.jpg) Hitzfeld coaching Switzerland in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 January 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Lörrach, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1967 | TuS Stetten | ||
| 1967–1968 | FV Lörrach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1975 | Basel | 92 | (66) |
| 1975–1978 | VfB Stuttgart | 80 | (38) |
| 1978–1980 | Lugano | 55 | (35) |
| 1980–1983 | Luzern | 72 | (30) |
| Total | 300 | (169) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972 | West Germany (Olympic) | 6 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1983–1984 | SC Zug | ||
| 1984–1988 | Aarau | ||
| 1988–1991 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 1991–1997 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 1998–2004 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 2007–2008 | Bayern Munich | ||
| 2008–2014 | Switzerland | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ottmar Hitzfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈʔɔtmaːɐ̯ ˈhɪt͡sfɛlt]; born 12 January 1949) is a German former professional football player and a former manager. He accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
A striker in his playing days, Hitzfeld won two Swiss Super League titles (1971–72, 1972–73) with Basel. He was top goalscorer in the league for the 1972–73 season. He earned six caps for the West Germany national team, all at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
A trained mathematician and sports teacher, Hitzfeld is one of the most successful coaches of German and international football. As manager, he won two Bundesliga titles with Dortmund and five Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich. He won the 1996–97 Champions League with Dortmund, beating a star-studded Juventus team in the final. He won the 2000–01 Champions League with Bayern, defeating Valencia in the final.
He has been elected "World Coach of the Year" twice; he is one of only six managers to win the European Cup/UEFA Champions League with two clubs, along with Ernst Happel, Pep Guardiola, José Mourinho, Jupp Heynckes, and Carlo Ancelotti.