Rudi Gutendorf
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rudolf Gutendorf | ||
| Date of birth | 30 August 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Koblenz, Germany | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944–1953 | TuS Neuendorf | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1955 | Blue Stars Zürich | ||
| 1955–1961 | FC Luzern | ||
| 1961 | US Monastir | ||
| 1963–1964 | MSV Duisburg | ||
| 1965–1966 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| 1968 | St Louis Stars | ||
| 1968 | Bermuda | ||
| 1968–1970 | FC Schalke 04 | ||
| 1970–1971 | Kickers Offenbach | ||
| 1971 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1972–1973 | Chile | ||
| 1974 | Bolivia | ||
| 1974 | Venezuela | ||
| 1974 | TSV 1860 München | ||
| 1975 | Real Valladolid | ||
| 1975–1976 | SC Fortuna Köln | ||
| 1976 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| 1976 | Grenada | ||
| 1976 | Antigua & Barbuda | ||
| 1976 | Botswana | ||
| 1977 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 1979–1981 | Australia | ||
| 1981 | New Caledonia | ||
| 1981 | Fiji | ||
| 1981 | Nepal | ||
| 1981 | Tonga | ||
| 1981 | Tanzania | ||
| 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 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Rudolf "Rudi" Gutendorf (born 30 August 1926 in Koblenz) is a German football manager, renowned for managing the highest number of national teams – to date a total of 18 teams.
He played for his hometown club TuS Neuendorf.
Retiring from active play in 1953 he took part in a coach training course under Sepp Herberger, receiving his license in 1954, before embarking on his remarkable career as a manager the following year. His last coaching job was in 2003 with the Samoa national football team.
Gutendorf was the first foreign manager to win the Japanese League, in 1984 with Yomiuri SC.
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