Egon Coordes (born 13 July 1944) is a German former professional

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player and coach.

Playing career

Coordes was born in

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, Germany. He began his career at Regionalliga North side

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but quickly moved to the

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, playing the rest of his career at just two clubs:

SV Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are be ...

and

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

as a defender. Although a rare goalscorer, he managed to score the 10,000th Bundesliga goal when he netted for VfB Stuttgart against

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

on 26 January 1974. He played one final season in the 2. Bundesliga after VfB Stuttgart suffered relegation before retiring in 1976, aged 31.

Coaching career

Coordes entered coaching with

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in the Regionalliga North and worked his way through to the post of assistant coach at

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which play ...

by 1984. He stepped up to being head coach at his former club

in 1986, but lasted just one season as the team finished a disappointing 12th. He returned to his old post at Bayern Munich, before again trying his hand as head coach of

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in March 1992, but again fared poorly and was sacked after just six months. This was the cue for Coordes to try his luck abroad as he moved to the

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

with Al-Nasr before returning to Europe with

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. After a year with the Austrian high-flyers, he headed back to his native land with 2. Bundesliga side

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. Again, he struggled with German management as the club plunged into the

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for the first time in their history and Coordes was promptly sacked. After a spell back as Bayern Munich assistant coach, he moved to Switzerland for a season with

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (german: Luzern). It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league syste ...

before again heading out to the Middle East as the Iranian under-23 coach and later at Al-Khaleej of the

. Following a single season there, he again moved to Austria with amateur side FC Gatt, before again returning to work for Bayern Munich.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coordes, Egon Living people 1944 births German footballers German football managers Hannover 96 managers Association football defenders FC Bremerhaven players SV Werder Bremen players VfB Stuttgart players Khor Fakkan Sports Club players UAE Pro League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Sportspeople from Bremerhaven Expatriate football managers in Austria Expatriate football managers in Iran Expatriate football managers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Hamburger SV managers FK Austria Wien managers FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff VfB Stuttgart managers FC Luzern managers Bundesliga managers German expatriate sportspeople in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Iran German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Footballers from Bremen (state)