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Felix Magath
Personal information

Full name	Wolfgang-Felix Magath
Date of birth	26 July 1953 (1953-07-26) (age 56)
Place of birth	Aschaffenburg, West Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Schalke 04 (coach)
Youth career
1960–1964	VfR Nilkheim
1964–1972	TV 60 Aschaffenburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1972–1974	Viktoria Aschaffenburg
1974–1976	FC Saarbrücken	76	(29)
1976–1986	Hamburger SV	306	(46)
National team^‡
1977–1986	West Germany	43	(3)
Teams managed
1995–1997	Hamburger SV
1997–1998	FC Nuremberg
1998–1999	Werder Bremen
1999–2001	Eintracht Frankfurt
2001–2004	Stuttgart
2004–2007	Bayern Munich
2007–2009	Wolfsburg
2009–	Schalke 04
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 1986

Wolfgang-Felix Magath (born 26 July 1953) is a former German football central midfielder and current manager of FC Schalke 04.

1 Early years
2 Playing career
3 Managing career
4 Club statistics
5 Managing reputation
6 Coaching record
7 Honours
- 7.1 Player
- 7.2 Manager
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

Early years

Magath was born near Aschaffenburg, the son of a Puerto Rican soldier in the United States Army and a German mother. Magath and his mother were abandoned by his father who returned to Puerto Rico in 1954. Magath first heard from his father, when he was 15 years old, after he wrote to his father in Puerto Rico. In 1999, Magath visited Puerto Rico and finally met his father. Magath and his father re-established their relationship and they began visiting each other twice a year since then. He revealed to the Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero that he has Puerto Rican roots and that he was proud of both his ethnic backgrounds.

Playing career

Magath started his career playing for local club Viktoria Aschaffenburg. From 1974–1976, he played for 1. FC Saarbrücken, at that time in the second division, before moving to Hamburger SV in the top flight.

He would spend the following ten seasons with Hamburg, and from his debut in 1976 to his retirement he scored 46 goals in 306 games in the first division.^[1]

In 1983, Magath led Hamburg to success in the European Cup with the single goal in the 1-0 win in the final against Juventus F.C.; in 1980–81, he netted a career-best (in the first division) 10 goals, helping his side to a runner-up league spot, as Hamburg won the league in three years during that time.

He also represented the German national team at many international events, including the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, helping Germany land in second place both times. The only known Puerto Rican to have played in a World Cup, Magath made his debut on 30 April 1977, in a 2–1 friendly win with Yugoslavia, and went on to amass 43 caps, with three goals.

Managing career

After retiring as a player, Magath began coaching in October 1995 for his former club Hamburg. He would be sacked at the end of 1996–97.

After a stint at Eintracht Frankfurt, his reputation in the German league grew with his performances as coach of VfB Stuttgart. He was then appointed as manager of FC Bayern Munich on 1 July 2004.^[2] In his first season, Magath was able to lead his team to victory in both the league and cup, completing the double, a feat which would be repeated in 2005–06, the first time ever in the competition's history.

However, after a slow start to the 2006–07 season, with the team mired in fourth place which would not qualify them for the Champions League, led him to be sacked on 31 January 2007.^[3] In June 2007 he signed a contract at VfL Wolfsburg,^[4] leading the Wolves to play in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the following season's Champions League, the latter as league champions.

On 7 August 2006, Magath revealed that the Puerto Rico Football Federation had approached him with an offer to assume the position of national team director in preparation for the Caribbean country's 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign in South Africa.

"I have an offer from Puerto Rico, Magath told Focus magazine. The president of the Puerto Rico Football Federation asked me whether I could work as team director in the build-up to the 2010 World Cup."

Magath went on to admit that he was tempted, although he ultimately turned it down. Before 2008–09 had ended, he agreed on a deal to join FC Schalke 04, starting on 1 July 2009 until June 2013^[5] as head coach and general manager.^[6]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1974–75	FC Saarbrücken	Second Division	38	12
1975–76	FC Saarbrücken	Second Division	38	17
1976–77	Hamburger SV	German League	30	1
1977–78			33	4
1978–79			21	4
1979–80			32	5
1980–81			33	10
1981–82			28	8
1982–83			34	4
1983–84			34	5
1984–85			32	3
1985–86			29	2
Total	Germany		382	75
Career Total			382	75

Managing reputation

As a manager, Magath quickly gained respect and became notorious for his hard, grinding training methods, laying heavy emphasis on discipline, fitness and conditioning. Players gave him nicknames like “Saddam” (Saddam Hussein) or “Quälix”, a mash of his first name Felix and the German verb “quälen” (to torture).^[7] After establishing himself as one of the most successful managers in recent Bundesliga history, this became somewhat of a cult.

Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Domestic Cup				Europe
Team	Year	W	D	L	Pts	Finish	W	L	Win%	Result	W	D	L	Result
FCB	2004–05	24	5	5	77	1^st	6	0	1.000	Won Cup	5	1	4	Lost to Chelsea FC in UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals.
FCB	2005–06	22	9	3	75	1^st	6	0	1.000		4	2	2	Lost to AC Milan in UEFA Champions League last 16.
FCB	2006–07	10	4	5	34	4^th ¹	2	1	.667		3	3	0	Finished 1st in UEFA Champions League Group Stage.¹
FCB Total		56	18	13	186		14	1	.933	-	12	6	6
Total

¹Was relieved of his duties on 31 January 2007. Bayern Munich were in 4^th place in the Bundesliga and won Group B in Champions League at the time of his dismissal.

Honours

Player

European Cup: 1982–83; Runner-up 1979–80
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1976–77
German League: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83; Runner-up 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84
UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up 1977
UEFA Cup: Runner-up 1981–82
FIFA World Cup: Runner-up 1982, 1986
UEFA European Football Championship: 1980

Manager

German League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09
German Cup: 2004–05, 2005–06
German League Cup: 2004

References

^ "Felix Magath" (in German). fussballdaten.de. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/magathfelix/. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ "Magath answers Bayern call". UEFA.com. 19 May 2004. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=180483.html. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ "Hitzfeld installed as Bayern axe Magath". The Guardian. 3 January 2007. http://football.guardian.co.uk/continentalfootball/story/0,,2002937,00.html.
^ "Magath handed power at Wolfsburg". UEFA.com. 31 May 2007. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=545263.html. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ "Magath to sign four-year contract as general manager and head coach". Schalke04.de. 6 May 2009. http://www.schalke04.de/news_single_english.html?&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=762&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=23895&cHash=e9475e02d0. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
^ "Schalke-Trainer Magath: «Darf keine Tabus mehr geben»" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 13 September 2009. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/31317/schalke-trainer-magath-darf-keine-tabus-mehr-geben.html. Retrieved 13 September 2009.
^ Michael Schreiber (26 May 2003). ""Quälix" wird zum Pädagogen" (in German). sport.ard.de. http://sport.ard.de/sp/fussball/news200305/26/rueckblick_magath.jhtml. Retrieved 11 February 2008.

External links

Career stats (German)
Eintracht archives (German)

Felix Magath international tournaments

v • d • e West Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1980 Winners (2nd title)

1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Cullmann • 4 K. Förster • 5 Dietz • 6 Schuster • 7 B. Förster • 8 Rummenigge • 9 Hrubesch • 10 Müller • 11 K. Allofs • 12 Memering • 13 Bonhof • 14 Magath • 15 Stielike • 16 Zimmermann • 17 Del'Haye • 18 Matthäus • 19 Votava • 20 Kaltz • 21 Junghans • 22 Immel • Coach: Derwall

v • d • e West Germany squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Breitner • 4 K. Förster • 5 B. Förster • 6 Dremmler • 7 Littbarski • 8 Fischer • 9 Hrubesch • 10 Müller • 11 Rummenigge • 12 Hannes • 13 Reinders • 14 Magath • 15 Stielike • 16 T. Allofs • 17 Engels • 18 Matthäus • 19 Hieronymus • 20 Kaltz • 21 Franke • 22 Immel • Coach: Derwall

v • d • e West Germany squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Brehme • 4 Förster • 5 Herget • 6 Eder • 7 Littbarski • 8 Matthäus • 9 Völler • 10 Magath • 11 Rummenigge • 12 Stein • 13 Allgöwer • 14 Berthold • 15 Augenthaler • 16 Thon • 17 Jakobs • 18 Rahn • 19 K. Allofs • 20 Hoeneß • 21 Rolff • 22 Immel • Coach: Beckenbauer

Felix Magath managerial positions

Hamburger SV – Managers

Agte (1919–1920) · A.W. Turner (1920–1921) · Girulatis (1921) · Banyai (1922) · A.W. Turner (1922–1923) · Townley (1923) · Agte (1923–1925) · Burton (1925) · A.W. Turner (1925–1926) · Riebe (1926–27) · Agte (1927–1929) · Moß/ Lütkenhaus (1929) · Mattheides (1929–1930) · H. Hermenau (1930) · Kertész (1931–1932) · A.W. Turner (1932–1933) · Halvorsen (1933) · Timm (1933–1934) · Hochgesang (1934) · Mattheides (1934–1935) · Lang (1935–1939) · Teufel (1939) · Schulz (1939–1942) · Rohwedder (1942–1943) · Höger (1943) · Rohwedder (1943–1944) · Höger (1944–1945) · Tauchert (1945–1949) · Knöpfle (1946–1954) · Wilke & Mahlmann (1954–1967) · Mahlmann (1956–1962) · Wilke (1962–1964) · Gawliczek (1964–1966) · Schneider (1966–1967) · Koch (1967–1969) · Knöpfle (1969–1970) · Ochs (1970–1973) · Klötzer (1973–1977) · Gutendorf (1977) · Özcan (1977–1978) · Zebec (1978–1980) · Ristić (1981) · Happel (1981–1987) · Skoblar (1987) · Reimann (1987–1990) · Schock (1990–1992) · Coordes (1992) · Möhlmann (1992–1995) · Magath (1995–1997) · Schehr (1997) · Pagelsdorf (1997–2001) · Hieronymus (2001) · Jara (2001–2003) · Toppmöller (2003–2004) · Doll (2004–2007) · Stevens (2007–2008) · Jol (2008–2009) · Labbadia (2009–)

1. FC Nuremberg – Managers

Spiksley (1913–14) · Kürschner (1921–22) · Spiksley (1927) · Michalke (1927–28) · Konrád (1930–32) · Schaffer (1932–35) · Michalke (1935–36) · Orth (1936–39) · Riemke (1939–41) · Schmidt (1941–45) · Michalke (1946–47) · Schmitt (1947–49) · Schmidt (1950–52) · Riemke (1952–54) · Binder (1955–60) · Widmayer (1960–63) · Csaknády (1963–64) · Baumann (1964–65) · Csaknády (1965–66) · Vincze (1966) · Merkel (1967–69) · Körner (a.i.) (1969) · Klötzer (1969–70) · Barthel (1970–71) · Mihajlović (1971) · Langner (1971) · Čajkovski (1971–73) · Tilkowski (1973–76) · Buhtz (1976–78) · Kern (1978) · Gebhardt (1978–79) · Vliers (1979) · Gebhardt (1979–80) · Heese (1980–81) · Popp (1981) · Hoffmann (1981) · Elzner (1981) · Klug (1981–83) · Kröner (1983) · Popp (1983) · Höher (1984–88) · Gerland (1988–90) · Lieberwirth (1990) · Haan (1990–91) · Entenmann (1991–93) · Renner (1993–94) · Zobel (1994) · Sebert (1995) · Gerland (1995–96) · Entenmann (1996–97) · Magath (1997–98) · Reimann (1998) · Brunner (1998) · Rausch (1998–2000) · Brunner (a.i.) (2000) · Augenthaler (2000–03) · Wolf (2003–05) · Lieberwirth (2005) · Meyer (2005–08) · von Heesen (2008) · Oenning (2008–)

SV Werder Bremen – Managers

Höger (1947–48) · Scharmann (1948–49) · Schütz (1949–XX) · Scharmann (19XX–50) · Schuller (1950–51) · Kretschmann (1951–53) · Schulz (1953–58) · Knöpfle (1958–63) · Multhaup (1963–65) · Brocker (1965–67) · Langner (1967–69) · Rebell (1969–70) · Tilkowski (1970) · Gebhardt (1970–71) · Multhaup (1971) · Piontek (1971–75) · Langner (1972) · Burdenski (1975–76) · Rehhagel (1976) · Tilkowski (1976–77) · Assauer & Schulz (1978–79) · Weber (1978–80) · Assauer & Langner (1980) · Klötzer (1980–81) · Rehhagel (1981–95) · de Mos (1995–96) · Dörner (1996–97) · Sidka (1997–98) · Magath (1998–99) · Schaaf (1999–)

Eintracht Frankfurt – Managers

Sohn (1919) · Kürschner (1921–1922) · Parry (1925–1926) · Dietrich & Egly (1926–1927) · Wieser (1927–1928) · Oßwald (1928–1933) · Spreng (1933–1935) · Oßwald (1935–1938) · Boer (1939) · Szabó (1939–1941) · Lindner (1941) · Szabó (1942–1943) · Balles (1942) · Pfeifer (a.i.) (1945) · Herberger (a.i.) (1945–1946) · Melcher (1946–1947) · Treml (1947–1948) · Kellerhoff (1948) · Hollstein (1949–1950) · Windmann (1950–1956) · Patek (1956–1958) · Oßwald (1958–1964) · Horvat (1964–1965) · Schwartz (1965–1968) · Ribbeck (1968–1973) · Weise (1973–1976) · Roos (1976) · Lóránt (1976–1977) · Grabowski (a.i.) (1977) · Cramer (1977–1978) · Knefler (1978) · Klug (a.i.) (1978–1979) · Rausch (1979–1980) · Buchmann (1980–1982) · Senekowitsch (1982) · Zebec (1982–1983) · Mank (a.i.) (1983) · Weise (1983–1986) · Zahnleiter (1986–1987) · Feldkamp (1987–1988) · Csernai (1988) · Berger (1988–1991) · Stepanović (1991–1993) · Heese (1993) · Toppmöller (1993–1994) · Körbel (a.i.) (1994) · Heynckes (1994–1995) · Körbel (1995–1996) · Stepanović (1996) · Bommer (a.i.) (1996) · Ehrmantraut (1997–1998) · Lippert (a.i.) (1998) · Fanz (1998–1999) · Berger (1999) · Magath (1999–2001) · Dohmen (a.i.) (2001) · Rausch (2001) · Andermatt (2001–2002) · Kraaz (a.i.) (2002) · Reimann (2002–2004) · Funkel (2004–2009) · Skibbe (2009–)

VfB Stuttgart – Managers

Grünwald (1920) · Hanney (1924–27) · Kovács (1927–29) · Friz (1930–30) · Preuß (1930–33) · Rutz (1933–34) · Gröner (1934–35) · Teufel (1935–36) · Seiderer (1936–39) · Becker (1939–39) · Pöttinger (1939–39) · Teufel (1945–47) · Wurzer (1947–60) · Baluses (1960–65) · Seybold (1965) · Gutendorf (1965–66) · Sing (1966–67) · Baumann (1967–69) · Seybold (1969–70) · Zebec (1970–72) · Bögelein (1972) · Eppenhoff (1972–74) · Millinger (1974) · Sing (1974–75) · Sztani (1975–76) · Bögelein (1976) · Sundermann (1976–79) · Buchmann (1979–80) · Sundermann (1980–82) · Benthaus (1982) · Barić (1985–86) · Entenmann (1986) · Coordes (1986–87) · Haan (1987–90) · Entenmann (1990) · Daum (1990–93) · Röber (1993–95) · Sundermann (1995) · Fringer (1995–96) · Löw (1996–98) · Schäfer (1998) · Rolff (1998) · Adrion (1999) · Rangnick (1999–2001) · Magath (2001–04) · Sammer (2004–05) · Trapattoni (2005–06) · Veh (2005–08) · Babbel (2008–09) · Gross (2009–)

FC Bayern Munich – Managers

Hesselink (1903–--) · Taylor (1908–09) · Hoer (1909–11) · Griffith (1911–14) · Townley (1914) · Kreisel (1915) · Baumann (1916–17) · Kirstner (1917–18) · Storch (1918–19) · Townley (1919–21) · Schmid (1921–24) · McPherson (1924–27) · Weisz (1927–28) · Konrád (1928–30) · Kohn (1931–33) · Tauchert (1933–34) · Hofmann (1934–35) · Michalke (1935–37) · Körner (1937–38) · Goldbrunner (1938–43) · Heidkamp (1943–45) · Högg (1945–46) · Pöttinger (1946–47) · Riemke (1947) · Dietl (1947–48) · Riemke (1948–50) · Davison (1950–51) · Riemke (1951) · Schäfer (1951–53) · Bayerer (1953–54) · Knöpfle (1954) · Streitle (1954–55) · Moll (1955–56) · Hahn (1956–58) · Moll (1958) · Patek (1958–61) · Schneider (1961–63) · Čajkovski (1963–68) · Zebec (1968–70) · Lattek (1970–75) · Cramer (1975–77) · Lóránt (1977–79) · Csernai (1979–83) · Saftig (1983) · Lattek (1983–87) · Heynckes (1987–91) · Lerby (1991–92) · Ribbeck (1992–93) · Beckenbauer (1994) · Trapattoni (1994–95) · Rehhagel (1995–96) · Beckenbauer (1996) · Trapattoni (1996–98) · Hitzfeld (1998–2004) · Magath (2004–07) · Hitzfeld (2007–08) · Klinsmann (2008–09) · Heynckes (2009) · Van Gaal (2009–)

VfL Wolfsburg – Managers

Lachner (1954–55) · Sontow (1955–56) · Kretschmann (1956–57) · Lachner (1957) · Risse (1957–58) · Farkaszinski (1958–59) · Lachner (1963–66) · Farkaszinski (1966–75) · Schollmeyer (1975) · Kietzmann (1975) · Momirski (1976–78) · Farkaszinski (1978) · van Meteren (1978–79) · Kemmer (1979–83) · Farkaszinski (1983–84) · Krause (1984–88) · Hrubesch (1988–89) · Menzel (1989–91) · Erkenbrecher (1991–93) · Winter (1993) · Krautzun (1993–95) · Roggensack (1995) · Reimann (1995–98) · Erkenbrecher (1998) · Wolf (1998–2003) · Röber (2003–04) · Gerets (2004–05) · Fach (2005–06) · Augenthaler (2006–07) · Magath (2007–09) · Veh (2009–)

FC Schalke 04 – Managers

Ludewig (1925–27) · Wiesner (1928–29) · Otto (1929–30) · Sobottka (1930–31) · Sauerwein (1931–32) · Otto (1932–33) · Schmidt (1933–38) · Faist (1938–42) · Kuzorra (1946–47) · Schäfer (1947–48) · Langl (1948) · Swatosch (1948–49) · Szepan (1949–54) · Frühwirth (1954–59) · Lengyel (1959–60) · Gawliczek (1960–64) · Langner (1964–67) · Marotzke (1967) · Brocker (1967–68) · Gutendorf (1968–70) · Cendic (1970–71) · Horvat (1971–75) · Merkel (1975–76) · Rausch (1976–77) · Maslo (1977–78) · Horvat (1978–79) · Lóránt (1979) · Schwager (1979–80) · Jusufi (1980–81) · Assauer (1981) · Held (1981–83) · Sundermann (1983) · Ferner (1983–86) · Schafstall (1986–87) · Franz (1987–88) · Ferner (1988–89) · Neururer (1989–90) · Fischer (1991) · Ristić (1991–92) · Fischer (1992) · Lattek (1992–93) · Schulte (1993) · Berger (1993–96) · Stevens (1996–2002) · Neubarth (2002–03) · Wilmots (2003) · Heynckes (2003–04) · Achterberg (2004) · Rangnick (2004–05) · Reck (2005–06) · Slomka (2006–08) · Büskens & Mulder (2008) · Rutten (2008–09) · Büskens, Mulder & Reck (2009) · Magath (2009–)

v • d • e German Football Manager of the Year

2002: Toppmöller \| 2003: Magath \| 2004: Schaaf \| 2005: Magath \| 2006: Klinsmann \| 2007: Veh \| 2008: Hitzfeld \| 2009: Magath

FC Schalke 04 – current squad

1 Neuer · 2 Westermann · 3 Kobiashvili · 4 Höwedes · 5 Bordon · 6 Streit · 7 Holtby · 8 Mineiro · 10 Rakitić · 13 Jones · 14 Asamoah · 16 Morávek · 17 Farfán · 18 Rafinha · 19 Altıntop · 20 Pliatsikas · 21 Schmitz · 22 Kurányi · 23 Yalın · 24 Pander · 25 Zambrano · 26 Latza · 27 Sánchez · 28 Moritz · 29 Hanzel · 30 Kenia · 31 Loheider · 32 Matip · 33 Schober · 35 Amsif · 39 Pachan · 40 Stevanović · Manager: Magath

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