Guido Buchwald
FullnameGuido Ulrich Buchwald
Birth date24 January 1961 (age 65)
Birth placeWest Berlin, West Germany
Height1.88 m
CurrentclubStuttgarter Kickers (Director of football)
PositionDefender
Youthyears 11969–1977
Youthclubs 1SV Wannweil
Youthyears 21977–1978
Youthclubs 2TSV Pliezhausen
Youthyears 31978–1979
Youthclubs 3Stuttgarter Kickers
Years 11979–1983
Clubs 1Stuttgarter Kickers
Caps 1146
Goals 118
Years 21983–1994
Clubs 2VfB Stuttgart
Caps 2325
Goals 228
Years 31994–1997
Clubs 3Urawa Red Diamonds
Caps 3127
Goals 311
Years 41997–1999
Clubs 4Karlsruher SC
Caps 440
Goals 43
Totalcaps638
Totalgoals60
Nationalyears 11980
Nationalteam 1West Germany U21
Nationalcaps 11
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalyears 21983–1984
Nationalteam 2West Germany Olympic
Nationalcaps 29
Nationalgoals 21
Nationalyears 31984–1994
Nationalteam 3West Germany/Germany
Nationalcaps 376
Nationalgoals 34
Manageryears 12004–2006
Managerclubs 1Urawa Red Diamonds
Manageryears 22007
Managerclubs 2Alemannia Aachen
Manageryears 32012
Managerclubs 3Stuttgarter Kickers (interim)

Guido Ulrich Buchwald (born 24 January 1961) is a German former professional football player. Throughout his career he played as a defender. He is currently director of football of Stuttgarter Kickers.[1]

The best game of Buchwald's career was the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup victory for West Germany against Argentina where he effectively marked Diego Maradona for almost the entire match, earning him the nickname "Diego".[2] His other nickname, 'Bucky' is due to his surname. He was also part of Germany's disappointing 1994 FIFA World Cup campaign and collected in his career 76 caps.[3]

Playing career

Buchwald began his professional football career in 1983 with VfB Stuttgart. He played 325 games in the German Bundesliga for this club, scoring 28 goals.[4] The low-point of his career was in 1986 when coach Franz Beckenbauer did not include him in his team for the World Cup in Mexico. He was however part of the squad which won the World Cup in Italy four years later.

The same year Stuttgart lost the final of the German Cup against Bayern Munich and in 1989 the final of the UEFA Cup was also lost, but they managed to win two German championships (1984, 1992).

His personal highlight in his Bundesliga career was on the last day of play in the 1991–92 season, when he scored the deciding goal against Bayer Leverkusen that won Stuttgart the match and the Championship – just six minutes before the games' end.

In 1994, he signed with the Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds before returning to Germany in 1998 to help Karlsruher SC avoid relegation. He could not save the team and after one more season playing in the second division he retired but stayed with the club as a director of sports.

Managerial career

After a stop with the Stuttgarter Kickers (again as director of sports) he went back to Japan where he was managing his old club. He led his team to the "closing" championship. In 2005, won the title on Emperor's Cup. In 2006, he won the title on both J-League and Emperor's Cup.

Buchwald then returned to Germany to become manager of Alemannia Aachen. After five months on duty he was fired by club management on 26 November 2007.

On 1 November 2010, Buchwald returned to the Stuttgarter Kickers as a member of the board responsible for the first team. He took over as interim manager in November 2012 after the sacking of Dirk Schuster, before relinquishing this duty a month later when Gerd Dais was appointed.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stuttgarter Kickers1979–802. Bundesliga33110——341
1980–8138810——398
1981–8238510—10405
1982–8337420——394
Total1461850—1015218
VfB Stuttgart1983–84Bundesliga34353—10406
1984–8515420——174
1985–8632162——383
1986–8733210—40382
1987–8830110——311
1988–8930152—100453
1989–9028533—51369
1990–9121341——254
1991–9237541—42458
1992–9333120—3039121
1993–9432211——333
Total32528341327338745
Urawa Reds1994J1 League2023020—252
199551430-—544
199624340120—403
19973220060—382
Total12711100200—15711
Karlsruher SC1997–98Bundesliga90———90
1998–992. Bundesliga31310——323
Total40310——413
Career total63860501320028373777

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany198430
198500
198670
198770
198860
198960
1990120
199161
1992131
1993102
199460
Total764

Coaching

TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Karlsruher SC16 October 199924 October 1999
Urawa Reds[5]1 January 200431 December 2006
Alemannia Aachen1 July 200726 November 2007
Total

Honours

As a player

VfB Stuttgart[6]

Germany[6]

Individual

As a manager

Urawa Red Diamonds[11]

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Buchwald, Guido" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - News - A magical night in Rome - FIFA". FIFA. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 July 2015). "Guido Buchwald - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 July 2015). "Guido Buchwald - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
  6. ^ Whitney, Clark (4 October 2013). "The 20 Most Intimidating Defenders in Bundesliga History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Deutscher Supercup, 1992, Finale". dfb.de. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1989/90" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  9. ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1993/94" (in German). kicker. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.
  10. ^ Jackman, Spencer (29 May 2018). "Iniesta Is Taking His Talents To Japan, Joining These Legenday J League Imports". The18. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  11. ^ "CLUB HISTORY". Urawa Red Diamonds. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Aachen name Buchwald as new coach". CNN International. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2018.