Bernd Schuster (born 22 December 1959) is a German former professional footballer of the late 1970s through early 1990s, who won club titles playing for the Spanish sides Barcelona (1980–1987) and Real Madrid (1988–1990).

After retiring as a player, he managed a number of European clubs, including Real Madrid, taking them to the league title in the 2007–08 season.

[3] At his final team, the Mexican side Pumas de la UNAM he appeared in ten matches in spring 1997.

His club president Josep Lluís Núñez and some trainers like Helenio Herrera, Udo Lattek, Terry Venables and Luis Aragonés had difficult relations with him.

At age 21, in 1981, he was badly injured on his right knee[5] by Athletic Bilbao defender Andoni Goikoetxea, who had a reputation for aggressive tackling, as noted in contemporaneous accounts.

His style complemented the group of home-grown Madrid players known as la Quinta del Buitre, who were instrumental in the team's success in the Spanish Championship during the 1980s.

His refusal to take part in a match against Albania to be home for the birth of his second son David caused a sporting scandal at the time.

[4] According to Schuster, it was due to a major disagreement with the managements of both Barcelona and the West Germany national team on either side of a friendly match against Brazil.

Injuries at Barcelona would cause him to lose his pace, which led his coaches to move him to a deep-lying playmaking role, where his technique, vision and excellent passing abilities allowed him to excel at dictating the tempo of the game and provide chances for his teammates through short and long passes.

An admirer of Schuster, Köln coach Rinus Michels lamented his departure to Barcelona, believing that it was impossible to find a perfect replacement for him.

Atlético Madrid coach Luis Aragonés praised his reading of the game and ability to play the right pass at the right time.

However, the team did not win the championship and did not reach the final round of the Champions League with a match against Lokomotiv Moscow.

[22] As manager, he made a successful start with Real Madrid, taking them to top of the La Liga standings.

Attacking football returned again to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium with Madrid having the strongest offence, not beaten at home from the start of the league and defeating their arch rival Barcelona at their home ground Camp Nou, increasing their lead to seven points between them and second place (Barcelona).

The team qualified to the second round of the UEFA Champions League leading their group which contained Olympiacos, Werder Bremen and Lazio.

[29] Among his first signings for the club were Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma, Roberto Hilbert and former Real midfielder Guti, who was coached by Schuster at Madrid.

Later he bolstered the squad with three additional Portuguese stars Simão Sabrosa, Hugo Almeida and Manuel Fernandes.

[32] On 19 March 2018, Chinese Super League team Dalian Yifang officially appointed Schuster as the coach.