Kurt Linder
Kurt Linder (born 8 October 1933) is a German former professional football manager and player. He played for Young Boys, Rapid Wien,[1] Rot-Weiss Essen and Lyon, among other teams.
 Linder as Ajax manager in July 1981 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kurt Linder | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Karlsruhe, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1956 | Karlsruher SC | 9 | (2) |
| 1956–1957 | Young Boys | 16 | (12) |
| 1957–1959 | Urania Genève Sport | 42 | (11) |
| 1959–1960 | Rapid Wien | 9 | (5) |
| 1960–1962 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 26 | (7) |
| 1962–1963 | Lyon | 17 | (1) |
| 1965–1966 | Lausanne-Sport | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 120 | (38) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1965–1966 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| 1966–1968 | XerxesDZB | ||
| 1968–1972 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
| 1972–1973 | Marseille | ||
| 1973–1977 | Young Boys | ||
| 1981–1982 | Ajax | ||
| 1983 | Young Boys | ||
| 1988 | Ajax | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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.
Honours
References
- "Kurt Linder". Rapidarchiv. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
- "Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
- Ploeger, Menno (15 June 1966) Kurt Linder: "Eerst trachten in de eeredivisie te blijven". kranten.kb.nl
Bibliography
- Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932–1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.