Rudolf Gutendorf (30 August 1926 – 13 September 2019)^[2] was a German football manager, renowned for managing the highest number of national teams – a total of 18 teams plus Iran's Olympic team in 1988 and the China Olympic team in 1992.^[3][4][5]

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Rudi Gutendorf

Gutendorf in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1926-08-30)30 August 1926
Place of birth	Koblenz, Weimar Germany
Date of death	13 September 2019(2019-09-13) (aged 93)
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
1936–1939	VfB Lützel
1939–1944	TuS Neuendorf
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942–1951	TuS Neuendorf	93	(46)
1954–1955	Blue Stars Zürich
1955–1961	Luzern	27	(6)
Managerial career
1955	Blue Stars Zürich (player-manager)
1955–1961	Luzern (player-manager)
1961	US Monastir
1963–1964	MSV Duisburg
1965–1966	VfB Stuttgart
1968	St Louis Stars
1968	Bermuda
1968–1970	Schalke 04
1970–1971	Kickers Offenbach
1971	Sporting Cristal
1972–1973	Chile
1974	Bolivia
1974	Venezuela
1974	1860 Munich
1975	Real Valladolid
1975–1976	Fortuna Köln
1976	Trinidad & Tobago
1976	Grenada
1976	Antigua & Barbuda
1976	Botswana
1976–1977	Tennis Borussia Berlin[1]
1977	Hamburger SV
1979–1981	Australia
1981	New Caledonia
1981	Nepal
1981	Tonga
1981	Tanzania
1983	Fiji
1984	Hertha BSC
1984	São Tomé & Príncipe
1984–1985	Yomiuri SC
1985–1986	Ghana
1986	Nepal
1987	Fiji
1988	China
1988	Iran U-23
1991–1992	China
1993	Mauritius
1995–1996	Zimbabwe
1997	Mauritius
1999	Rwanda
2003	Samoa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Close

Gutendorf holds a Guinness World Record for coaching 55 teams in 32 countries, across six continents.^[6]

He played for TuS Neuendorf, Blue Stars Zürich and Luzern.^[7]

Neuendorf reached the semi finals of the German championship in 1948, but were beaten by Kaiserslautern.^[8]

His last coaching job was in 2003 with the Samoa national football team.^[9]

• 1999: "Der Ball ist ein Sauhund"
• 15 November 1999: "Beckmann"
• 2006: "Volle Kanne – Service täglich"
• 2009: "Mein Ehrgeiz galt dem Fußball und den Frauen"^[10]

Luzern

• Swiss Cup: 1959–60^[11]
• Nationalliga B promotion: 1957–58^[11]

Duisburg

• Bundesliga runners-up 1963–64^[12]

Schalke

• DFB Pokal runners-up 1968–69^[13]

Chile

• Copa Carlos Dittborn runners-up: 1972^[14]

Australia

• OFC Nations Cup: 1980^[15]

Fiji

• South Pacific Games silver medal 1983^[16]

Rwanda

• CECAFA Cup: 1999^[17]

Individual

• Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[18]