Stefan Kuntz

Stefan Kuntz

Kuntz during the 2006 World Cup in Kaiserslautern.
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Kuntz
Date of birth	(1962-10-30) 30 October 1962 (age 50)
Place of birth	Neunkirchen, West Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	1. FC Kaiserslautern (chairman)
Youth career
1970–1980	Borussia Neunkirchen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980–1983	Borussia Neunkirchen
1983–1986	VfL Bochum	100	(41)
1986–1989	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	94	(32)
1989–1995	1. FC Kaiserslautern	170	(75)
1995–1996	Beşiktaş J.K.	30	(9)
1996–1998	Arminia Bielefeld	65	(25)
1998–1999	VfL Bochum	20	(6)
2002–2003	SV Furpach	22	(22)
2004–2005	FC Palatia Limbach	10	(1)
National team
1983–1985	West Germany U-21	4	(3)
1986	West Germany B	1	(2)
1993–1997	Germany	25	(6)
Teams managed
1999–2000	Borussia Neunkirchen
2000–2002	Karlsruher SC
2003	SV Waldhof Mannheim
2003	LR Ahlen
2005–2006	TuS Koblenz (athletic director)
2006–2008	VfL Bochum (athletic director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stefan Kuntz (born 30 October 1962 in Neunkirchen) is a former German professional footballer^[1] and since April 2008 chairman of the German football team 1. FC Kaiserslautern.^[2]

Career [edit]

Kuntz's playing career lasted from 1983 until 1999, he made 449 appearances and scored 179 goals in the Bundesliga. He played for VfL Bochum, Bayer 05 Uerdingen, 1. FC Kaiserslautern and Arminia Bielefeld. He also played in Turkey for Beşiktaş J.K. In 1986 and 1994 he was the top scorer in the Bundesliga.

Kuntz played for the German national team between 1993 and 1997 and was part of the winning German team of UEFA Euro 1996. He gave a particularly memorable performance in the 1–1 draw with England in the semi-final scoring the crucial equalizer, as well as scoring in the penalty shoot out. Kuntz was also part of the German team that participated in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the US. During his international career, he obtained 25 caps, scoring six goals. None of these caps ended in a defeat for Germany (20 wins and five draws), which is the German record for most caps without defeat.

From 2006 to 2008, he was the athletic director of VfL Bochum.

Honours [edit]

• DFB-Pokal: 1989–90
• Fußball-Bundesliga: 1990–91
• European Championship: 1996

Trivia [edit]

• Kuntz was mocked in England (notably on Frank Skinner and David Baddiel's TV show and in the video to the 1998 version of "Three Lions") because of the similarity of his surname to the word cunts.
• Kuntz's father, Günter Kuntz, played for Borussia Neunkirchen between 1964 and 1968.
• Kuntz is a first cousin of singer Andy Kuntz of progressive metal band Vanden Plas.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Stefan Kuntz at fussballdaten.de (German)
• Stefan Kuntz at transfermarkt.de (German)

Germany squads v t e Germany squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Illgner 2 Strunz 3 Brehme 4 Kohler 5 Helmer 6 Buchwald 7 Möller 8 Häßler 9 Riedle 10 Matthäus (c) 11 Kuntz 12 Köpke 13 Völler 14 Berthold 15 Gaudino 16 Sammer 17 Wagner 18 Klinsmann 19 Kirsten 20 Effenberg 21 Basler 22 Kahn Coach: Vogts v t e Germany squad – UEFA Euro 1996 Winners (3rd Title) 1 Köpke 2 Reuter 3 Bode 4 Freund 5 Helmer 6 Sammer 7 Möller 8 Scholl 9 Bobic 10 Häßler 11 Kuntz 12 Kahn 13 Basler 14 Babbel 15 Kohler 16 Schneider 17 Ziege 18 Klinsmann (c) 19 Strunz 20 Bierhoff 21 Eilts 22 Reck 23 Todt Coach: Vogts