What is Rudi Gutendorf?
[[File:Rudi Gutendorf (2011) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Rudolf Gutendorf''' (30 August 1926 – 13 September 2019) was a German [[association football|football]] manager and player. He was known for managing the highest number of national teams&nbsp;– a total of 19 teams plus [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran's Olympic team]] in 1988 and the [[China national under-23 football team|China Olympic team]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=2204067.html|title=Member associations - News|last=uefa.com|date=21 January 2015|website=UEFA.com|access-date=4 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/apr/04/theknowledge.sport|title=Football: Knowledge - the highest-scoring international draws|first=James|last=Dart|date=4 April 2007|access-date=4 March 2019|website=theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21636939|title=Rudi Gutendorf: The colourful life of a 'footballing missionary'|first=Mani|last=Djazmi|date=2 March 2013|access-date=27 August 2019|website=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He played for [[TuS Koblenz]] from 1944 through 1953. He was born in [[Koblenz]], Germany. Gutendorf died on 13 September 2019 at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.en24.news/2019/09/coach-legend-rudi-gutendorf-is-dead-football-swr-sports.html Coach legend Rudi Gutendorf is dead]{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gutendorf, Rudi}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:German footballers]] [[Category:German football managers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}