Rudi Gutendorf


Rudolf Gutendorf was a German football manager, renowned for managing the highest number of national teams – a total of 18 teams plus Iran's Olympic team in 1988 and the China Olympic team in 1992.
Gutendorf holds a Guinness World Record for coaching 55 teams in 32 countries, across six continents.

Playing career

Gutendorf played for TuS Neuendorf, Blue Stars Zürich and Luzern.
Neuendorf reached the semi finals of the German championship in
1948, but were beaten by Kaiserslautern.

Coaching career

His last coaching job was in 2003 with the Samoa national football team.

Filmography

Honours

Luzern
Duisburg
Schalke
Chile
Australia
Fiji
Rwanda
Individual