Kurt Linder

Kurt Linder (8 October 1933 – 12 December 2022) was a German professional football manager and player. He played for Young Boys, Rapid Wien,^[1] Rot-Weiss Essen and Lyon, among other teams.

Kurt Linder

Linder as Ajax manager in 1981
Personal information
Date of birth	(1933-10-08)8 October 1933
Place of birth	Karlsruhe, Gau Baden, Germany
Date of death	12 December 2022(2022-12-12) (aged 89)
Place of death	Muri bei Bern, Switzerland
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1956	Karlsruher SC	9	(2)
1956–1957	Young Boys	16	(12)
1957–1959	Urania Genève Sport	42	(11)
1959–1960	Rapid Wien	9	(5)
1960–1962	Rot-Weiss Essen	26	(7)
1962–1963	Lyon	17	(1)
1965–1966	Lausanne-Sport	1	(0)
Total		120	(38)
Managerial career
1965–1966	Lausanne-Sport
1966–1968	XerxesDZB
1968–1972	PSV Eindhoven
1972–1973	Marseille
1973–1977	Young Boys
1981–1982	Ajax
1983	Young Boys
1988	Ajax
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After his playing career, Linder became a professional manager in Switzerland with Lausanne-Sport and Young Boys,^[2] in Netherlands with XerxesDZB,^[3] PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, and in France with Marseille.

As a player he won the league titles of Switzerland and Austria with Young Boys and Rapid Wien respectively, while as a manager Linder won the Swiss Cup and Swiss League Cup with Young Boys and the Eredivisie with Ajax in the 1981-82 season with 117 goals for and 42 goals against in 34 matches, with players like Keje Molenaar, Frank Rijkaard, Sonny Silooy, Gerald Vanenburg, Johan Cruijff, Soren Lerby, Tscheu La Ling, Wim Kieft, Jesper Olsen, Marco van Basten and John van 't Schip.

Linder died on 12 December 2022, at the age of 89.^[4]