Bernhard Zgoll

Bernhard Zgoll (25 June 1927 as Bernard Jan Zgol– August 2002)[1] was a Polish[2]–German professional football manager. He is the second youngest trainer in the history of Ekstraklasa (21 years old in 1949).

Bernhard Zgoll
Personal information
Full name Bernard Jan Zgol
Date of birth 25 June 1927
Place of birth Chorzów, Poland
Managerial career
Years Team
1948–1950 Szombierki Bytom
Pogoń Nowy Bytom
Ruch Radzionków
1953–? Szkółka ZS Górnik (youth)
1955–1958 Górnik Radlin
1984 Kenya
Philippines
1992 Dominican Republic

Career

Zgol coached two top Polish league teams: Szombierki Bytom and Górnik Radlin. In 1950, 1955, and 1957 he fell with his team to the second division, in 1956 he was promoted to the first division. In 1958, a Polish military court sentenced him to 10 years in prison for collaborating with American intelligence.

Zgol in 1970 arrived for Germany and changed the spelling of his surname. Next in 1978 in the Philippine to oversee the setting up of eight football centres in sites nationwide. These centres would be where young football hopefuls under the age of 18 could be nurtured and developed until they rose from the ranks and played for the national team.[3]

In 1983, he served as a technical advisor in Korea Football Association[4]

In 1984, he was a head coach of the Kenya national football team.[5] In 1992, he coached the Dominican Republic national football team. He was friends with Rudi Gutendorf.

References
  1. Paweł Czado Zieloni. Szombierki, niezwykły śląski klub, ed. Wydawnictwo Żwakowskie, Tychy 2020, p. 167
  2. Andrzej Gowarzewski: MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI. LUDZIE (1945–1962). 100 lat prawdziwej historii (3), Wydawnictwo GiA, Katowice 2017
  3. Bernhard Zgoll - Azkals Archived December 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 한국成人(성인)축구「大計(대계)」절실하다 전국 순회코치 즈골氏(씨)
  5. "Standard Digital News - With this man, Kenya could be at the World Cup". Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-12-04.


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