Guido Buchwald

Guido Buchwald
Buchwald with Urawa in 2004.
Personal information
Full name Guido Ulrich Buchwald
Date of birth (1961-01-24) 24 January 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth West Berlin, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Stuttgarter Kickers (Director of football)
Youth career
1969–1977 SV Wannweil
1977–1978 TSV Pliezhausen
1978–1979 Stuttgarter Kickers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1983 Stuttgarter Kickers 146 (18)
1983–1994 VfB Stuttgart 325 (28)
1994–1997 Urawa Red Diamonds 127 (11)
1997–1999 Karlsruher SC 40 (3)
Total 638 (60)
International career
1980 West Germany U-21 1 (0)
1983–1984 West Germany Olympic 9 (1)
1984–1994 Germany 76 (4)
Managerial career
2004–2006 Urawa Reds
2007 Alemannia Aachen
2012 Stuttgarter Kickers (interim)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1990 Italy
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1992 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guido Ulrich Buchwald (born 24 January 1961) is a German former professional football player. Throughout his career he played as a defender. He is currently director of football of Stuttgarter Kickers.[1]

The best game of Buchwald's career was the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup victory for West Germany against Argentina where he effectively marked Diego Maradona for almost the entire match, earning him the nickname "Diego".[2] He was also part of Germany's disappointing 1994 FIFA World Cup campaign and collected in his career 76 caps.[3]

  1. ^ "Buchwald, Guido" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - News - A magical night in Rome - FIFA". FIFA. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (23 July 2015). "Guido Buchwald - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2015.