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{{Short description|German football manager (born 1941)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Eckhard Krautzun
| image          = Eckhard Krautzun.JPG
| upright        = 1.1
| caption        = Krautzun as [[FC St. Pauli]] manager in 1997
| fullname       =
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1941|01|13|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Solingen]], Germany
| years1         = 1966–1967
| clubs1         = [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
| manageryears1  = 1968
| managerclubs1  = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]], [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]] (technical advisor)
| manageryears2  = 1969–1970
| managerclubs2  = [[Young Fellows Zürich]]
| manageryears3  = 1971
| managerclubs3  = [[Kenya national football team|Kenya]]
| manageryears4  = 1973–1975
| managerclubs4  = [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]]
| manageryears5  = 1975–1977
| managerclubs5  = [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]]
| manageryears6  = 1976–1977
| managerclubs6  = [[Vancouver Whitecaps (NASL)]]
| manageryears7  = 1978
| managerclubs7  = [[Wormatia Worms]]
| manageryears8  = 1978–1979
| managerclubs8  = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
| manageryears9  = 1980
| managerclubs9  = [[Houston Hurricane]]
| manageryears10 = 1981–1982
| managerclubs10 = [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)|Fort Lauderdale Strikers]]
| manageryears11 = 1983
| managerclubs11 = [[SG Union Solingen]]
| manageryears12 = 1983
| managerclubs12 = [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima|Mazda Hiroshima]]
| manageryears13 = 1983–1985
| managerclubs13 = [[SG Union Solingen]]
| manageryears14 = 1985–1986
| managerclubs14 = [[Tennis Borussia Berlin]]
| manageryears15 = 1986–1987
| managerclubs15 = [[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt 98]]
| manageryears16 = 1987–1988
| managerclubs16 = [[Al-Ahli (Jeddah)|Al Ahli Jeddah]]
| manageryears17 = 1989
| managerclubs17 = [[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt 98]]
| manageryears18 = 1989–1990
| managerclubs18 = [[Wormatia Worms]]
| manageryears19 = 1990
| managerclubs19 = [[Alemannia Aachen]]
| manageryears20 = 1990–1991
| managerclubs20 = [[SC Freiburg]]
| manageryears21 = 1991–1992
| managerclubs21 = [[Philippines national football team|Philippines]]
| manageryears22 = 1992–1993
| managerclubs22 = [[DBKL S.C.|Kuala Lumpur City Hall]]
| manageryears23 = 1992–1993
| managerclubs23 = [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] 
| manageryears24 = 1993–1995
| managerclubs24 = [[VfL Wolfsburg]]
| manageryears25 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs25 = [[1. FC Union Berlin|Union Berlin]]
| manageryears26 = 1996
| managerclubs26 = [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
| manageryears27 = 1997
| managerclubs27 = [[CS Sfaxien]]
| manageryears28 = 1997
| managerclubs28 = [[FC St. Pauli]]
| manageryears29 = 1997–1999
| managerclubs29 = [[CS Sfaxien]]
| manageryears30 = 1999
| managerclubs30 = [[TSG 1899 Hoffenheim|1899 Hoffenheim]] (sporting director)
| manageryears31 = 1999–2000
| managerclubs31 = [[SV Darmstadt 98|Darmstadt 98]]
| manageryears32 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs32 = [[1. FSV Mainz 05|Mainz 05]]
| manageryears33 = 2001
| managerclubs33= [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]
| manageryears34 = 2003–2005
| managerclubs34 = [[China national under-20 football team|China U20]]
| manageryears35 = 2007
| managerclubs35 = [[China women's national football team|China women]] (technical advisor)
}}

'''Eckhard Krautzun''' (born 13 January 1941) is a German [[association football|football]] coach and former player.

==Managerial career==
As a player, Krautzun turned out for [[Union Solingen]], [[Rheydter SV]], [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]], [[Young Fellows Zürich]] and [[TeBe Berlin]].

In 1968, he was technical advisor of [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] / [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]].<ref>[https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1967121300329208022&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1967-12-13&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=6823&publishType=00020 西獨蹴球(서독축구)코치來韓(내한) 우리代表(대표)선수지도]</ref><ref>[https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1967122400239108007&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1967-12-24&officeId=00023&pageNo=8&printNo=14364&publishType=00010 蹴協(축협)과1年契約(연계약)]</ref>

In 1973, Krautzun was the first head coach of [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] not to hail from that country or the United Kingdom. After his resignation, Krautzun pointed to the lack of public support for amateur sports in Canada as a reason for the country's lack of success on the international stage.<ref name=amateur>{{cite web | url = http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/clips/3099/ | title = How do Canadian athletes stack up? | date = 8 June 1975 | access-date = 22 May 2011 | work = CBC Digital Archives}}</ref> Krautzun went on right after resigning to coach in the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]] with the [[Vancouver Whitecaps (1986–2010)|Vancouver Whitecaps]] (and later with the [[Houston Hurricane]] and [[Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83)|Ft. Lauderdale Strikers]]). He was not a popular coach with the Whitecaps due to the defensive style of play he employed. It was only later with the Strikers (with stars such as [[Gerd Muller]], [[Teófilo Cubillas|Teofilo Cubillas]], [[Ray Hudson]] and [[Branko Segota]]) where he loosened up and got his teams attacking and the Strikers had two very successful seasons getting to the semi-finals twice.

In 2001, Krautzun steered [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] through [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] qualifying but resigned ahead of the tournament, citing interference from the [[Tunisian Football Federation]] with his coaching.

Krautzun was in charge of a training camp for promising Chinese youngsters in [[Bad Kissingen]], Germany in 2006, helping prepare the younger generation of players for the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]].<ref name=olympics>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/sep/06/theknowledge.sport | title = What's in a number? | work = The Guardian| date = 6 September 2005 | access-date = 22 May 2011}}</ref> 

In 2007, he acted as an adviser to the [[China women's national football team|Chinese women's national team]], stepping down in March of that year due to health issues.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-03/09/content_824248.htm | title = Krautzun steps down as adviser to Chinese women's soccer team | work = China Daily| date = 9 March 2007 | access-date = 22 May 2011}}</ref>

As well as a manager, Krautzun has acted as a technical advisor and scout. He has worked extensively in North America and Asia, where he worked as a scout in China and South Korea from 2001 to 2003.

==Honours==
'''VfL Wolfsburg'''
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: runners-up [[1994–95 DFB-Pokal|1994–95]]

'''1. FC Kaiserslautern'''
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1995–96 DFB-Pokal|1995–96]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net|eckhard-krautzun}}
* {{Canada Soccer|1768}}

{{DFB-Pokal winning managers}}
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