Ottmar Hitzfeld
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- Born
- 1949
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Der Hardturm
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- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 18
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Key facts
- 1972
- West Germany (Olympic)
- Date of birth
- ( 1949-01-12 ) 12 January 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Lörrach , Germany
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Forward
- 1960 1967
- TuS Stetten
- 1967 1968
- FV Lörrach
- Years
- Team
- 1971 1975
- Basel
- 1975 1978
- VfB Stuttgart
- 1978 1980
- Lugano
- 1980 1983
- Luzern
- 1983 1984
- SC Zug
Key dates
- Born
- 12 January 1949
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Lörrach
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- forward
- League
- 2. Bundesliga
Article
Ottmar Hitzfeld ( German pronunciation: [ˈʔɔtmaːɐ̯ ˈhɪt͡sfɛlt]; born 12 January 1949) is a German former professional football player and a former manager. He accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshoppers, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
A striker in his playing days, Hitzfeld won two Swiss Super League titles (1971–72, 1972–73) with Basel. He was top goalscorer in the league for the 1972–73 season. He earned six caps for the West Germany national team, all at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.