Kurt_Linder

Kurt Linder

Kurt Linder

German footballer and manager (1933–2022)

Kurt Linder (8 October 1933 – 12 December 2022) was a German professional football manager and player. He played for Young Boys, Rapid Wien,[1] Rot-Weiss Essen and Lyon, among other teams.

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After his playing career, Linder became a professional manager in Switzerland with Lausanne-Sport and Young Boys,[2] in Netherlands with XerxesDZB,[3] PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, and in France with Marseille.

As a player he won the league titles of Switzerland and Austria with Young Boys and Rapid Wien respectively, while as a manager Linder won the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup with Young Boys and the Eredivisie with Ajax in the 1981-82 season with 117 goals for and 42 goals against in 34 matches, with players like Keje Molenaar, Frank Rijkaard, Sonny Silooy, Gerald Vanenburg, Johan Cruijff, Soren Lerby, Tscheu La Ling, Wim Kieft, Jesper Olsen, Marco van Basten and John van 't Schip.

Linder died on 12 December 2022, at the age of 89.[4]

Honours

Player

Young Boys

Rapid Wien

Manager

Young Boys

Ajax

References

  1. [1]
    "Kurt Linder". Rapidarchiv. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
  3. [3]
    Ploeger, Menno (15 June 1966) Kurt Linder: "Eerst trachten in de eeredivisie te blijven". kranten.kb.nl
  4. [4]
    "Death notice". ImgBB (in German). Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

Bibliography

  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932–1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.


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