Rudi Assauer

Rudi Assauer
Assauer in 2002
Personal information
Full name Rudolf Assauer
Date of birth (1944-04-30)30 April 1944
Place of birth Sulzbach-Altenwald, Germany
Date of death 6 February 2019(2019-02-06) (aged 74)
Place of death Herten, Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1952–1963 SpVgg Herten
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 SpVgg Herten 35 (7)
1964–1970 Borussia Dortmund 121 (8)
1970–1976 Werder Bremen 186 (4)
Total 342 (19)
Managerial career
1976–1981 Werder Bremen (general manager)
1977 → Werder Bremen (joint interim)
1980 → Werder Bremen (joint interim)
1981–1986 Schalke 04 (general manager)
1981 → Schalke 04 (joint interim)
1983 → Schalke 04 (interim)
1990–1993 VfB Oldenburg (general manager)
1993–2006 Schalke 04 (general manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rudolf "Rudi" Assauer (30 April 1944 – 6 February 2019) was a German football player and executive.[1] After his professional career for Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen, Assauer served as the general manager of FC Schalke 04 for many years.

  1. ^ "Rudolf Assauer" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 14 March 2010.