Diethelm Ferner

German football player and manager (1941–2023)

Diethelm Ferner
Ferner in 1985
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-07-13)13 July 1941
Place of birth Kragau, Germany
Date of death 7 November 2023(2023-11-07) (aged 82)
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 VfB Bottrop
1963–1969 Werder Bremen 181 (20)
1969–1974 Rot-Weiss Essen 51 (1)
International career
1963–1964 West Germany 2 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1975 Rot-Weiss Essen
1975–1976 Wuppertaler SV
1976–1978 FC St. Pauli
1978–1979 Rot-Weiss Essen
1979–1982 Hannover 96
1983–1986 Schalke 04
1986–1987 Iraklis
1987 Alemannia Aachen
1988–1989 Schalke 04
1990–1994 Apollon Limassol
1995–1996 AEL Limassol
1996–1997 Zamalek
1997–1998 Al-Jahra
1998 Lebanon
1999–2000 Apollon Limassol
2000–2002 El-Ittihad El-Iskandary
2003–2004 Al-Merreikh Al-Thagher
2005–2006 Olympiakos Nicosia
2008 Al Ahli Tripoli
2013 Kavala
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diethelm Ferner (13 July 1941 – 7 November 2023) was a German football coach and player.[1] As a player, he spent eight seasons in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen and Rot-Weiss Essen, winning the 1964–65 Bundesliga with Werder Bremen.[2] He represented West Germany in two friendlies.

Coaching career

As a coach Ferner helped FC St. Pauli to its first promotion to the Bundesliga.[3]

Death

Ferner died on 7 November 2023, at the age of 82.[4]

Honours

Player

Werder Bremen

Coach

Apollon Limassol

Zamalek

References

  1. ^ "Ferner, Diethelm" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ^ Meingast, Tibor (13 November 2023). "Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop trauert um seinen größten Fußballer" [Diethelm Ferner: Bottrop mourns the loss of its greatest footballer]. WAZ (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ Ahrens, Peter (15 November 2023). "Er saß beim größten Pokalspektakel der Geschichte auf der Bank" [He sat on the bench during the greatest cup spectacle in history]. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Diethelm Ferner ist tot" [Diethelm Ferner is dead]. n-tv (in German). 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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