Eckhard Krautzun

Eckhard Krautzun
	Krautzun as FC St. Pauli manager in 1997
Personal information
Date of birth	13 January 1941 (age 84)
Place of birth	Solingen, Germany
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1967	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Managerial career
1968	South Korea, South Korea U20 (technical advisor)
1969–1970	Young Fellows Zürich
1971	Kenya
1973–1975	Canada
1975–1977	Canada
1976–1977	Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)
1978	Wormatia Worms
1978–1979	1860 Munich
1980	Houston Hurricane
1981–1982	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1983	SG Union Solingen
1983	Mazda Hiroshima
1983–1985	SG Union Solingen
1985–1986	Tennis Borussia Berlin
1986–1987	Darmstadt 98
1987–1988	Al Ahli Jeddah
1989	Darmstadt 98
1989–1990	Wormatia Worms
1990	Alemannia Aachen
1990–1991	SC Freiburg
1991–1992	Philippines
1992–1993	Kuala Lumpur City Hall
1992–1993	Malaysia
1993–1995	VfL Wolfsburg
1995–1996	Union Berlin
1996	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1997	CS Sfaxien
1997	FC St. Pauli
1997–1999	CS Sfaxien
1999	1899 Hoffenheim (sporting director)
1999–2000	Darmstadt 98
2000–2001	Mainz 05
2001	Tunisia
2003–2005	China U20
2007	China women (technical advisor)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eckhard Krautzun (born 13 January 1941) is a German football coach and former player.

Managerial career

As a player, Krautzun turned out for Union Solingen, Rheydter SV, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Young Fellows Zürich and TeBe Berlin.

In 1968, he was technical advisor of South Korea / South Korea U20.^[1]^[2]

In 1973, Krautzun was the first head coach of Canada not to hail from that country or the United Kingdom. After his resignation, Krautzun pointed to the lack of public support for amateur sports in Canada as a reason for the country's lack of success on the international stage.^[3] Krautzun went on right after resigning to coach in the NASL with the Vancouver Whitecaps (and later with the Houston Hurricane and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers). He was not a popular coach with the Whitecaps due to the defensive style of play he employed. It was only later with the Strikers (with stars such as Gerd Muller, Teofilo Cubillas, Ray Hudson and Branko Segota) where he loosened up and got his teams attacking and the Strikers had two very successful seasons getting to the semi-finals twice.

In 2001, Krautzun steered Tunisia through 2002 World Cup qualifying but resigned ahead of the tournament, citing interference from the Tunisian Football Federation with his coaching.

Krautzun was in charge of a training camp for promising Chinese youngsters in Bad Kissingen, Germany in 2006, helping prepare the younger generation of players for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.^[4]

In 2007, he acted as an adviser to the Chinese women's national team, stepping down in March of that year due to health issues.^[5]

As well as a manager, Krautzun has acted as a technical advisor and scout. He has worked extensively in North America and Asia, where he worked as a scout in China and South Korea from 2001 to 2003.