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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. |