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During his heyday as a player Schuster and his wife, Gaby, were well known celebrities in Germany, and were both loved and hated. Gaby had a controversial reputation, worsened when she took over the job as her husband's manager. She was soon labelled by the press as being "Bernd's dragon-like boss" without whom he would never even sign a bill in a restaurant.^{[citation needed]} During the Schusters' stay in Spain, Gaby was also notorious for her often very public rude and interfering comments directed towards FC Barcelona coach Udo Lattek and national coach Jupp Derwall when her husband played for them. Gaby and Bernd Schuster are still married and have four children. Gaby is a famous sport manager but she has not been Bernd Schuster's manager for some years. Udo Lattek - early 1970s Udo Lattek (Born January 16, 1935 in Bosemb, East Prussia, Germany, now Poland, Masuria region) was a football (soccer) player and coach, and is now a now television sports commentator. ...

Schuster was an important part of the FC Barcelona team during the 1980s, leading the game from midfield and scoring many goals. The team bought other stars like Diego Maradona, Allan Simonsen and Gary Lineker, but only Bernd, genial and controversial at the same time, was a profitable player for the club. His club president Josep Luís Nuñez and some trainers like Helenio Herrera, Udo Lattek, Terry Venables and Luis Aragones had difficult relations with him^[1]. A terrible injury at age 21 in his right knee in 1981 by Athletic Bilbao defender Andoni Goikoetxea transformed the top world star, who despite his magnificent performance, never reached the level of the early seasons. He won, however, the European Bronze Ball in 1981 and 1985. Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is an Argentine former football player. ... Allan Simonsen Allan Simonsen (born December 15, 1952 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish football (soccer) player and now coach. ... Gary Winston Lineker, OBE (born 30 November 1960 in Leicester) is a former English international football striker who scored ten goals in two World Cups for the England national team and is currently a sports broadcaster for the BBC. He is also known for appearing in adverts for the Walkers... Helenio Herrera, (born April 17, 1916 in Buenos Aires; died November 9, 1997 in Venice) was a football defender and after ending his playing carrer became one of the most influencial managers in the history of the game. ... Udo Lattek - early 1970s Udo Lattek (Born January 16, 1935 in Bosemb, East Prussia, Germany, now Poland, Masuria region) was a football (soccer) player and coach, and is now a now television sports commentator. ... Terence Frederick Venables (born January 6, 1943 in Dagenham, London) is the Assistant England national football team manager and a former English international footballer. ... Luis Aragonés is the current coach of the Spains national football team. ... Athletic Club is a football club from Bilbao in Biscay (in Basque, Bizkaia), Spain. ... Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, known as Goikoetxea, or shortened, Goiko (born May 23, 1956 in Alonsotegui, Vizcaya) was a Basque football (soccer) player, a defender for Athletic Bilbao from 1974 to 1987. ...

His move to Real Madrid was a national scandal in Spain due to the very strong rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid. In Madrid, he took on a less controversial approach in order to better fit in with the star-studded roster. His style complemented the group of home-grown Madrid players known as la Quinta del Buitre who led the team to a dominance of the Spanish Championship through the 1980s. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... La Quinta del Buitre was the name given to the generation of club grown Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. ...

Professional career

Schuster started his professional career with 1. FC Köln at age 18 in 1978 after a number of promising performances with the West German Under-18 National team. He was part of the West German side that won the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship in Italy, appearing in two of Germany's four matches. His performances there helped him earn the Silver Ball Trophy honour as the Europe's second best player in 1980 behind Golden Ball winner, and Germany team-mate Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. 1. ... For a full history of the West Germany national football team, see Germany national football team. ... The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 80) final tournament was held in Italy. ... At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished from the rest, in different aspects of the game. ... Karl-Heinz Kalle Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955) is a former German football player. ...

Schuster left Köln after the 1980 European campaign to sign with Spain's FC Barcelona, where he flourished. During his career, he played for clubs such as Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen. In voting in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll to name the finest European players of the last five decades, he finished 40th. Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça (IPA: baɾ.sÉ™), is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. ... Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll is the popular name for an online poll conducted in 2004 by UEFA as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations, celebrating the best European footballers from the fifty previous years. ...

International retirement

Schuster won only twenty-one caps for the West German national team and he retired from international football at the extremely young age of 24, due to his repeated disagreements with the German Football Association, then national team manager Jupp Derwall, and teammates including Paul Breitner^[1]. The German Football Association (DFB) (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund) is the governing body of football in Germany. ... Josef Jupp Derwall (b. ... Paul Breitner (born September 5, 1951 in Kolbermoor, West Germany) was a German football player. ...

Comeback

His final cap came against France in early 1984. Despite being one of the better players in Europe during the nineteen years of his professional career he did not participate in the World Cup competitions of 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1994, or the European Championship competitions of 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996. Without him West Germany did not win any major titles in the 1980s, but did go on to win the 1990 World Cup 1990 and Euro 96.

Bernd Schuster signed with Atlético Madrid in the fall of 1990 and helped improve the performance of Atletico's traditional games based on backlashes. His long precise passes helped restore Atlético Madrid as a prominent club. Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. ...

After three seasons, Bernd returned home to Germany to play for three seasons with Bayer Leverkusen. Despite his contributions, the club was unable to capture Bundesliga and German Cup titles, but did come achingly close. His performances inspired much of the country to push for a place for him in the 1994 World Cup squad. In the national TV-Station ARD "Goal of the year" election Schuster won the first 3 places in 1994 ^[1]. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... The title of this article contains the character ß. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Fussball-Bundesliga. ...

Management

At his final team, the Mexican UNAM he appeared in ten matches in spring 1997. After his retirement as a player in 1997, Schuster successfully managed a small club in Cologne, SC Fortuna Köln in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga (Germany's second league division). Following this, he managed his former club 1. FC Köln, also in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, but was unable to get the club promoted and so he left. In 2001 he received an offer from the modest club Xerez CD in Southern Spain and he managed the team, very successfully, for two seasons; the best two seasons in the history of the club. However, he could not promote the team to Primera Division. Upon receiving no good offers from Spain, he accepted a deal to coach the Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk where he established a club record number of consecutive victories. The final rush was disappointing. The team did not win the championship and did not reach the final round of the Champions League with a polemical match against Lokomotiv Moscow. Schuster was fired one week before his team played and won the Ukrainian Cup in 2004. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (Spanish: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; abbreviation: UNAM) was founded in 1551, and is now the largest university in Latin America and it is considered the best University of this region based on the Beijing University and the London Times suplemments. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ... SC Fortuna Koln is a German football club playing in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westfalia. ... The 2nd Bundesliga is the Second Division of professional football in Germany. ... 1. ... Xerez Club Deportivo are a Spanish football team from Jerez, in Cádiz province, Andalusia. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ... Categories: Stub | Ukrainian football clubs ... Lokomotiv Moscow (FC Lokomotiv Moskva, Russian: Футбольный клуб Локомотив Москва [1]) is a Russian football and rugby league club based in Moscow. ...

He went back to Spain in summer 2004 to coach Levante UD. Again a wonderful start with the small club from Valencia. Again a disappointing final rush. The president fired him with a 5-point advantage over the relegation places just five games from the end of the season. Levante could not win a game and fell to Segunda División (Spanish second division) again. Levante Unión Deportiva (Spanish), also known as Llevant Unió Esportiva (Valencian), is a Spanish football club based in Valencia. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional The Segunda División is the lower of the two professional leagues in Spain consisting of 22 teams. ...

In summer 2005, Getafe CF signed him and the small side from Madrid had their best season in team history. Currently, Schuster coaches Getafe in their second successful season under his guidance and the team is doing even better, currently 7th in the La Liga. Getafe have also secured entry to the 2007-08 UEFA Cup as a result of reaching the final of the Copa del Rey after overcoming a 5-2 first leg defeat against Barcelona, thrashing them 4-0 in the second leg. Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Getafe, a city in the metropolitan area of South Madrid, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. ... Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga, is the professional football league in Spain. ... The regions in a map The UEFA Cup 2007-08 is the 50th edition of the European UEFA Cup football club tournament. ... The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams. ... FC Barcelona is a polideportivo in Barcelona, Spain, Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, British and Spanish footballers led by Joan Gamper. ...

Rumours in 2007 were that Schuster would replace Fabio Capello as manager of Real Madrid, after the Italian's successful first season at the club. However, Schuster has denied signing a 'pre-contract' with the team, and has predicted that Jose Mourinho will get the position.^[2] Ender Wiggin szerint a 2007es ligát is megnyerte már Fabio Capello :-D (born June 18, 1946 in San Canzian dIsonzo, Gorizia) is an Italian football manager and former professional player who is currently the coach of Real Madrid. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. ... José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix was born January 26, 1963 in Setúbal, Portugal and is a successful football manager. ...

Honours

• EURO European Championship: 1980 with Germany
• Cup Winners' Cup: 1982
• Copa del Rey: 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
• Spanish Championship: 1985, 1989, 1990
• European Golden Ball: Silver Ball 1980, Bronze Ball 1981 and 1985,

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References

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External links

• Official web page - includes personal, weekly interviews with Bernd Schuster.
• Blond Angel total page - Career info, video clips and a huge photo gallery of Bernd Schuster.
• Bernd Schuster at Player on Player.
• big photo Gallery in Webshots.