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Horst Hrubesch

Hrubesch coaching Germany U21 in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-04-17) 17 April 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	Hamm, West Germany
Height	1.88 m
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	Germany women (interim manager)
Youth career
1958–1970	FC Pelkum
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1971	Germania Hamm
1971–1972	Hammer SpVg
1972–1975	SC Westtünnen
1975–1978	Rot-Weiss Essen	83	(80)
1978–1983	Hamburger SV	159	(96)
1983–1985	Standard Liège	43	(17)
1985–1986	Borussia Dortmund	17	(2)
Total		302	(195)
National team
1980–1982	West Germany	21	(6)
Teams managed
1986–1987	Rot-Weiss Essen
1988–1989	VfL Wolfsburg
1991–1992	Swarovski Tirol
1993	Hansa Rostock
1994–1995	Dynamo Dresden
1995–1996	Austria Wien
1997	Samsunspor
2000–2016	Germany U21
2016	Germany Olympic
2018	Germany women
2021	Hamburger SV
2023–2024	Germany women (interim)
Honours Men's football Representing  West Germany (as player) UEFA European Championship Winner 1980 Italy FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1982 Spain Representing  Germany (as manager) UEFA European Under-19 Championship Winner 2008 Czech Republic UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2009 Sweden Olympic Games Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Representing  Germany (as manager) Olympic Games Bronze 2024 Paris Team UEFA Women's Nations League Third 2024
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Horst Hrubesch (German: [ˈhɔʁst ˈʁuːbɛʃ]; born 17 April 1951) is a German professional football manager and former player who last managed the Germany women's national team. As a player, Hrubesch won three West German championships with his club side, Hamburger SV, as well as the European Cup title in 1983. He was a key member of the West Germany team that won the 1980 European Championship and made it to the final of the 1982 World Cup, losing to Italy. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer (the Header Beast) for his heading skills as a centre forward.

Club career

Hrubesch played in small clubs until the age of 24 when he was signed by Rot-Weiss Essen. There, he played well enough that in 1978 Hamburger SV (HSV) bought him. At Hamburg he blossomed into one of the most productive forwards of the Bundesliga and was soon called up for the West German national team. Hrubesch formed an attacking partnership with fellow HSV player Manfred Kaltz, a right wingback whose crosses Hrubesch often headed in, or headed to teammates to provide them with scoring chances. Hrubesch won the West German championship three times with Hamburg, in 1979, 1982 and 1983; and his team finished second in the league standings twice, in 1980 and 1982. In all, he scored 96 goals in 159 matches for the club.

Hrubesch won the European Cup in 1983, captaining the team to a 1–0 win against favourites Juventus in the final in Athens. Three years earlier he had been on the team that lost the 1980 European Cup Final against Nottingham Forest, however he was injured shortly before the game and could only feature as a half time substitute. Hamburg reached one other major European final while Hrubesch was on the team, losing the 1982 UEFA Cup final against IFK Göteborg.

Hrubesch left Hamburg after the 1983 season to play for Belgian club Standard Liège. After two years he returned to the Bundesliga to play for Borussia Dortmund, appearing in about half the club's games during his one season there. Over the course of his entire career he scored 136 goals in 224 games in the Bundesliga.

International career

West Germany's match-winning hero in the UEFA Euro 1980 final in Rome against Belgium, Hrubesch scored two goals, the second a trademark bullet header, in the 89th minute. It was a day of redemption for the big Hamburger SV centre forward who a few weeks earlier had hobbled around the field with an ankle injury as his club lost the European Cup final to Nottingham Forest. A latecomer to the international scene, Hrubesch had only been called into the West Germany squad after Klaus Fischer broke his leg, and the game against Belgium was only his fifth international appearance. He would play for West Germany 21 times, scoring six goals, his last match being the losing 1982 FIFA World Cup final against Italy.

Hrubesch is also famous for having scored the only goal in the Disgrace of Gijón victory against Austria, and the winning penalty which defeated France in the 1982 FIFA World Cup semi-final, after an epic game which was tied 3–3 after extra-time. Minutes earlier, in the second extra-time period with France leading 3–2, it was Hrubesch who headed a cross from the left wing to Fischer, enabling his spectacular overhead kick equalizer. Irish television commentator Jimmy Magee during the shoot-out coined the nickname that made Hrubesch best known in the English-speaking world: "The man they call 'The Monster'."

Coaching career

Club football

Hrubesch started his coaching career with Rot-Weiss Essen He was there between 1 July 1986 and 14 September 1987. His first match was a 2–0 loss against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 25 July 1986. He had won two of nine league matches and a first round exit from the cup before leaving the club. His final match was a 3–1 loss to Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 13 September 1987. He won 16 of his 47 league matches. Hrubesch then took over VfL Wolfsburg for the 1988–89 season. In the cup, he had a draw and a loss. This includes a 1–1 draw and a 6–1 loss against to Eintracht Frankfurt. Hrubesch then took over Swarovski Tirol from 1 January 1992 to 30 June 1992. His first match was a 2–0 win against Austria Salzburg. Hrubesch took over at Hansa Rostock between 4 January 1993 and 26 June 1993. His first match was a 3–0 loss to Waldhof Mannheim on 6 February 1993. Hrubesch took over as head coach of Dynamo Dresden on 22 November 1994 and was there until 1 March 1995. He failed to win any of his five matches. His first match was a 1–1 draw against Karlsruher SC on 26 November 1994. Dynamo Dresden also lost a 2–1 to Bayern Munich, 1–1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen, 1–0 loss to Werder Bremen, and a 2–0 loss to VfL Bochum. Hrubesch was head coach of Austria Wien for the 1995–96 season. His first match was a 4–0 win against Vorwärts Steyr on 2 August 1995. Hrubesch was head coach of Samsunspor for the 1997–98 season. Samsunspor finished second in Group 6 of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, three points behind Hamburger SV. Their record was three wins and a loss. In the league, they finished with a record of 14 wins, seven draws, and 13 losses in 34 matches.

On 3 May 2021, Hrubesch was appointed as manager of Hamburger SV for the last three matches of the 2020–21 2. Bundesliga season.

International

Hrubesch as the coach of the German woman's national team, 2018

Hrubesch was head coach of Germany's B team from 22 March 1999. He was appointed assistant coach of Germany's A team on 8 May 2000. The coaching staff was reconstructed on 26 March 2002 with Uli Stielike becoming the new head coach of Germany's B team. In 2008, Hrubesch won the European Championship with the Germany U–19 team. On 9 January 2009, Hrubesch was named interim coach of the Germany U–21 team. Rainer Adrion was unavailable to become the permanent head coach until the summer. In June 2009, he guided Germany to the final of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where they defeated England Under 21s by 4–0. On 11 November 2009, it was announced that he will begin to work as U-19 coach of the DFB. He returned to the Germany U–21 team after Rainer Adrion was sacked on 21 June 2013.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was the coach when Germany won the silver medal.

On 13 March 2018, he was appointed as the head coach for the Germany women's national team. He took over the same role again in 2023, as an interim coach for the Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, who was out with an illness and eventually sacked.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hrubesch goal.

List of international goals scored by Horst Hrubesch

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 June 1980	Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy	Belgium	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 1980
2				2–1
3	11 October 1980	Eindhoven, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–?	1–1	Friendly
4	19 November 1980	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, West Germany	France	3–1	4–1
4	1 January 1981	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Argentina	1–0	1–2	1980 World Champions' Gold Cup
5	25 June 1982	El Molinón, Gijón, Spain	Austria	1–0	1–0	1982 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

Honours

As a player

Hamburger SV

• Bundesliga: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
• European Cup: 1982–83

West Germany

• UEFA European Championship: 1980
• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1982

Individual

• Sport Ideal European XI: 1980
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1980
• Onze de Bronze: 1980
• Bundesliga Torschützenkönig: 1981–82

As a coach

Germany U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2008

Germany U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009

Germany U23

• Summer Olympics silver medal: 2016

Germany Women

• UEFA Women's Nations League third place: 2023–24
• Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2024

See also

In Spanish: Horst Hrubesch para niños