Köbi Kuhn
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jakob Kuhn | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1977 | Zürich | 408 | (32) |
| National team | |||
| 1962–1976 | Switzerland | 63 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1983 | Zürich | ||
| 1983–1984 | Zürich | ||
| 1995–2001 | Switzerland U21 | ||
| 2001–2008 | Switzerland | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn (born 12 October 1943 in Zürich) is a Swiss football manager and former football midfielder.
During his playing career he played primarily for FC Zürich and won 63 caps for Switzerland, one of which was at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. As a manager he led his national team to Euro 2004 and 2008 and the 2006 World Cup.
Kuhn has been described as a clever and skilful midfielder. He spent 16 years with FC Zürich, captaining them to the Swiss Super League six times, as well as the Swiss Cup five times. He also played for Zürich in European Cup semi-finals in 1963 and 1977. He left FCZ for city rivals Grasshopper Club Zürich for a short period towards the end of his career. Internationally he won 63 caps, and as a 22-year-old played one game at the 1966 World Cup, before being sent home in disgrace, and later banned for 12 months from the national team, for breaking a curfew.
After retiring as a player, Kuhn returned to FC Zürich in 1979 to take charge of their youth set-up. He was later caretaker-manager of the club for two short spells between May 1983 and July 1984, as the club searched for a permanent successor to Daniel Jeandupeux. In 1995 he left the club and took a youth-coaching position at the Swiss FA. He led the national under-18 side to an impressive showing at the 1997 European Championships, and later guided the U21s towards qualification for the finals of their respective European Championships for the first time.
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