Burkhard Pape
German footballer and manager
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| Intro | German footballer and manager | |||
| Places | Germany | |||
| is | Athlete Football player Association football player Sports official Association football manager | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | 1932, Magdeburg, Germany | |||
| Age | 93 years | |||
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Biography
Burkhard Pape (born 1932) is a German former professional football player and manager. After a brief playing career as a right winger, Pape became a football coach who spent nearly forty years managing national teams in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
Career
Playing career
Born in 1932 in Magdeburg, Pape played as a right winger for Hannover 96, VfR Neumünster and FSV Frankfurt.
Coaching career
In June and July 1961, Pape managed a German all-star team called the Baden Amateur All-Stars which toured the northeast United States, winning five out of six games.
Pape became manager Uganda in 1968 after leaving his job coaching Sierra Leone. He left Uganda in August 1972, having won 41 out of the 70 games he had been in charge of. His next big job was as Egypt manager, a position he held from 1975 to 1977.
After leaving Egypt, Pape left Africa and managed teams across Asia and the Pacific, such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu.
Pape returned to Africa to coach Tanzania at the 2000 Four Nation Castle Lager Cup.