Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 17
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
The coach of the Azerbaijani national soccer team Berti Vogts has resigned, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) website reported Oct. 17.
Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts (born 30 December 1946 in Büttgen) was a German soccer player. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga his whole professional club career and won the FIFA World Cup with West Germany in 1974.
He was one of the key figures during Borussia's golden years in the 1970s, when it won the Bundesliga five times, the German Cup once, and the UEFA Cup twice. Vogts also played in the 1977 European Cup Final defeat by Liverpool.
Vogts made 419 Bundesliga appearances for Mönchengladbach, scoring 32 times and also appeared 64 times for the club in European competition, scoring 8 goals. Vogts remained with Mönchengladbach until he retired in 1979.
Vogts later managed Germany (winning Euro 96 with them), Scotland, Nigeria and Azerbaijan's national team.
In April 2008, he was appointed manager of Azerbaijan on a two-year contract. He extended his contract with AFFA until the end of qualifying of Euro 2012 after successful results.
He is currently a special advisor to United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.