Hans-Jürgen Gede (born 14 November 1956) is a German

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach and former player.

Playing career

Born in

Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...

, Gede began playing football for

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

in 1975. In 1977, he joined

SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia which is mostly recognised for its football section. The football team currently plays in Regionalliga West which is the fourth tie ...

and after playing 71 times for club, he left Preußen and joined

SC Fortuna Köln SC Fortuna Köln is a German association football club based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. History The club was formed as on 21 February 1948 through the merger of three local sides: Victoria Köln 1911 (one of two clubs to ...

. He made 344 appearances for Fortuna Köln and scored 48 goals. He retired in 1991.

Coaching career

Gede was appointed as head coach of Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1991, just months after his retirement from playing. He signed with Iranian side Persepolis in 1994, beginning a successful tenure. After about three months in Persepolis, he was appointed as head coach of the Iran national under-23 football team in June 1994 to lead the team to qualification for the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, but failed. After that, he coached at

KSV Hessen Kassel KSV Hessen Kassel is a semi-professional German football club based in Kassel, Hesse. KSV competes in the German Regionalliga Südwest, the fourth tier of German football. Nicknamed "Die Löwen" (the lions), the club was founded as FC Union 9 ...

, SV Lippstadt 08 and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. In 2004, he was appointed as assistant coach of the Uzbekistan national football team and became their head coach in 2005, coaching the team in two matches. In 2005, he returned to Iran and managed Shahid Ghandi in the

Azadegan League The Azadegan League ( fa, ليگ آزادگان, ''Lig-e Âzâdegân''), also known as League 1 ( fa, لیگ یک, ''Lig-e Yek''), is the second highest division of professional football in Iran. It was the top-level football league in Iran from ...

. Al-Ahli Manama,

Kuala Lumpur FA Kuala Lumpur City Football Club, known simply as KL City FC, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuala Lumpur. The club competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top level of Malaysian football, and was founded in 1974 as Feder ...

, Neftchi Baku, Okktha United FC and

Tahaddy Benghazi Al-Tahaddi Sports Club is a Libyan football club based in Benghazi. They are a member of the top division in Libyan football, but were relegated in season 2007/08. Their home stadium is March 28 Stadium. Honors *Libyan Premier League: 4 ::1968, ...

were his next teams. During the

2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup The 2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup (also known as Iran Pro League) was the 28th season of Iran's Football League and tenth as Iran Pro League since its establishment in 2001. Sepahan were the defending champions. The season featured 15 teams from t ...

, he was the assistant coach to

Parviz Mazloomi Parviz Mazloomi ( fa, پرویز مظلومی, born 16 September 1954) is a former Iranian footballer who is the team manager of the Esteghlal. He played for Esteghlal and Tractor Sazi in the 1970s and 1980s. He also managed many clubs such as ...

in Esteghlal. On 1 June 2011, he was appointed as the assistant coach of Zob Ahan. On 20 June 2016, he was appointed as a technical director of the Vietnam national team. On 10 August 2020, he was appointed as the technical director of Viettel.

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