Rudi Assauer

Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer (30 April 1944 – 6 February 2019) was a German football manager and player.[1] His nicknames were Stumpen-Rudi, or Cheroot Rudi.

Rudi Assauer
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Personal information
Full nameRudolf Assauer
Date of birth(1944-04-30)30 April 1944
Place of birthSulzbach, Saarland, Germany
Date of death6 February 2019(2019-02-06) (aged 74)
Place of deathGelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1952–1963SpVgg Herten
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1963–1964SpVgg Herten35(7)
1964–1970Borussia Dortmund121(8)
1970–1976Werder Bremen186(4)
Teams managed
1978–1979Werder Bremen (joint interim)
1980Werder Bremen (joint interim)
1981Schalke 04 (joint interim)
1981Schalke 04 (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life

He was born in Saarland, Germany.

Assauer played for Borussia Dortmund from 1964 to 1970 and for Werder Bremen from 1970 to 1976. He managed Werder Bremen from 1978 to 1979 and again in 1980. He also managed Schalke 04 in 1981.

In January 2012, aged 67, Assauer was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.[2] He died from complications of the disease at his home in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia on 6 February 2019 at the age of 74.[3]

Managerial statistics

Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Werder Bremen 20 December 1977[4] 31 December 1977[4] 1 1 0 0 100.000 [4]
Werder Bremen 29 January 1980[4] 20 February 1980[4] 1 0 0 1 &00.00 [4]
Schalke 04 26 May 1981[5] 30 June 1981[5] 2 0 1 1 &00.00 [5]
Schalke 04 20 January 1983[5] 24 January 1983[5] 1 0 1 0 &00.00 [5]
Total 5 1 2 2 20.00

Rudi Assauer Media

References

  1. "Rudolf Assauer" (in Deutsch). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  2. ""Der Kopf, die Birne – schlimmer geht's nicht"" (in Deutsch). sueddeutsche.de. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. "Rudi Assauer ist tot" (in de). Der Spiegel. 6 February 2019. http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/rudi-assauer-ist-tot-a-1251960.html. Retrieved 6 February 2019. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Werder Bremen" (in Deutsch). kicker. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "FC Schalke 04" (in Deutsch). kicker. Retrieved 27 April 2014.

Other websites

  Media related to Rudi Assauer at Wikimedia Commons