Kurt Linder
German association football player and manager
About Kurt Linder
Lived 1933 – 2022 (aged 89). Kurt Linder was a German association football player and association football coach.
Kurt Linder (8 October 1933 – 12 December 2022) was a German professional football manager and player. He played for Young Boys, Rapid Wien, Rot-Weiss Essen and Lyon, among other teams.
After his playing career, Linder became a professional manager in Switzerland with Lausanne-Sport and Young Boys, in Netherlands with XerxesDZB, PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, and in France with Marseille.
As a player he won the league titles of Switzerland and Austria with Young Boys and Rapid Wien respectively, while as a manager Linder won the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup with Young Boys and the Eredivisie with Ajax in the 1981-82 season with 117 goals for and 42 goals against in 34 matches, with players like Keje Molenaar, Frank Rijkaard, Sonny Silooy, Gerald Vanenburg, Johan Cruijff, Soren Lerby, Tscheu La Ling, Wim Kieft, Jesper Olsen, Marco van Basten and John van 't Schip.
Linder died on 12 December 2022, at the age of 89.
Honours Player Young Boys Swiss Super League: 1956–57
Rapid Wien Austrian Staatsliga: 1959–60
Manager Young Boys Swiss Cup: 1976–77 Swiss League Cup: 1976
Ajax Eredivisie: 1981–82
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Who was Kurt Linder?
German association football player and manager (1933–2022)
When was Kurt Linder born?
Kurt Linder was born on 8 October 1933 in Neureut.
When did Kurt Linder die?
Kurt Linder died on 12 December 2022 in Gümligen.
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Kurt Linder was an association football player and association football coach.
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Kurt Linder was German.
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