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Guido Buchwald

Personal information
Full nameGuido Ulrich Buchwald
Date of birthJanuary 24, 1961(age 49)
Place of birthWest Berlin, West Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current clubretired

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Guido Ulrich Buchwald (born January 24, 1961) is a German former football defender and manager.

The best game of Buchwald's career was probably the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup when he effectivelly marked the skilled footballer, Diego Maradona, earning him the nickname 'Giedo'. He was also part of Germany's disappointing 1994 FIFA World Cup squad.

Buchwald began his professional soccer career in 1983 with VfB Stuttgart. He played 325 games in the German Bundesliga for this club, scoring 28 goals. The low-point of his career was in 1986 when coach Franz Beckenbauer did not include him in his team for the World Cup in Mexico.

The same year Stuttgart lost the final of the German Cup against FC Bayern München and in 1989 the final of the UEFA Cup was also lost, but they managed to win two German championships (1984, 1992).

His personal highlight in his Bundesliga-Career was on the last day of play in the 1991/1992 season, when he scored the deciding goal against Bayer Leverkusen that won Stuttgart the game and the Championship - just 6 minutes before the games' end.

In 1994 he signed with the Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds before returning to Germany in 1998 to help the Karlsruhe avoid relegation. He could not save the team and after one more season playing in the second division he retired but stayed with the club as a director of sports.

After a stop with the Stuttgarter Kickers (again as director of sports) he went back to Japan where he was managing his old club. He has become somewhat of a cult figure in Urawa and has recently lead his team to the 'closing' championship.

Buchwald has just returned to Germany to become manager of Alemannia Aachen.

After five months on duty he was fired by club management on November 26, 2007.

Accra, June 16, GNA. Ghana has reportedly contracted Buchwald as the new coach for the Black Stars.

A 'supreme' source at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) told GNA Sports that Buchwald has signed a two-year renewable contract to manage the Black Stars.

The GFA is expected to announce the new coach next week with Buchwald favourite to take over from Claude Le Roy. The source said both parties agreed on contractual terms when the coach was interviewed in Accra by his employers a fortnight ago.

The GFA appointed Serbian Coach Milovan Rajevac instead of Buchwald on August 12, 2008.

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Turbulenzen bei Kickers - Buchwald im Präsidium - BILD Tweet this news
BILD--Stuttgart (dpa/lsw) - Die Rückkehr von Weltmeister -Guido Buchwald- zu den Stuttgarter Kickers ist perfekt. Allerdings wird der 49- Jährige künftig in einem ... - Date : Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:59:33 GMT+00:00
Landtagswahlkampf: Keine Plakate mit Guido Westerwelle in Hamburg - Hamburger Abendblatt Tweet this news
Hamburger Abendblatt--Wer Guido heißt, stammt aus den frühen 60er Jahren. Wie der Stuttgarter Vorstopper -Guido Buchwald-, den sie nach der Fußball-WM 1990 mit einer Mischung aus ... - Date : Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:09:46 GMT+00:00
Spender leisten großen Beitrag - Schwarzwälder Bote Tweet this news
Schwarzwälder Bote--Der Ex-Profi des Karlsruher SC, der heute in Bad Teinach-Zavelstein lebt, trommelte eine prominente Truppe mit -Guido Buchwald-, dem Weltmeister von 1990 an ... - Date : Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:08:11 GMT+00:00
Kickers droht Spielabsage - esslinger-zeitung.de Tweet this news
esslinger-zeitung.de--Unterdessen steht -Guido Buchwald- vor einer Rückkehr zu seinem Ex-Club. Der 49-Jährige soll Mitglied des Kickers-Präsidiums werden und dort für sportliche ... - Date : Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:19:05 GMT+00:00
SCHALKE 04 Zwischen dem Bundes... - Frankfurter Neue Presse Tweet this news
Frankfurter Neue Presse--Rakitic hat noch Vertrag bis Sommer 2011. sid -GUIDO BUCHWALD- Der Weltmeister von 1990 steht vor einer Rückkehr zu seinem Ex-Verein Stuttgarter Kickers. ... - Date : Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:46:14 GMT+00:00
Rücktritt gefordert: Guido Westerwelle will das Deck nicht verlassen - Hamburger Abendblatt Tweet this news
Hamburger Abendblatt--Wer Guido heißt, stammt aus den frühen 60er Jahren. Wie der Stuttgarter Vorstopper -Guido Buchwald-, den sie nach der Fußball-WM 1990 mit einer Mischung aus ... - Date : Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:37:26 GMT+00:00
Streit bei den Liberalen: FDP will Guido Westerwelle loswerden - Hamburger Abendblatt Tweet this news
Hamburger Abendblatt--Wer Guido heißt, stammt aus den frühen 60er Jahren. Wie der Stuttgarter Vorstopper -Guido Buchwald-, den sie nach der Fußball-WM 1990 mit einer Mischung aus ... - Date : Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:48:14 GMT+00:00
„Die Backsteinstoßer bleiben daheim“ - Sindelfinger Zeitung / Böblinger Zeitung Tweet this news
Sindelfinger Zeitung / Böblinger Zeitung--Mit der Inthronisierung von -Guido Buchwald- als neues Präsidiumsmitglied weht seit geraumer Zeit ein heftigerer Wind unter dem Fernsehturm. ... - Date : Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:15:43 GMT+00:00
Günther Schäfer will mal wieder Tore verhindern - Stuttgarter Nachrichten Tweet this news
Stuttgarter Nachrichten--Ein paar Minuten später erzielte -Guido Buchwald- an diesem letzten Bundesliga-Spieltag den 2:1-Siegtreffer der Gäste bei Bayer 04 Leverkusen - und der VfB ... - Date : Sat, 18 Dec 2010 04:01:20 GMT+00:00
Trainerkarussell dreht sich weiter - Stuttgarter Zeitung Tweet this news
Stuttgarter Zeitung---...- Hansi Müller (den ich mir sehr gut als neuen VfB-Vorstand vorstellen könnte), Robert Schlienz, Karlheinz Förster, Karl Allgöwer, -Guido Buchwald- etc. ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:41:16 GMT+00:00

Senior career
YearsClubAppearances (Gls)
1981 - 1983
1983 - 1994
1994 - 1997
1997 - 1999
Stuttgarter Kickers
VfB Stuttgart
Urawa Red Diamonds
Karlsruher SC
 75  (9)
325 (28)
127 (11)
 40  (3)

National team
YearsNational teamAppearances (Gls)
1984 - 1994Germany 76  (4)

Teams managed
YearsTeam
2004 - 2006
2007
Urawa Red Diamonds
Alemannia Aachen

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
1979-80 Stuttgarter Kickers 2. Bundesliga 33 1
1980-81 38 8
1981-82 38 5
1982-83 37 4
1983-84 Stuttgart Bundesliga 34 3
1984-85 15 4
1985-86 32 1
1986-87 33 2
1987-88 30 1
1988-89 30 1
1989-90 28 5
1990-91 21 3
1991-92 37 5
1992-93 33 1
1993-94 32 2
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total
1994 Urawa Red Diamonds J. League Division 1 20 2 3 0 2 0   - 25 2
1995 51 4 3 0   -   - 54 4
1996 24 3 4 0 12 0   - 40 3
1997 32 2   - 6 0   - 38 2
Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total
1997-98 Karlsruhe Fußball-Bundesliga 9 0
1998-99 2. Bundesliga 31 3
Total Germany 511 49
Japan 127 11 10 0 20 0   - 157 11
Career Total 638 60
1984 3 0
1985 0 0
1986 7 0
1987 7 0
1988 6 0
1989 6 0
1990 12 0
1991 6 1
1992 13 1
1993 10 2
1994 6 0
Total 76 4

J. League Manager of the Year

1993: Matsuki * 1994: Matsuki * 1995: Wenger * 1996: Nicanor * 1997: João Carlos * 1998: Ardiles * 1999: Perryman * 2000: Nishino * 2001: Suzuki * 2002: Suzuki * 2003: Okada * 2004: Okada * 2005: Nishino * 2006: Buchwald * 2007: Oliveira * 2008: Oliveira * 2009: Oliveira

West Germany squad UEFA Euro 1984

Schumacher, Briegel, Strack, K. Förster, B. Förster, Rolff, Brehme, K. Allofs, Völler, Meier, Rummenigge, Burdenski, Matthäus, Falkenmayer, Stielike, Bruns, Littbarski, Buchwald, Bommer, Roleder
Coach : Derwall

West Germany squad 1984 Summer Olympics

Franke, Bockenfeld, Dickgießer, Bast, Wehmeyer, Buchwald, Groh, Bommer, Schatzschneider, Brehme, Mill, Junghans, Schön, Lux, Rahn, Schreier, Schlindwein
Coach : Ribbeck

West Germany squad UEFA Euro 1988 semi-finalists

Immel, Buchwald, Brehme, Kohler, Herget, Borowka, Littbarski, Matthäus, Völler, Thon, Mill, Illgner, Wuttke, Berthold, Pflügler, Eckstein, Dorfner, Klinsmann, Sauer, Rolff
Coach : Beckenbauer

West Germany squad 1990 FIFA World Cup Winners (3rd Title)

Illgner, Reuter, Brehme, Kohler, Augenthaler, Buchwald, Littbarski, Häßler, Völler, Matthäus, Mill, Aumann, Riedle, Berthold, Bein, Steiner, Möller, Klinsmann, Pflügler, Thon, Hermann, Köpke
Coach : Beckenbauer

Germany squad UEFA Euro 1992 Runners-up

Illgner, Reuter, Brehme, Kohler, Binz, Buchwald, Möller, Häßler, Völler, Doll, Riedle, Köpke, Thom, Helmer, Frontzeck, Sammer, Effenberg, Klinsmann, Schulz, Wörns
Coach : Vogts

Germany squad 1994 FIFA World Cup

Illgner, Strunz, Brehme, Kohler, Helmer, Buchwald, Möller, Häßler, Riedle, Matthäus, Kuntz, Köpke, Völler, Berthold, Gaudino, Sammer, Wagner, Klinsmann, Kirsten, Effenberg, Basler, Kahn
Coach : Vogts



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