Franz-Josef Tenhagen

Tenhagen as coach of the SG Wattenscheid 1997

Franz- Josef " Jupp " Tenhagen ( born October 31, 1952 in Millingen, today a district of Rees ) is a former German football player and coach.

Playing career

Association

In the Bundesliga he played from 1971 to 1988 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Borussia Dortmund and VfL Bochum. For Bochum he was twelve years running. Tenhagen played as a defender 457 times in the Bundesliga, scoring 26 goals.

National

He came up with three inserts in the German national team, including 1977 's 1-1 friendly draw against Brazil in the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in front of 160,000 spectators. An injury prevented its use in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.

A trainer

As a coach, he worked on the VfL ​​Bochum, the SG Wattenscheid 09 and LR Ahlen, with Wattenscheid (1997) and Ahlen ( 2000), he rose each on to the 2nd Bundesliga. For a long time he was in the Oberliga Nordrhein for 1 FC Bocholt ( 1991-1996 and 2001-2007 ) worked: Although he declared on 7 March 2007 his resignation as coach, but he remained as a director of sport at the club. This commitment then ended in late summer 2007. Due to financial reasons Tenhagen was dismissed. The 1 FC Bocholt rose after the departure of Tenhagen from the federation League Lower Rhine.

Today Tenhagen lives in Haldern, a district of Rees in the Lower Rhine ( Kreis Kleve ) and operates in the neighboring city of Emmerich am Rhein, a sports shop, a number of football schools in regional areas. In the summer of 2008, he was athletic director at Regional League -A- SC 26 Bocholt, where at that time the former Bundesliga player Harald Katemann worked as a coach.

From summer 2009, took over as coach Tenhagen the ambitious district division side SV Grieth (part of Kalkar ) and managed once the rise in the national league. His commitment to the club, he finished on January 12, 2011.