Burkhard Ziese (1 February 1944 – 19 April 2010) was a German

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Managerial career

After obtaining his coaching license, Ziese had stints in several developing nations such as Sudan, Thailand, Pakistan, Ghana and Bermuda. Ziese was appointed as coach for the Pakistan national team following the 1987

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in September 1987, replacing

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who subsequently worked as assistant coach under him. In 1989, he was sacked and replaced by

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who acted as caretaker manager two days before facing the

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at the second leg of the

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in February 1989. After coaching Zambia, he returned to Ghana in 2003. Ziese managed

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during the

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qualifying round. In 2006, while managing Malawi, Ziese was brutally attacked by four security officials at the apparent direction of the general secretary of the

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. He work a time for NATO in

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and play 1968 by Tongerse SV Cercle three games and scored two goals in fourth division of Belgium.

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