Burkhard Pape (born 1932) is a German former professional
football
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player and manager. After a brief playing career as a
right winger
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, Pape became a football coach who spent nearly forty years managing national teams in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
Career
Playing career
Born in 1932 in
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river.
Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...
, Pape played as a
right winger
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Hannover 96
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,
VfR Neumünster
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and
FSV Frankfurt
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.
Coaching career
In June and July 1961, Pape managed a German all-star team called the Baden Amateur All-Stars which toured the northeast United States, winning five out of six games.
Pape became manager
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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in 1968 after leaving his job coaching
Sierra Leone
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.
He left Uganda in August 1972, having won 41 out of the 70 games he had been in charge of.
His next big job was as
Egypt national football team, Egypt manager, a position he held from 1975 to 1977.
After leaving Egypt, Pape left Africa and managed teams across Asia and the Pacific, such as
Sri Lanka
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,
Indonesia
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,
Thailand
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,
Papua New Guinea
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and
Tuvalu
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.
Pape returned to Africa to coach
Tanzania
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at the 2000 Four Nation Castle Lager Cup.
References
External links
Burkhard Pape Interview
1932 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Magdeburg
German footballers
German football managers
German expatriate football managers
West German football managers
Expatriate football managers in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Uganda
Uganda national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Egypt
Egypt national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Indonesia
Indonesia national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Thailand
Thailand national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea national football team managers
Expatriate football managers in Tanzania
Tanzania national football team managers
1976 African Cup of Nations managers
Men's association football wingers
Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt
West German expatriate sportspeople in Sierra Leone
West German expatriate sportspeople in Uganda
West German expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
German expatriate sportspeople in Sri Lanka
German expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
German expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
German expatriate sportspeople in Papua New Guinea
German expatriate sportspeople in Tanzania
West German expatriate football managers
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