Werner Fuchs

Werner Fuchs

Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-10-25)25 October 1948
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death	Aachen, Germany
Position(s)	Centre Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1968	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1	(0)
1968–1972	SV Alsenborn
1972	Hannover 96	0	(0)
1972–1980	SC Preußen Münster	193	(20)
Managerial career
1984–1987	Alemannia Aachen
1987–1988	1. FC Saarbrücken
1988–1990	Hertha BSC
1991–1992	Eintracht Braunschweig
1993	VfB Oldenburg
1994–1996	Wuppertaler SV
1996–1999	Alemannia Aachen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Werner Fuchs (25 October 1948, in Kaiserslautern – 11 May 1999, in Aachen) was a German football player and trainer.

Playing career

The centre forward began his professional career in 1967 with a professional contract at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where is older brother Fritz also played professionally. Werner Fuchs only appeared once in the first team against Eintracht Braunschweig on 10 February 1968, and would remain his only appearance in the Bundesliga. Although he did feature in another Bundesliga team, Hannover 96 in 1972, he transferred to the regional league team SC Preußen Münster in that same season without making an appearance. He played on in Münster until his retirement in 1980.

Coaching career

His greatest achievements came as a football manager. As trainer of Alemannia Aachen, he enjoyed huge popularity among the citizens of Aachen. He was trainer there from 1984 to 1987, and then again from 1996 until his death in 1999. He took Alemannia Aachen back into the 2. Bundesliga, but was unable to continue his success as a few days before the final league game, which Aachen won to secure promotion, he collapsed during a walk in the woods with the team and died of a heart attack aged 50. He continues to be honoured by Aachen fans today, with signs in the stadium, for example.

Tributes

On the tenth anniversary of Werner Fuchs' death, TSV Alemannia Aachen announced that the new amateur stadium belonging to the also New Tivoli stadium would be named the "Werner-Fuchs-Stadion", following suggestions from fans.

External links

• Obituary (German)
• Chronicle of Alemannia's promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, dedicated to Werner Fuchs (German)
• Werner Fuchs profile at Fussballdaten