Otto Pfister

Otto Pfister

Pfister in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1937-11-24) 24 November 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1958	Viktoria Köln
1958–1959	VfL Köln 99
1959–1960	Chiasso
1960–1961	Grenchen
1961–1963	Vaduz
1963–1966	St. Gallen
1966–1968	Nordstern Basel
1968–1969	Moutier
1969–1972	Chur 97
Managerial career
1972–1976	Rwanda
1976–1978	Upper Volta
1979–1982	Senegal
1982–1985	Ivory Coast
1985–1989	Zaire
1992–1993	Ghana
1995–1997	Bangladesh
1997–1998	Saudi Arabia
1998	Saudi Arabia (Olympic)
1998–1999	Saudi Arabia
1999–2002	Zamalek
2002–2004	CS Sfaxien
2004–2005	Nejmeh
2005	Al Masry
2006	Togo
2006–2007	Al Merrikh
2007–2009	Cameroon
2011–2012	Trinidad and Tobago
2014	Al Merrikh
2015	USM Alger
2017–2018	Afghanistan
Medal record Men's football (as manager) Representing  Ghana Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 1992 FIFA U-17 World Championship Winner 1991 Representing  Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2008 Representing  Saudi Arabia FIFA Arab Cup Winner 1998 Arabian Gulf Cup Runner-up 1998 Representing  Ivory Coast West African Nations Cup 1983 ECOWAS Cup Winner 1983 Representing  Senegal Amílcar Cabral Cup Runner-up 1982
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Otto Martin Pfister (born 24 November 1937) is a German football manager and one of Germany's most successful coaching exports, voted Africa's Manager of the Year in 1992.^[1] He is formerly the manager of the Afghanistan national team.^[2]