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German footballer and manager

Jürgen Kohler (born 6 October 1965) is a World Cup winning German footballer and manager, who played as a centre back.

Kohler enjoyed a lengthy career at the highest level with exactly 500 top flight league matches, playing primarily as a centre back in the German Bundesliga, and in the Italian Serie A, achieving notable success both at domestic and international level with FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus. Kohler's professional career began at Waldhof Mannheim, where he made his Bundesliga debut as a substitute against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in April 1984. His first professional goal came in a 5–2 defeat of FC Schalke 04 on 26 January 1985. A two year spell at 1. FC Köln preceded a transfer to Bayern Munich, with the Bavarian club winning the Bundesliga championship in his first season at the club. In 1991, Kohler transferred to Italian club Juventus. After being named Serie A's best foreign player for 1992, he went on to be part of the team that won the 1992–93 UEFA Cup against Borussia Dortmund, as well as a league and cup double in the 1994–95 season. After losing possession to Tomasson on the edge of Dortmund's penalty area, Kohler tripped the Danish forward inside the area to concede a penalty kick and was given a straight red card by referee Vítor Melo Pereira. Pierre van Hooijdonk scored the opening goal from the resulting penalty and BVB went on to lose the match 3–2.

At international level, Kohler made over 100 appearances for the German national team, playing at three FIFA World Cups and three UEFA European Championships, winning the 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1996.

After his playing career was over, he has managed the German under 21 side, and became sports director of Bayer Leverkusen on 31 March 2003, quitting this post on 29 June 2004. On 17 December 2005, he was appointed the coach of MSV Duisburg. In August 2006, he turned down the opportunity to coach the Ivory Coast national team. On 28 August 2008, Kohler signed a three year contract as manager of German 3. Liga club VfR Aalen. However, on 16 November 2008, he retired due to a heart condition from the coaching job. He continued to work as director of sports for Aalen, but was sacked on 5 May 2009. In April 2013, he started to work as director of sports for his former club SV Waldhof Mannheim.

After his retirement from professional sports, Kohler occasionally played for Alemannia Adendorf in the Kreisliga C (the 11th tier of German club football).

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalSuperCup1TotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWaldhof Mannheim1983–84Bundesliga50————501984–8526210———2721985–8632152———3731986–8732320———343Total95682———10381. FC Köln1987–88Bundesliga30220———3221988–8927020—60—350Total57240—60—672Bayern Munich1989–90Bundesliga26220—60103521990–9129410—7011385Total55630—13021737Juventus1991–92Serie A27370———3431992–9329171—112—4741993–9427310—71—3541994–9519150—51—292Total1028201—234—14513Borussia Dortmund1995–96Bundesliga29530—70104051996–9730210—81104031997–98233312050103441998–9929230———3221999–00302—10101—4132000–0128020———3002001–02220—11100—331Total19114121414023025018Career total50036444418265163548
1 Including appearances in 1989 DFB Supercup,1990 DFB Supercup,1995 DFB Supercup,1996 DFB Supercup and 1997 UEFA Super Cup .