Kurt Linder Explained

Kurt Linder
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Birth Date:1933 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Karlsruhe, Gau Baden, Germany
Death Place:Muri bei Bern, Switzerland
Position:Striker
Years1:1955–1956
Clubs1:Karlsruher SC
Caps1:9
Goals1:2
Years2:1956–1957
Clubs2:Young Boys
Caps2:16
Goals2:12
Years3:1957–1959
Clubs3:Urania Genève Sport
Caps3:42
Goals3:11
Years4:1959–1960
Caps4:9
Clubs4:Rapid Wien
Goals4:5
Years5:1960–1962
Clubs5:Rot-Weiss Essen
Caps5:26
Goals5:7
Years6:1962–1963
Clubs6:Lyon
Caps6:17
Goals6:1
Years7:1965–1966
Clubs7:Lausanne-Sport
Caps7:1
Goals7:0
Totalcaps:120
Totalgoals:38
Manageryears1:1965–1966
Managerclubs1:Lausanne-Sport
Manageryears2:1966–1968
Managerclubs2:XerxesDZB
Manageryears3:1968–1972
Managerclubs3:PSV Eindhoven
Manageryears4:1972–1973
Managerclubs4:Marseille
Manageryears5:1973–1977
Managerclubs5:Young Boys
Manageryears6:1981–1982
Managerclubs6:Ajax
Manageryears7:1983
Managerclubs7:Young Boys
Manageryears8:1988
Managerclubs8:Ajax

Kurt Linder (8 October 1933 – 12 December 2022) was a German professional football manager and player. He played for Young Boys, Rapid Wien,[1] Rot-Weiss Essen and Lyon, among other teams.

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.

Linder died on 12 December 2022, at the age of 89.[4]

Honours

Player

Young Boys

1956–57

Rapid Wien

1959–60

Manager

Young Boys

1976–77

1976

Ajax

1981–82

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rapidarchiv. Kurt Linder. 8 April 2008.
  2. Web site: Switzerland – Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs. 8 April 2008. live. RSSSF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080627223859/http://www.rsssf.com/players/trainers-zwit-clubs.html. 27 June 2008.
  3. Ploeger, Menno (15 June 1966) Kurt Linder: "Eerst trachten in de eeredivisie te blijven". kranten.kb.nl
  4. Web site: Death notice . 2022-12-19 . ImgBB . de . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219132816/https://i.ibb.co/5GP7bCy/index.png . dead .