Rolff with Werder Bremen in 2009.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 December 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Lamstedt, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Shandong Luneng (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
TSV Lamstedt | |||
OSC Bremerhaven | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1980 | OSC Bremerhaven | 35 | (6) |
1980–1982 | SC Fortuna Köln | 75 | (17) |
1982–1986 | Hamburger SV | 129 | (24) |
1986–1989 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 99 | (9) |
1989–1990 | RC Strasbourg | 30 | (4) |
1990–1991 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 20 | (0) |
1991–1994 | Karlsruher SC | 94 | (14) |
1994–1995 | 1. FC Köln | 14 | (0) |
1995–1996 | SC Fortuna Köln | 16 | (2) |
National team | |||
1983–1989 | West Germany | 37 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1997 | Hamburger SV (assistant) | ||
1997–1998 | SV Meppen | ||
1998 | VfB Stuttgart (assistant) | ||
1998 | VfB Stuttgart (caretaker) | ||
2000–2001 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen (assistant) | ||
2001–2002 | Kuwait (assistant) | ||
2004–2013 | SV Werder Bremen (assistant) | ||
2013 | SV Werder Bremen (caretaker) | ||
2014–2015 | Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Al-Salmiya SC | ||
2016– | Shandong Luneng (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Wolfgang Rolff (born 26 December 1959) is a German football manager and former player.
Wolfgang Rolff played in 356 Bundesliga matches (47 goals) for Hamburger SV, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer 05 Uerdingen, Karlsruher SC and 1. FC Köln. He further took part in 126 2nd Bundesliga matches (23 goals) for OSC Bremerhaven and SC Fortuna Köln, having a spell in France with RC Strasbourg for whom he scored 4 goals in 30 games in Ligue 2. In his years with his clubs he won the German Bundesliga title with Hamburg in 1983 and was part of the Hamburg side that clinched the European Cup against Juventus in Athens the same summer, five years later he won the UEFA Cup with Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1988.
Reputed as a tireless midfielder, Rolff debuted for West Germany in 1983 and was part of the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship and the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship squad of his nation. On both occasions he featured twice each in games of West Germany, making also two appearances for the West Germans in their runner-up campaign at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. In total he played in 37 international matches until 1989.