Hans ("Hannes") Bongartz (born 3 October 1951) is a German
football
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coach and former player.
Club career
Bongartz was born in
Bonn
The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...
. He began his footballing career at
SG Wattenscheid 09
SG Wattenscheid 09 is a German association football club located in Wattenscheid, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club claimed an official founding date of 18 September 1909 as Ballspiel-Verein Wattenscheid out of the merger of two earlier ...
and became a central midfielder to be reckoned with even before moving to
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 1974. He moved to
1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1978 where he was to finish his career in 1984. Altogether Bongartz played 298
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
games, scoring 39 goals.
International career
Bongartz participated in the
Euro 1976
The 1976 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Yugoslavia. This was the fifth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 16 and 20 June 1976.
Only f ...
in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. Bongartz won four caps for the
West Germany national team.
Coaching career
Bongartz later became the coach of
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...
and
1. FC Kaiserslautern. During the 2003–04 season Bongartz became the trainer of SG Wattenscheid 09.
His best Bundesliga result as a manager is seventh place in 1987 with Kaiserslautern.
Honours
West Germany
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UEFA European Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition is contes ...
runner-up:
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
Schalke 04
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Bundesliga
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runner-up:
1976–77
1. FC Kaiserslautern
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DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...
finalist:
1980–81
References
External links
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1951 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Bonn
German footballers
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Association football midfielders
Germany international footballers
Germany B international footballers
UEFA Euro 1976 players
Bundesliga players
Bonner SC players
SG Wattenscheid 09 players
FC Schalke 04 players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
German football managers
Bundesliga managers
1. FC Kaiserslautern managers
FC Zürich managers
SG Wattenscheid 09 managers
MSV Duisburg managers
Borussia Mönchengladbach managers
Sportfreunde Siegen managers