Peter Withe
Peter Withe ( born August 30, 1951 in Liverpool, England ) is a former English footballer and later coach. The former center forward became known primarily through his decisive 1-0 win matches for Aston Villa in the final of the European Cup of Champion in 1982 against Bayern Munich. For those in football and he is active in many parts of the world. By Players stations in South Africa and the United States, he later became coach in Thailand and Indonesia.
Career as a football player
After withe previously for fourth-rate clubs - FC Southport and the AFC Barrow - had played, he moved at the age of 20 years with his wife Kathy to South Africa. There he played in succession for Port Elizabeth City and Arcadia Shepherd, before he returned to England in November 1973.
The following two seasons graduated withe for Wolverhampton Wanderers. Only after a stint in the then U.S. North American Soccer League ( " NASL " ) with the Portland Timbers in 1975 - where he scored 17 goals in 22 games - and the subsequent return to England for the first division club Birmingham City started off the season 1975/76, a steady rise of sports. Nine Championship gates followed shortly after the subsequent season of change in the second division to Nottingham Forest, which has been trained at the time of Brian Clough.
Within the last two seasons withe rose with his new club up in the top English league and won was immediately awarded the English championship. Nevertheless, he left to the beginning of the 1978/79 season his success site and joined the second division club Newcastle United. Thus he missed the dual success of Nottingham Forest in the European Cup of Champions 1978/79 and European Cup up 1979 /80. The ascent to the First Division was denied him in the two years and withe joined in May 1980 again his club - now in the direction of the first division club Aston Villa.
There he contributed 20 league goals in the 1980/81 season and was instrumental in the fact that his team could win the championship. The following year, withe crowned his career by winning the European Cup of Champions and scored in the final against the German champions Bayern Munich in Rotterdam stadium " De Kuip " in the 67 minutes the decisive goal in a 1-0 victory to his team. Other highlight of this year was for him - shortly after his debut on 12 May 1981 against Brazil - his participation in the World Cup 1982 in Spain. Although he was the first player from Aston Villa who has been nominated to the World Cup finals, he did not come in the tournament itself for the England team but for use.
In the subsequent three years at Aston Villa Withe could celebrate no further significant successes more and moved in July 1985 to the second division Sheffield United. In November 1984, he had previously completed his eleventh and last international match against Turkey and then ended his national team career (a total while he managed only one goal against Hungary). The now 34 -year-old Withe played there until 1989, in the second and third division and was then allowed to Huddersfield Town end his football playing career.
Coaching career
At Huddersfield Town Withe took over from 1990, first supervisor tasks under coach Eoin Hand and returned a year later to his workplace to Aston Villa, where he briefly worked under Jozef Vengloš. His first head coach office he took over - after previous Kotrainertätigkeit - in October 1991 when Wimbledon FC as the successor of Ray Harford. There, however, he was able to win only one game in four months and went quickly back to Birmingham to work there in the future as chief scout at youth level.
In 1998 he took over the post of national coach in Thailand, although the nation at this time of the world football governing body FIFA - was closed to international games - together with Indonesia. Both teams had a Tiger Cup game - the Indonesia finally decided by an own goal 1-0 for themselves - refused to win as " threatened " an away game against Vietnam in Hanoi in case of victory had. Withe made in Thailand fundamental development work in the football field and led his team in the years 2000 and 2002, finally to two Tiger Cup Trophies. His commitment finally ended with a loss to the United Arab Emirates, thereby qualifying for the Olympic football tournament in Athens failed. Ostensibly, the president of the Thai Football Association gave him, however, claim to have dressed inappropriately by wearing shorts and suspended him in the course of this "affair".
Withe moved with his wife to the Australian Perth, but accepted only a year later, an offer of the Indonesian Association to take over the local team. There, too, made withe in the aftermath important pioneering work and also helped in the reconstruction of the hard drawn by the Indian Ocean tsunami affected country.
Achievements
- European Cup Winners ' Cup: 1982
- European Supercup winner: 1982
- English Champion: 1978, 1981
- Tiger Cup winner: 2000, 2002