Horst Bertl

Horst Bertl (born 24 March 1947) is a retired German football midfielder.[1]

Horst Bertl
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-03-24) 24 March 1947
Place of birth Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 TuS Bremerhaven 93
1970–1972 Hannover 96 60 (13)
1972–1974 Borussia Dortmund 31 (17)
1974–1979 Hamburger SV 104 (25)
1979–1980 Houston Hurricane 23 (1)
1981–1983 Memphis Americans (indoor) 28 (24)
Teams managed
1981–1984 Memphis Americans
1993 Dallas Rockets
– F.C. Dallas Coach
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Player

In 1969, Bertl began his career with TuS Bremerhaven 93 before transferring to Bundesliga club Hannover 96 in 1970. He played two seasons with Hannover and moved to Borussia Dortmund where he also spent two seasons. In 1974, Bertl signed with Hamburger SV. He played five seasons with Hamburg before moving to the United States and signing with the Houston Hurricane of the North American Soccer League in 1979. The Hurricane folded after the 1980 season and Bertl spent two seasons with the Memphis Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Manager

In 1981, the Memphis Americans of MISL signed Bertl as head coach. He compiled a 39-53 record over two seasons as a player-coach. In 1984, Bertl became a coach with the Comets Soccer Club in Dallas, Texas.[2] In 2012, MLS's FC Dallas Youth acquired the Comets Soccer Club, adding Bertl to its program as well.[3] In 1993, he coached the Dallas Rockets to the USISL playoffs.

Bertl served as player agent for Paul Caligiuri, Eric Eichmann, Braeden Cloutier and Brian McBride.

Honours

References
  1. "Horst Bertl". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  2. "Coaches : Horst Bertl". Comets Soccer Club. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120924063317/http://www.fcdallasyouth.com/FCD--Dallas-Division-expands-with-addition-of-Comets-Soccer-Club.aspx. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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