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Helmut Schön
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Key facts
- Full name
- Helmut Schön
- Date of birth
- ( 1915-09-15 ) 15 September 1915
- Place of birth
- Dresden , German Empire
- Date of death
- 23 February 1996 (1996-02-23) (aged 80)
- Place of death
- Wiesbaden , Germany
- Position
- Forward
- Years
- Team
- 1932 1944
- Dresdner SC
- 1946 1950
- SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt
- 1947 1948
- → FC St. Pauli (loan)
- 1950 1951
- Hertha BSC
- 1937 1941
- Germany
- 1952 1956
- Saarland
- 1953 1954
- 1. FC Saarbrücken
- 1956 1964
- West Germany (assistant coach)
- 1964 1978
- West Germany
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Helmut
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Place of death
- Wiesbaden
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1976
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Dresdner SC
- Position played
- forward
- League
- DDR-Oberliga
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Mass
- 97
- Image
- Fußball-Bundestrainer Helmut Schön (Kiel 87.306).jpg
- Height
- 197
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- Helmut Schön
- date of birth
- 1915-09-15
- date of death
- 1996-02-23
- start of work period
- 1932-00-00
- name in native language
- Helmut Schön
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Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West Germany national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including winning the title in 1974, losing in the final in 1966, and coming in third in 1970. In addition, his teams won the European Championship in 1972 and lost in the final in 1976.
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