Gerd Achterberg Explained

Gerd Achterberg
Birth Date:4 December 1940
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Caps1:327
Goals1:131
Clubs1:Spandauer BC
Managerclubs1:Spandauer BC
Managerclubs2:BFC Südring
Managerclubs3:BBC Südost
Managerclubs4:Spandauer BC
Managerclubs5:Spandauer SV
Managerclubs6:Reinickendorfer Füchse
Managerclubs7:SCC Berlin
Managerclubs8:BFC Preussen
Manageryears9:1984–1985
Managerclubs9:Tennis Borussia Berlin

Gerd Achterberg (4 December 1940 – 5 January 2025) was a German football manager.[1]

Achterberg scored 131 goals in 327 games for Spandauer BC[2] as a player and later went on to coach the team in two stints as manager. He also led Tennis Borussia Berlin to the 1984–85 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin championship and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, but was replaced by Eckhard Krautzun in the autumn of 1985 after winning only three out of the season's first 12 games.

Achterberg died on 5 January 2025, at the age of 84.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steckbrief – Gerd Achterberg. ping-pong-veterans.de. 25 June 2001. 2 February 2011. German.
  2. Web site: Rekorde . . 2 February 2011 . German . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710233414/http://www.fcspandau06.com/Rekorde.htm . 10 July 2011 .
  3. News: Schmidt . Brian . Gerd Achterberg is dead: Spandau icon passes away - Berlin and Chemie Leipzig mourn . Gerd Achterberg ist tot: Spandauer Ikone verstorben – Berlin und Chemie Leipzig trauern . 7 January 2025 . MOZ . 7 January 2025 . German.