Hennes Weisweiler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hennes Weisweiler

German football player and manager

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1919

Place of Birth: Lechenich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1983

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hans "Hennes" Weisweiler (5 December 1919 in Lechenich, Rhine Province – 5 July 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland) was a German footballer and coach, as the latter he won major titles with Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1.
FC Köln in the 1970s. With 11 titles, 8 with West German clubs, he was one of the most successful European coaches of his time.
His influence went well beyond.
Between 1957 and 1970, at the German Sports Academy in Cologne, he was responsible for the training of hundreds of coaches from all over the world.
In 2005, the training centre for coaches there was named in his honour the Hennes-Weisweiler-Academy.Weisweiler is most closely associated with the fortunes of Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1960s and 1970s and with 1.
FC Köln in the late 1970s.
He is also famous for having developed the talents of many outstanding players, including Günter Netzer, Berti Vogts, Jupp Heynckes, Rainer Bonhof, Allan Simonsen, Uli Stielike, Bernd Schuster and Pierre Littbarski.