Pierre Michael Littbarski is a German professional football manager and former player of 1.
20 Facts About Pierre Littbarski
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Pierre Littbarski was the caretaker manager of VfL Wolfsburg after taking over from Steve McClaren from 7 February to 17 March 2011.
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Pierre Littbarski made his debut for the club, at the time coached by Hennes Weisweiler, at the age of 18.
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Pierre Littbarski scored the winning goal in the 1983 DFB-Pokal final against Fortuna Koln.
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Pierre Littbarski was on teams that were three times the runner-up in the Bundesliga title chase, in 1982,1989 and 1990.
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Pierre Littbarski later played for RC Paris in Ligue 1 as well as for JEF United Ichihara and Brummel Sendai in Japan.
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Pierre Littbarski had a prolific but short career as part of the West German Under-21 side.
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Pierre Littbarski was a part of the squad that got to the 1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship final.
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Pierre Littbarski scored a hat-trick against the English in West Germany, but ultimately they lost the tie.
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Pierre Littbarski earned his first cap for West Germany on 14 October 1981 in the 1982 World Cup qualification against Austria.
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Against France in the semi-final, Pierre Littbarski scored the opening goal, and later was successful on a penalty in the deciding shoot-out.
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Pierre Littbarski played the whole match, receiving a yellow card in the 88th minute.
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At the UEFA Euro 1984, West Germany, with Pierre Littbarski, were eliminated in the group stage after a string of poor performances.
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Pierre Littbarski scored his only goal in the group stage against Colombia but started three of the four games at the knockout stage, including the final.
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Pierre Littbarski has been the manager of Yokohama FC, as well as assistant manager of Bayer 04 Leverkusen and manager of MSV Duisburg.
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Pierre Littbarski was manager of Australian A-League side Sydney FC between 2005 and 2006, and led them to the FIFA Club World Championship in 2005, and a win in the inaugural A-League Championship.
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Pierre Littbarski was famous amongst Sydney FC supporters and the media for his stylish brown suits.
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Sydney under Pierre Littbarski were criticised for boring football, but the results could seldom be argued with and Sydney FC went on to claim the inaugural A-League Championship under his reign.
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In December 2006, Pierre Littbarski was appointed the manager of Avispa Fukuoka, a J2 League side that was newly demoted to the second division after the 2006 season.
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On 9 June 2010, Pierre Littbarski signed a two-year contract as assistant coach by VfL Wolfsburg.