Hennes Weisweiler
Hans "Hennes" Weisweiler (5 December 1919 – 5 July 1983) was a German professional football player and coach. As a coach, he won major titles with Bundesliga clubs Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln in the 1970s.
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Weisweiler in 1970 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hans Weisweiler | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Erftstadt-Lechenich, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 5 July 1983 (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1952 | 1. FC Köln | 62 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1949–1952 | 1. FC Köln (player-coach) | ||
| 1952–1954 | Rheydter SpV | ||
| 1954–1955 | Germany (assistant) | ||
| 1955–1958 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 1958–1964 | Viktoria Köln | ||
| 1964–1975 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 1975–1976 | FC Barcelona | ||
| 1976–1980 | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 1980–1982 | New York Cosmos | ||
| 1982–1983 | Grasshopper | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
With 11 titles, 8 with West German clubs, Weisweiler was one of the most successful European coaches of his time. His influence went well beyond. Between 1957 and 1970, at the German Sports Academy in Cologne, Weisweiler was responsible for the training of hundreds of coaches from all over the world. In 2005, the training centre for coaches there was named the Hennes-Weisweiler-Academy in his honour.
Weisweiler is most closely associated with the fortunes of Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1960s and 1970s and with 1. FC Köln in the late 1970s. He is also famous for having developed the talents of many outstanding players, including Günter Netzer, Berti Vogts, Jupp Heynckes, Rainer Bonhof, Allan Simonsen, Uli Stielike, Bernd Schuster, and Pierre Littbarski.