Werner Bickelhaupt

Werner Bickelhaupt
Personal information
Date of birth 2 December 1939
Place of birth Ober-Ramstadt, Germany
Managerial career
Years Team
1971–1972 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
1972–1973 Freiburger FC
1973 VfR Aalen
1974–1975 Spvgg Freudenstadt
1976–1977 Würzburger FV
1977–1978 SC Young Fellows Juventus
1978–1979 Bangladesh
1979 Thailand
1980 FV Biberach
Al Ittihad
1986 Sakaryaspor
2003 Swaziland

Werner Bickelhaupt (born 2 December 1939) is a German professional football coach who has managed at both national and international level in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Career

Born in Ober-Ramstadt, Bickelhaupt has managed SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Freiburger FC, Spvgg Freudenstadt, Würzburger FV, SC Young Fellows Juventus, Thailand, FV Biberach and Al Ittihad.

In 1978 he became the first foreign coach of Bangladesh. He also managed the Bangladesh U19 team at the 1978 AFC Youth Championship, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In October 2003 he became the new head coach of the Swaziland national football team. In December 2003 Bickelhaupt was sacked as manager after Swaziland lost to the Cape Verde Islands in the preliminaries of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.