Rudi Assauer

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Rudi Assauer
Schalke Assauer0.jpg
Personal information
Full name Rudolf Assauer
Date of birth (1944-04-30) 30 April 1944 (age 79)
Place of birth Sulzbach-Altenwald, Germany
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Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1952–1963 SpVgg Herten
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 SpVgg Herten 35 (7)
1964–1970 Borussia Dortmund 121 (8)
1970–1976 Werder Bremen 186 (4)
Managerial career
1978–1979 Werder Bremen (joint interim)
1980 Werder Bremen (joint interim)
1981 Schalke 04 (joint interim)
1981 Schalke 04 (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer (born 30 April 1944) is a former German football manager and player.[1] Due to his habit of smoking a great number of cigars, he has been given the nickname Stumpen-Rudi, or Cheroot Rudi.

Career

Born in Saarland, Assauer played in 307 matches for Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen between 1964 and 1976. From 1976 to 1981, he remained the general manager of Werder Bremen, before leaving to work as a general manager for Schalke 04 for the first time between 1981 and 1986 (he was the interim head coach in 1981 on two occasions; firstly with Heinz Redepenning, and secondly, on his own). This first tenure ended with his dismissal, and Assauer spent four years out of football and went into real estate. He re-entered management in 1990, and in 1993, he once again became the general manager (not a coaching position) at Schalke.

Since taking over for the second time, Schalke have seen much success, including a 1997 UEFA Cup win, and victory in the DFB-Pokal finals of 2001 and 2002. Assauer also oversaw the development of a brand new stadium for the club. In May 2006, Assauer was suspected of giving away secret information concerning the financial problems of Schalke, so the club and Assauer parted company.

As of February 2009, he is a player agent. His agency Assauer Sportmanagement AG represents, among others, Marc-André Kruska, Stefan Wächter, Sun Xiang and Pekka Lagerblom.

Managerial statistics

Assauer in 2002, during Schalke's Pokal victory celebrations.
Assauer (second, left) in 2002, during Schalke's Pokal victory celebrations.
As of 26 April 2014
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % Ref.
Werder Bremen 20 December 1977[2] 31 December 1977[2] 1 1 0 0 100.000 [2]
Werder Bremen 29 January 1980[2] 20 February 1980[2] 1 0 0 1 00.00 [2]
Schalke 04 26 May 1981[3] 30 June 1981[3] 2 0 1 1 00.00 [3]
Schalke 04 20 January 1983[3] 24 January 1983[3] 1 0 1 0 00.00 [3]
Total 5 1 2 2 20.00 —

Honours

Personal life

Assauer lived until January 2009 with the actress Simone Thomalla, and has been described by Michael Meier, former chairman of Borussia Dortmund, as a Kashmir Hooligan.

In 2010, he was quoted as saying there was no place in football for gays.[4]

On 31 January 2012, Assauer confirmed media reports that he, still only 67, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[5]

References

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