Rudi Assauer
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rudolf Assauer | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Sulzbach-Altenwald, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1952–1963 | SpVgg Herten | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1964 | SpVgg Herten | 35 | (7) |
| 1964–1970 | Borussia Dortmund | 121 | (8) |
| 1970–1976 | Werder Bremen | 186 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–1979 | Werder Bremen (joint interim) | ||
| 1980 | Werder Bremen (joint interim) | ||
| 1981 | Schalke 04 (joint interim) | ||
| 1981 | Schalke 04 (interim) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer (born 30 April 1944) is a former German football manager and player. Due to his habit of smoking a great number of cigars, he has been given the nickname Stumpen-Rudi, or Cheroot Rudi.
Born in Saarland, Assauer played in 307 matches for Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen between 1964 and 1976. From 1976 to 1981, he remained the general manager of Werder Bremen, before leaving to work as a general manager for Schalke 04 for the first time between 1981 and 1986 (he was the interim head coach in 1981 on two occasions; firstly with Heinz Redepenning, and secondly, on his own). This first tenure ended with his dismissal, and Assauer spent four years out of football and went into real estate. He re-entered management in 1990, and in 1993, he once again became the general manager (not a coaching position) at Schalke.
Since taking over for the second time, Schalke have seen much success, including a 1997 UEFA Cup win, and victory in the DFB-Pokal finals of 2001 and 2002. Assauer also oversaw the development of a brand new stadium for the club. In May 2006, Assauer was suspected of giving away secret information concerning the financial problems of Schalke, so the club and Assauer parted company.
As of February 2009, he is a player agent. His agency Assauer Sportmanagement AG represents, among others, Marc-André Kruska, Stefan Wächter, Sun Xiang and Pekka Lagerblom.
Assauer lived until January 2009 with the actress Simone Thomalla, and has been described by Michael Meier, former chairman of Borussia Dortmund, as a Kashmir Hooligan.
In 2010, he was quoted as saying there was no place in football for gays.
On 31 January 2012, Assauer confirmed media reports that he, still only 67, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
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