Klaus Toppmöller
transl. the German Wikipedia
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Klaus Toppmöller (born August 12 1951) is a former football player and the present coach of Georgia's national football team.
He earned 3 caps and scored 1 goal during his international career for West Germany.
Playing career
The supply engineer started his career at SV Rivenich and went to the then-Regionalliga team Eintracht Trier. He played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the Fußball-Bundesliga from 1972 until 1980 where he appeared 204 times, scoring 108 goals. He is the record scorer of the red devils. He debuted for West Germany in 1976 (against Spain) and was also capped in 1979 (against Malta and against Turkey). In 1980 he moved to Dallas Tornado. After playing in the 2.Bundesliga he retired at FSV Salmrohr.
Personal life
Toppmöller married Roswitha in 1977, and the couple have three children:
- 1979 - daughter Sarah Nina is a part time teacher, and sings under the artist name Zaranina in Munich
- 1980 - son Dino is nmed after the Italian idol Dino Zoff. Dino plays for Zweitligisten
- 1988 - son Tommy is a school student, playing for the A-youth side of FSV Salmrohr
Toppmöller brother Heinz and nephew Marco currently play for FC Kaiserslauter.
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