Otto Rehhagel

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Otto Rehhagel

Rehhagel in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	(1938-08-09) 9 August 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth	Essen, Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1948–1957	TuS Helene Altenessen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1960	TuS Helene Altenessen
1960–1963	Rot-Weiss Essen	90	(3)
1963–1965	Hertha BSC	53	(6)
1965–1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern	148	(17)
International career
1960	West Germany Amateur	2	(0)
Managerial career
1972	FV Rockenhausen
1972–1973	1. FC Saarbrücken
1973–1974	Kickers Offenbach (Assistant coach)
1974–1975	Kickers Offenbach
1976	Werder Bremen
1976–1978	Borussia Dortmund
1978–1979	Arminia Bielefeld
1979–1980	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1981–1995	Werder Bremen
1995–1996	Bayern Munich
1996–2000	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2001–2010	Greece
2012	Hertha BSC
Medal record Men's football Representing  Greece (as manager) UEFA European Championship Winner 2004 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Otto Rehhagel (German: [ˈʁeːhaːɡl̩]; born 9 August 1938) is a German former football coach and player.

Rehhagel is one of only two people who, as player and manager combined, has participated in over 1,000 Bundesliga matches (the other being Jupp Heynckes). In the Bundesliga, he holds the records for the most victories (387), most draws (205), most losses (228), and his teams have scored the most goals (1,473) and conceded more (1,142) than any other. He served as the head coach of Werder Bremen between 1981 and 1995 and won twice the Bundesliga and in 1992 the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with them. After a rather unsuccessful intermezzo at Bayern Munich, he won the Bundesliga sensationally with the promoted team 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Internationally, Rehhagel coached Greece from 2001 to 2010 in their most successful footballing era – during that period, Greece won the 2004 European Championship unexpectedly and qualified for the 2010 World Cup, their second World Cup finals appearance. A 2022 critically acclaimed film entitled, King Otto, was made on Otto Rehhagel's triumph with the Greece national team for the 2004 European Championships.