Werner Bickelhaupt

Werner Bickelhaupt

Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-12-02) 2 December 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth	Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
Managerial career
Years	Team
1971–1972	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
1972–1973	Freiburger FC
1973	VfR Aalen
1974–1975	Spvgg Freudenstadt
1976–1977	Würzburger FV
1977–1978	SC Young Fellows Juventus
1978–1979	Bangladesh
1979	Thailand
1980	FV Biberach
	Al Ittihad
1986	Sakaryaspor
2003	Swaziland

Werner Bickelhaupt (born 2 December 1939) is a German professional football coach who has managed at both national and international level in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Career

Born in Ober-Ramstadt,^[1] Bickelhaupt has managed SpVgg Greuther Fürth,^[2] Freiburger FC,^[3] Spvgg Freudenstadt,^[4] Würzburger FV,^[5] SC Young Fellows Juventus,^[6] Thailand, FV Biberach^[7] and Al Ittihad.^[8]

In 1978 he became the first foreign coach of Bangladesh.^[9] He also managed the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[10] In 1988, he once again took charge of the Bangladesh U19 team, managing the team during their failed attempt to qualify for 1988 AFC Youth Championship.^[11]

In October 2003 he became the new head coach of the Swaziland national football team.^[12] In December 2003 Bickelhaupt was sacked as manager after Swaziland lost to the Cape Verde Islands in the preliminaries of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.^[13][14][15]

References

1. Werner Bickelhaupt - profile at mackolik.com
2. "Trainer" (in German). SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
3. "FFC Statistik" (in German). Freiburger FC. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
4. "Spielvereinigung Freudenstadt - Mannschaftsbilder 1. Mannschaft von 1949 bis 2022". www.spvgg-freudenstadt.de.
5. "Werner Bickelhaupt" (in German). Fußballdaten.de. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
6. "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
7. "Werner Bickelhaupt".
8. "Über Aalen nach Thailand und Burma - Schwäbische Post". www.schwaebische-post.de. Archived from the original on 16 July 2018.
9. "Australian Ord will be new football coach". theindependentbd.com.
10. Mahmud, Dulal (20 April 2021). "ঢাকার মাঠে সবচেয়ে বড় ফুটবল উৎসব". Utp al Shuvro (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 22 November 2023.
11. Kabir, Iqbal (18 January 2024). "লালবাগের সহীদ এক দশকে মাত্র দুটি দলেই খেলেছেন". Ctgsangbad24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
12. "Swaziland line up new coach". BBC Sport. 14 October 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
13. "Mahlalela back in charge". BBC Sport. 12 April 2004. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
14. Kenneth Dlamini (9 May 2009). "When the title race goes to the wire". The Swazi Observer. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
15. "Swaziland". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2009.

External links

• Werner Bickelhaupt at WorldFootball.net