Sepp Piontek
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Piontek in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josef Emanuel Hubertus Piontek | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Breslau, Gau Silesia, Nazi Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) | ||
| Date of death | 18 February 2026 (aged 85) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1949–1958 | VfL Germania Leer | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1960 | VfL Germania Leer | ||
| 1960–1972 | Werder Bremen | 278 | (15) |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1962 | West Germany U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 1965–1966 | West Germany | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1971–1975 | Werder Bremen | ||
| 1975–1976 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 1976–1978 | Haiti | ||
| 1978–1979 | FC St. Pauli | ||
| 1979–1990 | Denmark | ||
| 1990–1993 | Turkey | ||
| 1993–1995 | Bursaspor | ||
| 1995–1996 | Aalborg BK | ||
| 1997–1999 | Silkeborg IF | ||
| 2000–2002 | Greenland | ||
| 2004 | Greenland | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek (5 March 1940 – 18 February 2026) was a German football player and manager. Most famous for his time as the head coach of the Denmark national team, he was included in the Danish Football hall of fame in 2011 as the first foreigner to be so.