Günter Bittengel
Bittengel in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 July 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1974–1985 | Dukla Prague | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1991 | Dukla Prague | 159 | (21) |
1991–1996 | Bayer Uerdingen | 153 | (20) |
1997–2001 | FK Chmel Blšany | 93 | (13) |
Total | 415 | (54) | |
International career | |||
1986–1988 | Czechoslovakia U21 | 14 | (3) |
1987–1991 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | (0) |
1995 | Czech Republic | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2001–2003 | FK Chmel Blšany | ||
2003–2004 | FK Viktoria Žižkov | ||
2004–2005 | SC Xaverov Horní Počernice | ||
2005–2006 | SK Union Čelákovice | ||
2006–2009 | FK Dukla Prague | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Günter Bittengel (born 14 July 1966) is a Czech football coach and former player. He played as a striker in the Czechoslovak First League and went on to play in the Czech First League after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. As a result, he also represented both Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic at international level.
Club career
[edit]During his playing career, Bittengel made over 100 league appearances for Dukla Prague in six seasons at the club.[1] He was part of the Dukla team which won the 1989–90 Czechoslovak Cup.[2] Bittengel then went to Germany to play for Bayer Uerdingen.[2] During his time in Germany he played 153 league matches, scoring a total of 20 goals.[3]
Later in his career, Bittengel returned to the Czech Republic and played for FK Chmel Blšany, where he was the captain.[4] Bittengel, Jan Šimák and Pavel Pergl scored the first-ever top-flight goals for Blšany, each finding the net in a 3–1 win away at Teplice in August 1998.[5]
International career
[edit]Bittengel played for the Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team between 1986 and 1988, scoring three times in 14 appearances.[2] He progressed to the senior side, making his début for Czechoslovakia senior team in 1987.[2] He played his fourth and final match for Czechoslovakia in 1991,[6] but would go on to play for the newly independent Czech Republic in a 1995 match against Finland, his only appearance.[6]
Managerial career
[edit]As a manager, Bittengel's first Czech First League position was at FK Chmel Blšany, who he led between 2001 and 2003.[2] He took charge of Blšany in the winter break of the 2001–02 Gambrinus liga, after the team had lost seven consecutive matches under boss Miroslav Beránek.[7] Blšany remained in the top league throughout Bittengel's tenure, but suffered a run of five consecutive defeats at the beginning of the 2003–04 season.[8] In October 2003, with the club still last in the table, having taken just two points from the opening ten matches, Bittengel was replaced by Michal Bílek.[9]
He took over at FK Viktoria Žižkov in the winter break of the 2003–04 Gambrinus liga, with the club second from bottom in the league.[10] The club were relegated at the end of the season and Bittengel left Žižkov to join SC Xaverov Horní Počernice, a team which had just been relegated to the Bohemian Football League, on a one-year contract.[11]
Bittengel joined FK Dukla Prague in July 2006, while the team was in the Prague Championship.[12] He led Dukla until December 2009, when Luboš Kozel was brought in to lead the team and Bittengel moved to a new role as sporting director.[13]
Honours
[edit]Dukla Prague Czechoslovak Cup: 1989–90
References
[edit]- ^ "Počty startů hráčů v I. Československé lize: B" (in Czech). JFK-Fotbal. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ^ "Bittengel, Günter" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Bittengel dostal druhou šanci" [Bittengel got a second chance] (in Czech). idnes.cz. 4 June 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Football". Radio Prague. 3 August 1998. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ a b Günter Bittengel at FAČR (in Czech) Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Chmel turn to Bittengel". UEFA.com. 12 December 2001. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Blšany jsou stále bez bodu" [Blšany are still without a point] (in Czech). idnes.cz. 23 August 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Blsany sack coach Bittengel". Radio Prague. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Nemec leaves Sparta Prague for Zizkov". ESPN. 21 January 2004. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Fotbalisty Xaverova povede Bittengel" [Bittengel will lead Xaverov footballers] (in Czech). idnes.cz. 19 June 2004. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Bittengel vede Duklu. Přijde i Jiří Němec?" [Bittengel leads Dukla. Will Jiří Němec also come?] (in Czech). idnes.cz. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Fotbalisté pražské Dukly změnili trenéra: Bittengla vystřídal Kozel" [Dukla Prague footballers changed the manager: Bittengel was replaced by Kozel] (in Czech). idnes.cz. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
External links
[edit]- Günter Bittengel at Hall of Fame Dukla Praha (in Czech)
- Günter Bittengel at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Czech men's footballers
- Czechoslovak men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Czech Republic men's international footballers
- Czechoslovakia men's under-21 international footballers
- Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
- German Bohemian people
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Dukla Prague footballers
- FK Chmel Blšany players
- KFC Uerdingen 05 players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Czech First League players
- Czech football managers
- Czech First League managers
- FK Viktoria Žižkov managers
- Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers
- Czech expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Footballers from Prague
- FK Dukla Prague managers
- Czechoslovak First League players