Career
He played as an attacking midifelder or forward. Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland (now Czechoslovakian Republic), his first football club was Kickers Offenbach. In 1965 he became a player in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund.
During his career he played 442 games (72 goals) in the Bundesliga, for Dortmund, Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen.
He also made 41 appearances for the West German national team, including the final of the 1966 World Cup. After his retirement as a professional player in 1981 he became a football coach – 1982-1983 for Football Club Schalke 04, 1986-1989 for the Iceland National Football Team, 1989-1990 for Galatasaray, 1991-1993 for Admira Wacker Wien, 1993-1995 for Dynamo Dresden, 1995 for Gamba Osaka and 1996-1998 for VfB Leipzig.
2001–2003 he was coach for the national team of Malta. In 2004 he became coach for the Thailand national football team, but was suspended after only five months.
As of February 2009, he works as fan relations supervisor with Borussia Dortmund.
1966 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup runner-up.