Holger Osieck... speaks German, English, French, Turkish... graduated from Ruhr-Universität Bochum in 1976...

served as Canada's Head Coach at the FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001…

said Osieck in 1998, “I’m not really a German coach; I have worked in different countries; I’m a cosmopolitan coach; moving, passing is my kind of football, not the long passes”...

For Sport

served on Canada’s coaching staff during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1977 (with coach Eckhard Krautzun)... served as a coach with the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (1979 to 1990)... served on Germany’s coaching staff at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy... served as an assistant coach with Olympique Marseille (1990-91)... served as head coach with VfL Bochum (1991-92)... served as head coach with Fenerbahce (1993-94)... served as head coach with Urawa Red Diamonds (1995-96)... served as head coach with Kocaelispor (1997-98)...

served as Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Head Coach and Technical Director (29 September 1998 to 2003)... served as Canada’s head coach when the team won the 2000 Football Confederation Gold Cup... served as Canada’s head coach in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 2000 (Canada was eliminated in the CONCACAF semi-final stage)... served as Canada’s head coach at the FIFA Confederations Cup Japan 2001... served as Canada’s head coach when the team finished third at the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup... served as Canada’s head coach at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup...

again served as head coach with Urawa Red Diamonds... served as Australia’s Men’s National Team Head Coach...

served on the Technical Study Group at the Athens 2004 Olympic Football Tournaments... served on the Technical Study Group at the FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 (FIFA Club World Cup)... served on the Technical Study Group at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany... served on the Technical Study Group at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006... served on the Technical Study Group at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa...