Gerd Achterberg
German football manager
About Gerd Achterberg
Lived 1940 – 2025 (aged 84). Gerd Achterberg was a German association football player and association football coach.
Gerd Achterberg (4 December 1940 – 5 January 2025) was a German football manager.
Achterberg scored 131 goals in 327 games for Spandauer BC as a player and later went on to coach the team in two stints as manager. He also led Tennis Borussia Berlin to the 1984–85 Amateur-Oberliga Berlin championship and promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, but was replaced by Eckhard Krautzun in the autumn of 1985 after winning only three out of the season's first 12 games.
Achterberg died on 5 January 2025, at the age of 84.
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Who was Gerd Achterberg?
German football manager
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Gerd Achterberg was born on 4 December 1940 in Berlin.
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Gerd Achterberg died on 5 January 2025.
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Gerd Achterberg was an association football player and association football coach.
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Gerd Achterberg was German.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gerd Achterberg. https://biography.guide/gerd-achterberg/
MLA: "Gerd Achterberg." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/gerd-achterberg/.
Chicago: "Gerd Achterberg." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/gerd-achterberg/.
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