Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler (born 26 September 1957) is a German former professional football player and manager. A defender, he won seven

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titles in his 15-year club career with Bayern Munich. He also represented the West Germany national team, winning the

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. In 2005, Augenthaler was named as a member of the greatest Bayern Munich XI in the club's history.

Playing years

Augenthaler was born in

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, West Germany. He played generally in the position of centre-back or, especially in the later part of his career, as a sweeper. In his years with Bayern Munich, Augenthaler won the

title seven times and the

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three times. In the European Cup he was runner-up in 1982, vs. Aston Villa (0–1), and again in

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, although he missed the final due to suspension, when Bayern lost 2–1 to FC Porto. From 1984 until the end of his career as player in 1991, Augenthaler also captained his club side. He played 404 Bundesliga matches and made 89 appearances in European cup competitions for Bayern. Between 1983 and 1990, he played 27 times for

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, with which he won the World Cup 1990 in Italy in the final against

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(1–0). He was part of the squad that reached the final of the

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Managerial career

Augenthaler's managerial career started as assistant coach with Bayern Munich, serving under coaches

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, Franz Beckenbauer,

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and

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. He managed the last match of the 1995–96 season against

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. From there he moved to become head coach of Austrian side

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from 1997 to 2000, taking them to two third placings. In the winter break of 1999–2000, Augenthaler left Graz and took over 1. FC Nürnberg on 2 March 2000, then in the

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, leading them to promotion. On 29 April 2003, Nürnberg sacked Augenthaler, as the club was facing relegation. He took over the reins at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in May 2003. He managed to save the club from relegation and stayed on there until September 2005. In December of that same year, he was hired by

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. His undistinguished time there ended shortly before the end of the season 2006–07. On 23 March 2010, he signed a half-year contract with

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and replaced Matthias Lust. His contract was terminated on 3 June 2011. Augenthaler rejected contract offers from China and Turkey due to a lack of interest. He applied to become the new head coach of

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in 2015.

Coaching record

Honours

Player

Bayern Munich *

: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89 and 1989–90 *

: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86 * DFB-Supercup:

* Länderpokal: 1977 * European Cup runner-up: 1982,

Germany *

, runner-up

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Individual * ''

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Team of the Season: 1989–85, 1988–89 *

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: 1989 * Goal of the Decade (Germany) * Bayern Munich All-Time XI

Manager

1. FC Nürnberg *

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: 2000–01

References

External links

Klaus Augenthaler
at leverkusen.com * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Augenthaler, Klaus 1957 births Living people German footballers Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers Germany youth international footballers German football managers FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Bavaria FIFA World Cup-winning players Bundesliga players Bayer 04 Leverkusen managers FC Bayern Munich non-playing staff 1. FC Nürnberg managers VfL Wolfsburg managers West German footballers Bundesliga managers Grazer AK managers Association football defenders 3. Liga managers People from Passau (district) Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria