Maurizio Gaudino (, ; born 12 December 1966) is a German football coach and former professional
footballer
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who is director of football for
SSV Reutlingen 05
SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.
History
The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...
.
As a player, he was 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 ...
who notably played in the
Bundesliga
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for
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 ...
,
Eintracht Frankfurt
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and
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...
and in the
Premier League
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for
Manchester City
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. He also played top flight football in
Mexico
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,
Turkey
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and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
for
Club América
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,
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and ...
and
Antalyaspor
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. He also played for
Waldhof Mannheim
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where he both started and finished his career. He was capped 5 times by
Germany
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, scoring one goal.
Playing career
Gaudino was capped five times for
Germany
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in 1993 and 1994, and was in their squad for the
1994 World Cup
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.
Gaudino played 294 Bundesliga games for
Waldhof Mannheim
SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of over ...
,
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 ...
,
Eintracht Frankfurt
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and
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...
. He won the league title with Stuttgart in 1992. He also helped them to the
1989 UEFA Cup Final
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and got himself on the scoresheet in the first leg, although they ultimately lost to a
Diego Maradona
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inspired Napoli.
In 1995, he was loaned out to
Manchester City
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and helped the team end the season with some magnificent performances including a 3–2 victory over the league champions that year
Blackburn Rovers
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. He scored three times in 20 league games, but City still finished 17th in the
Premier League
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(just three places clear of relegation) after a promising early season run of form had hinted at a
UEFA Cup
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place or even a push for the league title.
Gaudino joined
FC Basel
Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, and ...
's first team for their
1997–98 season under head coach
Jörg Berger
Jörg Berger (13 October 1944 – 23 June 2010) was a German football manager and player, who last managed Arminia Bielefeld.
Career
As an active he played for 1.FC Lok Leipzig.
Coaching career
In 1970, Berger was forced to retire due t ...
. After playing in five test games Gaudino played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the
Olympique de la Pontaise on 9 July 1997 as Basel were defeated 0–3 by
Lausanne-Sport.
He scored his first goal for his club on 19 July in the home game in the
St. Jakob Stadium against
Servette
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. But this penalty goal could not help the team, because Basel were defeated 1–3.
Gaudino scored one hat-trick for the club, this was on 4 April 1998 as Basel beat
Étoile Carouge 3–1.
Gaudino played with the club for just this one season. During this time he played a total of 42 games for Basel scoring a total of 16 goals. 30 of these games were in the
Nationalliga A, one in the
Swiss Cup
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and 11 were friendly games. He scored 10 goals in the domestic league, the other six were scored during the test games.
Following his time in Basel Gaudino signed for
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...
and he stayed here only one season. He transferred to
Antalyaspor
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in 1999 and played for them until Antalyaspor's relegation to
Second League A Category in 2001–02 season.
Coaching career
In 2004 he took temporary charge of
SV Waldhof Mannheim
SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of over ...
.
On 11 May 2015, Gaudino was appointed as new
director of football
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at
SSV Reutlingen 05
SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.
History
The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...
valid from 1 July 2015.
Personal life
Gaudino is son of Italian emigrants from
Campania
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. His father was born in
Orta di Atella
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Orta di Atella borders the following municipalities: Caivano, Cr ...
while his mother is from
Frattamaggiore
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. His son
Gianluca is currently playing for Swiss club
Lausanne Sport.
In 2006, Gaudino took part in a charity football match between England and Germany, based on the
1966 FIFA World Cup Final
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. In a game consisting of celebrities and former players, he was
rugby tackled by future British prime minister
Boris Johnson
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.
Honours
VfB Stuttgart
*
UEFA Cup
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: runner-up
1988–89
*
Bundesliga
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:
1991–92
*
DFL-Supercup:
1992
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Antalyaspor
* Turkish Cup: runner-up 1999–2000
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
People from Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Sportspeople from Karlsruhe (region)
German footballers
Association football midfielders
Germany international footballers
Germany under-21 international footballers
German football managers
1994 FIFA World Cup players
SV Waldhof Mannheim players
VfB Stuttgart players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
VfL Bochum players
FC Basel players
Premier League players
Manchester City F.C. players
German sportspeople of Italian descent
Club América footballers
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Antalyaspor footballers
Liga MX players
Süper Lig players
Swiss Super League players
German expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
SV Waldhof Mannheim managers
German expatriate sportspeople in England
German expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Footballers from Baden-Württemberg
West German footballers