Football

Augenthaler is a coach in the district League

The former German international Klaus Augenthaler has a new sport found a home. In the coming season coached the world champion of 1990 the Amateurverein SV Donaustauf, Germany.

Klaus Augenthaler is in the summer, new coach of the Siebtligisten SV Donaustauf, Germany. As the upper Palatinate district ligist announced on Thursday, the football world champion in 1990 but now as a consultant for the club to be active. “It is not only my lower Bavarian origin, I feel the Region and the Association are closely connected,” said the 58-year-old Augenthaler at its presentation. “In addition to the sporting task I see here the possibility, together with the club and its supporters various social projects in motion.”

Augenthaler, a former world-class Libero for Bayern Munich and the world Champions of 1990, in the Bundesliga 1. FC Nuremberg, with which he can climb, Bayer Leverkusen and VfL Wolfsburg are cared for. Most recently, he served from 2010 to 2011 for the third division team SpVgg Unterhaching responsible. With the Grazer AK he won in 2000 and the Austrian Cup.

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