Torsten Gütschow
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Torsten Gütschow (born 28 July 1962) is a German football manager and former player who played as a striker.[2] He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after reunification.[3] In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six months with Galatasaray of the Turkish Süper Lig.[3] A strong and instinctive goalscorer, Gütschow was top scorer in each of the last three seasons of the DDR-Oberliga,[4] and was the last East German Footballer of the Year.[5] He won three international caps for East Germany, scoring two goals between 1984 and 1989.[6] Since retiring he has taken up coaching, and has been manager of TuS Heeslingen.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Torsten Jens Gütschow[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1962-07-28) 28 July 1962 (age 62) | ||
Place of birth | Görlitz, East Germany | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1968–1973 | Traktor Zodel | ||
1973–1976 | Dynamo Görlitz | ||
1976–1980 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1992 | Dynamo Dresden | 247 | (116) |
1992–1993 | Galatasaray | 15 | (10) |
1993–1994 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 9 | (0) |
1994–1995 | Hannover 96 | 33 | (16) |
1995–1996 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | (15) |
1996–1999 | Dynamo Dresden | 82 | (33) |
Total | 420 | (190) | |
International career | |||
1979 | East Germany U-18 | 4 | (3) |
1981–1983 | East Germany U-21 | 16 | (4) |
East Germany Olympic | 3 | (2) | |
1984–1989 | East Germany | 3 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2003–2004 | FC Oberneuland | ||
2006–2013 | TuS Heeslingen | ||
2014 | TSG Neustrelitz | ||
2017–2019 | FSV Budissa Bautzen | ||
2022–2023 | Bremer SV | ||
2023 | SG Dynamo Schwerin | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |