV: Udo Lattek, maischberger. February 4, 2015, accessed June 23, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Thomas Gassmann: Udo Lattek in an interview: “I don't give a shit about death”. In: express.de. May 28, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Udo Lattek leaves the "Doppelpass" , welt.de, May 8, 2011
  18. ↑ Udo Lattek on the way to recovery after a stroke , nwzonline.de, September 13, 2010
  19. ↑ Trainer legend Lattek is doing very badly , welt.de, October 14, 2013
  20. ↑ Oskar Beck: Udo plain text - the big Entert (r) ainer is dead. In: welt.de . February 6, 2015, accessed February 6, 2015 .
  21. ↑ Great mourning for the legendary coach Udo Lattek , welt.de, February 4, 2015
  22. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Udo Lattek
  23. ↑ Udo Lattek: Only the team disturbs - more sport. In: kicker.de . January 26, 2011, accessed February 6, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Lattek, Udo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Bosemb , District of Sensburg , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2015
Place of death Cologne , Germany