Guido Buchwald

Guido Buchwald
Buchwald in 2012
Personal information
Full name Guido Ulrich Buchwald
Date of birth (1961-01-24) 24 January 1961 (age 65)
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Stuttgarter Kickers (Director of football)
Youth career
1969–1977 SV Wannweil
1977–1978 TSV Pliezhausen
1978–1979 Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1983 Stuttgarter Kickers 146 (18)
1983–1994 VfB Stuttgart 325 (28)
1994–1997 Urawa Red Diamonds 127 (11)
1997–1999 Karlsruher SC 40 (3)
Total 638 (60)
International career
1980 West Germany U-21 1 (0)
1983–1984 West Germany Olympic 9 (1)
1984–1994 Germany 76 (4)
Managerial career
2004–2006 Urawa Reds
2007 Alemannia Aachen
2012 Stuttgarter Kickers (interim)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner1990 Italy
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up1992 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guido Buchwald (born 24 January 1961) is a former German football player. He has played for the German national team.

The best game of Buchwald's career was in the 1990 FIFA World Cup final, where West Germany beat Argentina. Buchwald closely marked Diego Maradona during the match, which earned him the nickname "Diego." His other nickname, "Bucky," comes from his unusual name. Buchwald also played for Germany in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and earned 76 caps in his career.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stuttgarter Kickers 1979–80 2. Bundesliga 33110——341
1980–81 38810——398
1981–82 38510—10405
1982–83 37420——394
Total 1461850—1015218
VfB Stuttgart 1983–84 Bundesliga 34353—10406
1984–85 15420——174
1985–86 32162——383
1986–87 33210—40382
1987–88 30110——311
1988–89 30152—100453
1989–90 28533—51369
1990–91 21341——254
1991–92 37541—42458
1992–93 33120—3039121
1993–94 32211——333
Total 32528341327338745
Urawa Reds 1994 J1 League 2023020—252
1995 51430-—544
1996 24340120—403
1997 3220060—382
Total 12711100200—15711
Karlsruher SC 1997–98 Bundesliga 90———90
1998–99 2. Bundesliga 31310——323
Total 40310——413
Career total 63860501320028373777

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 198430
198500
198670
198770
198860
198960
1990120
199161
1992131
1993102
199460
Total764

Coaching

As of 11 May 2012
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Karlsruher SC 16 October 1999 24 October 1999 2002000.00
Urawa Reds 1 January 2004 31 December 2006 98581921059.18
Alemannia Aachen 1 July 2007 26 November 2007 14545035.71
Total 114632328055.26


Honours

As a player

VfB Stuttgart

Germany

Individual

As a manager

Urawa Red Diamonds

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup 26™ Official Hospitality". fifa.com.
  2. ↑ "Guido Buchwald - International Appearances". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  3. ↑ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  4. 1 2 Whitney, Clark (4 October 2013). "The 20 Most Intimidating Defenders in Bundesliga History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Deutscher Supercup, 1992, Finale". dfb.de. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1989/90" (in German). kicker.
  7. ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1993/94" (in German). kicker.
  8. ↑ Jackman, Spencer (29 May 2018). "Iniesta Is Taking His Talents To Japan, Joining These Legenday J League Imports". The18. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "CLUB HISTORY". Urawa Red Diamonds. Retrieved 6 December 2018.[permanent dead link]
  10. ↑ "Aachen name Buchwald as new coach". CNN International. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.