Bernd Schuster (born 22 December 1959) is a German former professional
footballer
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of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides
FC Barcelona
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Found ...
(1980–1987) and
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
(1988–1990). He played as a
midfielder
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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 ...
and was nicknamed "der Blonde Engel" (the Blond Angel). After retiring as a player, he managed a number of European clubs, including
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
, taking them to the league title in the 2007–08 season.
Club career
Schuster started his professional career with
1. FC Köln
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ball ...
at age 18 in 1978 after a number of promising performances with the West German Under-18 National team. Schuster left Köln after the 1980 European campaign to sign with Spain's
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Found ...
, where he flourished. During his career, he played for clubs
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
,
Atlético Madrid
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and
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...
. At his final team, the Mexican side
Pumas de la UNAM
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he appeared in ten matches in spring 1997.
Barcelona
Schuster was an important part of the FC Barcelona team during the 1980s, leading the game from midfield and scoring many goals. His club president
Josep Lluís Núñez
José Luis Núñez Clemente (7 September 1931 – 3 December 2018), often known by the Catalanized form of his name used by the Catalan press, Josep Lluís Núñez i Clemente, was president of FC Barcelona between 1978 and 2000. He was elected ...
and some trainers like
Helenio Herrera
Helenio Herrera Gavilán (; 10 April 1910 – 9 November 1997) was an Argentine, naturalized French, football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success with the Inter Milan team known as ''Grande Inter'' in the 1960s.
During h ...
,
Udo Lattek
Udo Lattek (16 January 1935 – 31 January 2015) was a German professional football player and coach.
Lattek is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the game, having won 15 major titles, most famously with Bayern Munich. He also ...
,
Terry Venables
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and
Luis Aragonés
Luis Aragonés Suárez (; 28 July 1938 – 1 February 2014) was a Spanish football player and manager.
Aragonés spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético Madrid. He was a prominent player and then coach of the succe ...
had difficult relations with him.
He won, however, the European Silver Ball in 1980 and Bronze Ball in 1981 and 1985. At age 21, in 1981, he received a bad injury on his right knee by
Athletic Bilbao
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defender
Andoni Goikoetxea
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He was known for his aggressive play and was nicknamed "The Butcher ...
.
Real Madrid
Schuster's move to
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
was controversial due to the strong rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid. His style complemented the group of home-grown Madrid players known as la
Quinta del Buitre
is the moniker given by Spanish sport journalist Julio César Iglesias to the five homegrown Real Madrid players who were at the core of the team that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. The name ("Vulture's Cohort") was derived from Emil ...
who led the team to a dominance of the Spanish Championship through the 1980s.
Atlético Madrid
Schuster signed with
Atlético Madrid
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in autumn 1990 and helped improve the performance of Atletico's traditional games based on backpasses. His long precise passes helped restore Atlético Madrid as a prominent club.
Bayer Leverkusen
In 1993, Schuster returned home to Germany to play for three seasons with
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, t ...
. Despite his contributions, the club was unable to capture
Bundesliga
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and German Cup titles but his performances inspired much of the country to push for a place for him in the 1994 World Cup squad. In the national TV-Station ARD "Goal of the year" election Schuster won the first three places in 1994.
In the
UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll to name the finest European players of the last five decades, Schuster finished 40th.
International career
Schuster was part of the
West Germany national team that won the
1980 UEFA European Football Championship
The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams i ...
in Italy, appearing in two of Germany's four matches. His performances there helped him earn the Silver Ball Trophy honour as the Europe's second best player in 1980 behind
Golden Ball winner, and Germany team-mate
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
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. His refusal to take part in a match against
Albania
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to be home for the birth of his second son David caused a sporting scandal at the time.
Schuster retired from the German national team at the age of 24, due to his repeated disagreements with the
German Football Association
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, then national team manager
Jupp Derwall
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, and teammates including
Paul Breitner
Paul Breitner (born 5 September 1951) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and left-back. Considered one of the best players of his era, Breitner was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Time Team, and was named by Pel ...
.
According to Schuster, it was due to a major disagreement with the managements of both Barcelona and the German national team on either side of a friendly match against Brazil. Overall Schuster won 21 caps for the West German national team
Coaching career
Fortuna Köln
Schuster was the coach of
Fortuna Köln
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between 1 July 1997 and 30 June 1998.
1. FC Köln
Schuster was coach of
1. FC Köln
1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ball ...
from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999.
Schuster was unable to get the club promoted. In 2000, he applied for the manager job at Scottish club
Dundee FC
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The club was formed after a merg ...
, but the Dundee chairman rejected his application.
Xerez
Schuster became coach of
Xerez on 26 June 2001.
Schuster coached the team successfully for two seasons. The second and third best seasons in the history of the club. However, he could not get the club promoted to
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Banco Santander, Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaL ...
.
Shakhtar Donetsk
In June 2003, he accepted a deal to coach
Shakhtar Donetsk
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starting on 1 July 2003.
Schuster established a club record number of consecutive victories. However, the team did not win the championship and did not reach the final round of the Champions League with a match against
Lokomotiv Moscow
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. Schuster was sacked on 5 May 2004,
one week before his team played and won the Ukrainian Cup final in 2004.
Levante
Schuster returned to Spain in summer 2004 to coach
Levante.
Schuster was sacked on 1 May 2005.
The sacking came with a 5-point advantage over the relegation zone with five matches remaining. However, Levante could not win a game and fell to the
Segunda División
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again.
Getafe
Schuster moved to
Getafe
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Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...
in the summer of 2005.
Schuster led them to their best season in team history under his guidance. Schuster coached Getafe in their second successful season and the team did even better, seventh in
La Liga
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. Getafe also secured entry to the
2007–08 UEFA Cup
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as a result of reaching the final of the
Copa del Rey
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after overcoming a 5–2 first leg semi-final defeat against
Barcelona
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, beating them 4–0 in the second leg.
Real Madrid
Schuster was appointed coach of
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
on 9 July 2007.
As manager, he made a successful start with Real Madrid, taking them to top of the La Liga standings. Attacking football returned again to the
Santiago Bernabéu stadium
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with Madrid having the strongest offence, not beaten at home from the start of the league and defeating their arch rival
Barcelona
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at their home ground
Camp Nou
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, increasing their lead to seven points between them and second place (Barcelona).
The team qualified to the second round of the
UEFA Champions League
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leading their group which contained
Olympiacos
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,
Werder Bremen
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and
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. He changed Real Madrid's style of play, switching from the defensive football during the reign of
Fabio Capello
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As a player, Capello represented SPAL 1907, Roma, Milan and Juventus. He played as a midfielder and won several trophies during his career whi ...
to fast paced, attacking football. After losing 2–1 to
Roma
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in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League which meant the elimination of Real Madrid, many doubted that Schuster would continue to be Madrid's coach, but the club denied the allegations. On 4 May 2008, Schuster guided Real Madrid to their 31st title with three games to spare.
On 18 May 2008, Schuster's
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
achieved the highest point total (85 points) a record that was set by rivals Barcelona. He went on to win the
Supercopa de España
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. Although enjoying a successful season with Madrid, Schuster had frequent confrontations with the media. Sometimes refusing to answer questions, making controversial or sarcastic statements and walking out of press conferences. On 9 December 2008, Schuster stepped down
as coach after a 4–3 defeat to
Sevilla FC
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, and speaking out publicly about his team standing no chance of beating Barcelona (Coached by Pep Guardiola at the time) in the
El Clásico
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derby match. He was replaced by
Juande Ramos
Juan de la Cruz "Juande" Ramos Cano (born 25 September 1954) is a Spanish former footballer and manager.
After playing and managing at an amateur level, Ramos led Rayo Vallecano to promotion to La Liga, followed by reaching the quarter-finals ...
.
Beşiktaş
On 10 June 2010, Turkish club
Beşiktaş
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announced that Schuster had agreed to become the club's new coach on a two-year contract.
Among his first signings for the club were Portuguese winger
Ricardo Quaresma
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He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Porto (twice), Chelsea, Beşiktaş ...
,
Roberto Hilbert
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Club career
Born in Forchheim, West Germany ...
and former Real midfielder
Guti, who was coached by Schuster at Madrid. Later he bolstered the squad with three additional Portuguese stars
Simão Sabrosa
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Having pla ...
,
Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.
After failing to establish himself at Porto, being loaned several times during his contract, he made a name for h ...
and
Manuel Fernandes. Schuster resigned on 15 March 2011 from
Beşiktaş
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after the bad results, having frequent confrontations with the media, making controversial statements and walking out of press conferences.
He was criticised by the Turkish media for trying to implement a reckless attacking style of play.
Málaga
Schuster became head coach at
Málaga
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on 12 June 2013.
In May 2014 his contract was terminated after he failed to achieve a top-half position in the league.
Dalian Yifang
On 19 March 2018,
Chinese Super League
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team
Dalian Yifang
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officially appointed Schuster as the coach. He was replaced by
Choi Kang-hee in 2019.
Personal life
During his time as a player, Schuster and his wife Gaby were celebrities in Germany. Gaby had a controversial reputation, which worsened when she took over the job as her husband's manager. During the Schusters' stay in Spain, she was also notorious for her often public comments directed towards FC Barcelona coach
Udo Lattek
Udo Lattek (16 January 1935 – 31 January 2015) was a German professional football player and coach.
Lattek is one of the most successful coaches in the history of the game, having won 15 major titles, most famously with Bayern Munich. He also ...
and national coach
Jupp Derwall
Josef "Jupp" Derwall (10 March 1927 – 26 June 2007) was a German professional football manager and player. He was head coach of the West Germany national team between 1978 and 1984, winning the UEFA Euro 1980 and reaching the final of the 198 ...
when her husband played for them. The couple have four children. In 2008, Schuster separated from Gaby Schuster. In 2012, after his divorce, he married Elena Blasco, a Spanish lawyer.
Career statistics
Club
International
Managerial
Honours
Player
Barcelona
*
La Liga
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:
1984–85
*
Copa del Rey
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:
1980–81,
1982–83,
1987–88
*
European Cup Winners' Cup
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:
1981–82
*
Copa de la Liga
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Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the competition only lasted four years, being cancelled in 1986. Winning the trophy helped two ...
: 1983
Real Madrid
*
La Liga
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:
1988–89,
1989–90
*
Copa del Rey
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:
1988–89
*
Supercopa de España
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: 1989
Atlético Madrid
*
Copa del Rey
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:
1990–91
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,
1991–92
West Germany
*
UEFA European Championship
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:
1980
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Individual
*
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1980
*
Ballon d'Or
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runner-up: 1980; third place: 1981, 1985
*
La Liga
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:
Don Balón Award
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for Best Foreign Player: 1985, 1991
* ''
kicker
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Bundesliga
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Team of the Season: 1993–94
*
Goal of the Year (Germany)
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: 1994
Manager
Getafe
*
Copa del Rey
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runner-up:
2006–07
Real Madrid
*
La Liga
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:
2007–08
*
Supercopa de España
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:
2008
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Individual
*
La Liga
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Miguel Muñoz Trophy
The Miguel Muñoz Trophy ( es, Trofeo Miguel Muñoz) is a football award for team managers in Spanish football, established by Spanish newspaper Marca in 2006, in memory of the legendary Real Madrid manager Miguel Muñoz.
The award is based ...
for Best Coach of the Year: 2006
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1959 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Augsburg
Footballers from Bavaria
West German footballers
German footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Augsburg players
1. FC Köln players
FC Barcelona players
Real Madrid CF players
Atlético Madrid footballers
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
Club Universidad Nacional footballers
Bundesliga players
La Liga players
Liga MX players
Germany youth international footballers
Germany under-21 international footballers
Germany international footballers
UEFA Euro 1980 players
UEFA European Championship-winning players
German expatriate footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Spain
German expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
German football managers
SC Fortuna Köln managers
1. FC Köln managers
Xerez CD managers
FC Shakhtar Donetsk managers
Levante UD managers
Getafe CF managers
Real Madrid CF managers
Beşiktaş J.K. managers
Málaga CF managers
Dalian Professional F.C. managers
2. Bundesliga managers
Segunda División managers
Ukrainian Premier League managers
La Liga managers
Süper Lig managers
Chinese Super League managers
German expatriate football managers
German expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
German expatriate sportspeople in China
Expatriate football managers in Spain
Expatriate football managers in Ukraine
Expatriate football managers in Turkey
Expatriate football managers in China