Kurt Linder (born 8 October 1933) is a German former professional football manager and player. He played for Young Boys, Rapid Wien,[1] Rot-Weiss Essen and Lyon, among other teams.
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![]() Linder as Ajax manager in 1981 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1933-10-08) 8 October 1933 (age 89) | ||
Place of birth | Karlsruhe, Germany | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1956 | Karlsruher SC | 9 | (2) |
1956–1957 | Young Boys | 16 | (12) |
1957–1959 | Urania Genève Sport | 42 | (11) |
1959–1960 | Rapid Wien | 9 | (5) |
1960–1962 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 26 | (7) |
1962–1963 | Lyon | 17 | (1) |
1965–1966 | Lausanne-Sport | 1 | (0) |
Total | 120 | (38) | |
Teams managed | |||
1965–1966 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
1966–1968 | XerxesDZB | ||
1968–1972 | PSV Eindhoven | ||
1972–1973 | Marseille | ||
1973–1977 | Young Boys | ||
1981–1982 | Ajax | ||
1983 | Young Boys | ||
1988 | Ajax | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.
Young Boys
Rapid Wien
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Ajax
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