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, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

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 S ...

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 on 26 January 1974. He played one final season in the

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after VfB Stuttgart suffered relegation before retiring in 1976, aged 31.

Coaching career

Coordes entered coaching with

OSC Bremerhaven OSC Bremerhaven is a German sports club based in Bremerhaven, in the states of Germany, federal state of Bremen (state), Bremen. History The club was founded in 1972 as ''Olympischer Sport-Club Bremerhaven'' in a merger of various List of footb ...

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 pla ...

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 with

Al-Nasr Al Nassr Football Club ( ar, نادي النصر السعودي; '' Naṣr'' meaning ''Victory'') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955, the club plays its home games at the Mrsool Park. Their home colours are yellow ...

before returning to Europe with Austria Vienna. After a year with the Austrian high-flyers, he headed back to his native land with

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

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before again heading out to the Middle East as the Iranian under-23 coach and later at Al-Khaleej of the UAE. Following a single season there, he again moved to Austria with amateur side FC Gatt, before again returning to work for Bayern Munich.

References

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