FC Köln on 24 May 1980 against Werder Bremen, though he only played two minutes in his debut performance.
He made his name in the eighties with SC Fortuna Köln.
In September 2011, he was named caretaker manager of Alemannia Aachen following the sacking of Peter Hyballa.
[3] After one game (a 0–0 against SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Friedhelm Funkel took the job and had it until 1 April 2012 when he was put on a leave, too.
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