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Jupp Heynckes

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Josef "Jupp" Heynckes (German: [ˈjʊp ˈhaɪnkəs]; born 9 May 1945) is a German retired professional footballer and manager. For the majority of his playing career he was as a striker for Borussia Mönchengladbach in its golden era of the 1960s and '70s, when they won many national championships and the DFB-Pokal, as well as the UEFA Cup. During this period the team played in its only European Cup final in 1977, losing to Liverpool. He is the fourth-highest goalscorer in the history of the Bundesliga, with 220 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jupp Heynckes is the 6th most popular coach, the 199th most popular biography from Germany (up from 203rd in 2019) and the most popular German Coach.

Jupp Heynckes is most famous for being the manager of the German national football team that won the World Cup in 1990.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Jupp Heynckes ranks 6 out of 471. Before him are Carlo Ancelotti, Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger, Pep Guardiola, and José Mourinho. After him are Dino Zoff, Fabio Capello, Claudio Ranieri, Louis van Gaal, Leo Beenhakker, and Hans-Dieter Flick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jupp Heynckes ranks 15. Before him are Lemmy, Radovan Karadžić, Priscilla Presley, Debbie Harry, Tom Selleck, and Eric Clapton. After him are Eddy Merckx, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Wim Wenders, Daniel Ortega, Yoshinori Ohsumi, and Patrick Modiano.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jupp Heynckes ranks 199 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Leopold Mozart (1719), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Ernst Röhm (1887), Friedrich Ebert (1871), and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990). After him are Walter Model (1891), Nico (1938), Erich Raeder (1876), Frederick Trump (1869), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), and Gottlob Frege (1848).

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Among COACHES In Germany

Among coaches born in Germany, Jupp Heynckes ranks 1. After him are Hans-Dieter Flick (1965), Jürgen Klopp (1967), Sepp Maier (1944), Joachim Löw (1960), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Otto Rehhagel (1938), Bernd Schuster (1959), Matthias Sammer (1967), Robert Prosinečki (1969), Edmund Conen (1914), and Andreas Köpke (1962).

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