Torsten Gütschow (born 28 July 1962) is a German

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manager and former player who played as a

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. He is most associated with

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, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in

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and after

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. In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six months with

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of the Turkish

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. A strong and instinctive goalscorer, Gütschow was top scorer in each of the last three seasons of the

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, and was the last

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. He won three international

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s for

, scoring two goals between 1984 and 1989. Since retiring he has taken up coaching, and has been manager of

TuS Heeslingen TuS Heeslingen was a German association football club from the town of Heeslingen, Lower Saxony. The footballers were part of a larger sports club that had departments for aerobics, athletics, badminton, bowling, gymnastics, Pilates, table ten ...

Playing career

In East Germany

Gütschow played as a youth for Traktor Zodel and Dynamo Görlitz, before joining

in 1976. After four years in their youth setup, he was promoted to the first-team, making his

debut in 1980. He established himself as a consistent goalscorer, and scored 17 goals in the 1984–85 season. The next two seasons were blighted by injury, but he returned to form, partnering

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up front, and was the league's top scorer in its last three seasons. His seven goals in the 1988-89 UEFA Cup made him the competition's top scorer and in 1991 he was named as the last

. During much of Gütschow's time with Dynamo Dresden, the league was dominated by

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, who won ten consecutive league titles from

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. Dresden broke this run by winning the championship in

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and

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, adding a

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win in the latter season to complete the double. They had also won the cup in

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and

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After reunification

The last season of the

(now renamed the

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) saw Dynamo Dresden finish second, behind

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, and with

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they qualified for the

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. In their first season they finished in 14th place, and Gütschow was the team's top scorer, with 10 goals from 31 appearances. The following season, he played eight matches, scoring twice, before leaving in December 1992, joining

of the Turkish

. Gütschow's 12 Bundesliga goals are still the most of any Dynamo Dresden player. Galatasaray had a German coach,

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, and two other German players in

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and

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. Gütschow settled in immediately, and scored 10 goals in 15 league appearances, as the club won a

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and

double. Gütschow only spent six months in Turkey, returning to Germany in summer 1993 but remains a popular figure with Galatasaray fans. Gütschow returned to Germany with Carl Zeiss Jena of the

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, but had a singularly unsuccessful season, making only nine league appearances and failing to score. He left Jena after one year, and followed this with single-year spells at two other 2. Liga clubs –

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and

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

. He had more personal success in both these seasons, scoring 16 and 15 goals respectively, but the latter ended in relegation for Chemnitz. In

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, Gütschow returned to Dynamo Dresden, now in the third-tier

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. He spent three years with the club as they tried unsuccessfully to get promoted to the second division, before retiring in

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. In total, he had made 329 league appearances for Dynamo, scoring 149 goals, across two spells. File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0915-018, FC Dynamo Dresden - Chemnitzer FC 1-1.jpg, Gütschow (left) chases the ball in a 1990 match against

. File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0603-032, Dynamo Dresden - 1. FC Union Berlin 5-0.jpg, Gütschow (centre) watches a shot being saved by Henryk Lihsa shot saved during Dynamo Dresden's 5–0 win over

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in 1989 File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-1006-020, 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3-0.jpg, Gütschow celebrates with Steffen Büttner (number 5) during a 3–0 win against Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 1990.

International career

Gütschow was called up to the East Germany national team in February 1984, making his debut in a 3–1 away win against

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. His second cap came later in the same year, also against Greece – this time he scored again in a 1–0 home win. His third and final

didn't come until 1989, in a 1–1 draw with

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at his

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. He was also capped at under-21 level and made three appearances for the DDR

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team.

Coaching career

After ending his playing career, Gütschow took up coaching. He worked with

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, and was manager of

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from 2003 to 2004. In 2006, he was appointed as manager of TuS 1906 Heeslingen, and won promotion to the

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in his first season. Gütchow remained at the club at seven years, leaving in at the end of the 2012–13 season when the club withdrew from the Oberliga for financial reasons. He took over at Regionalliga Norodost side

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a year later.

Stasi

Gütschow worked as an ''Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter'' (paid informant) for the

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. This came about after he was arrested in Sweden for

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; the East German authorities offered him a deal where he would be released on condition that he would provide the Stasi with information. However, he immediately confessed this involvement to his team-mates, and promised never to report anything negative about them.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list East Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gütschow goal.''

Honours

Dynamo Dresden *

: 1989, 1990 *

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: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990 Galatasaray *

: 1993 *

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: 1993

References

External links

Career stats at

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Club profile
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Torsten Gütschow
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