Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts (; born 30 December 1946) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for

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in the

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his whole professional club career and won the

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with

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in 1974. He later managed the national teams of

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(winning Euro 96),

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and

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Club career

Vogts joined the boys' football team of local sports club VfR Büttgen in 1954, at the age of seven, staying with them until his transfer in 1965 to

. A right back, his tenacity earned him the nickname "Der Terrier". He was one of the key players, along with Rainer Bonhof, Herbert Wimmer, Uli Stielike, Allan Simonsen and Jupp Heynckes, during Borussia's golden years in the 1970s, when it won the

five times, the German Cup once, and the

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twice. Vogts also played in the 1977 European Cup Final defeat by

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. Vogts made 419 Bundesliga appearances for Mönchengladbach, scoring 32 times, and also appeared 64 times for the club in European competition, scoring eight goals. Vogts remained with Mönchengladbach, until he retired from playing in 1979.

International career

Vogts played nine international boys' games for West Germany, made three appearances for the under 23s team, and has 96 senior

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s, making him one of Germany's most capped players. He was captain for twenty of the senior games, scored one international goal and was also a member of the Germany national team that won the

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. Nicknamed "Der Terrier" for always fighting for every ball as if it were his last, Vogts was a big favourite with his home crowd. Vogts famously marked, and subdued, Johan Cruyff, in the

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of the

in Munich, West Germany, won by West Germany 2–1. During the match between West Germany and Austria on 21 June 1978, in the second round of the

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, he scored an own goal, allowing Austria to beat West Germany for the first time in 47 years, and preventing West Germany from moving on to the next round. In Austria, this match is fondly known as the Miracle of Córdoba.

Managerial career

West Germany and Germany

After his playing career ended, Vogts became coach of the West Germany under 21 national team, and continued in that role until 1990. Starting in 1986, he became an assistant manager of the senior national side. He was promoted to manager of Germany in August 1990, succeeding Franz Beckenbauer. After winning the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final the month before, Beckenbauer famously said that the reunified Germany will "probably be unbeatable for years", a statement which turned out to be a burden for Vogts during the upcoming years. Although Vogts led the Germany national team to a Euro 1992 runner up finish and winning the next Euros in 1996, two World Cup quarter-final defeats in

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and

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are also on his sheet. He stepped down as manager in September 1998.

Bayer Leverkusen

In November 2000, after some time out of managing, he was appointed manager of

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. The following May, despite earning Bayer Leverkusen qualification for the Champions League, he was sacked.

Kuwait

Three months later, in August 2001, he became manager of the Kuwait national team.

Scotland

Vogts resigned his position with Kuwait in January 2002, after six months in the post, to assume a similar position with the Scotland national team. In qualifying for UEFA Euro 2004, Vogts took Scotland to a play off place, finishing second in their group to Germany. In the playoffs, Scotland were drawn against the Netherlands and Vogts led them to a 1–0 victory at Hampden Park, but the Netherlands beat Scotland 6–0 in the return leg. The Scottish press became notably more hostile towards Vogts following a series of defeats in friendly matches. A 1–1 draw with

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in October 2004 essentially put paid to Scotland's hopes of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. Vogts resigned on 1 November, with a year and a half remaining on his contract, citing "disgraceful abuse". Nine days after Vogts resigned, Scotland dropped to a record low of 77th place in the FIFA World Rankings.

Nigeria

In January 2007, Vogts was appointed manager of

, and signed a four-year contract. Nigeria were eliminated in the quarter finals of the 2008 African Nations Cup, which was their worst performance in the competition since 1982. Vogts resigned from his position in February 2008.

Azerbaijan

In April 2008, he was appointed manager of

, on a two-year contract. In December 2009, he extended his contract with AFFA until the end of qualifying for

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, after successful results. In March 2014, Vogts was appointed by Jürgen Klinsmann as a special advisor to the

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, for the 2014 World Cup. In October 2014, he resigned from his position as Azerbaijan manager, after a 6–0 defeat against Croatia. Azerbaijan had lost all of their first three matches in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H. Under Vogts, Azerbaijan had some poor results, not being able to win against second string sides, forcing Vogts to face major criticism from local supporters and the media.

United States

In March 2015, Vogts was appointed by the United States national team as a technical advisor. After the dismissal of Jürgen Klinsmann, Vogts' employment also ended.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Borussia Mönchengladbach *

: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 * DFB-Pokal: 1972–73 *

: 1974–75, 1978–79 West Germany *

: 1974 *

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

Individual *'' kicker''

Team of the Season: 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77 * Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1971, 1979 * FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1974,

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

*''FUWO European Team of the Season'': 1970 *''Sport Ideal European XI'': 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977 * World XI: 1971, 1975, 1977 * Onze Mondial: 1976, 1977

Manager

Germany *

: 1996 Individual * World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 1996

References

External links

Leverkusen who's who
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