Ottmar Hitzfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German footballer and football coach
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Place of Birth: Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Ottmar Hitzfeld
- Ottmar Hitzfeld (German pronunciation: ['??tma??? 'h?t?sf?lt]; born 12 January 1949 in Lörrach, Baden) is a German former football player (striker) and retired manager, nicknamed der General (“the general”), and “Gottmar Hitzfeld” (a pun on Gott, which is the German word for “god”).
- He has accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
- A trained mathematician and sports teacher, Hitzfeld is one of the most successful coaches of German and international football.
- He has been elected “World Coach of the Year” twice; he is one of only five managers to win the European Cup/UEFA Champions League with two clubs, along with Ernst Happel, José Mourinho, Jupp Heynckes and Carlo Ancelotti.
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