Rudolf "Rudi" Faßnacht (28 December 1934 in Neu-Ulm, Bavaria – 25 July 2000 in Gonesse) was a German football manager.

Rudi Faßnacht
Personal information
Full name Rudolf Faßnacht
Date of birth (1934-12-28)28 December 1934
Place of birth Neu-Ulm, German Reich
Date of death 25 July 2000(2000-07-25) (aged 65)
Place of death Gonesse, France
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
VfB Stuttgart
TSG Ulm 1846
Hannover 96
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Managerial career
1966–1968 Holstein Kiel
1969–1970 FC 08 Villingen
1970–1973 MSV Duisburg
1974 Arminia Bielefeld
1974–1975 VfR Heilbronn
1975–1977 SC Preußen Münster
1977 Tennis Borussia Berlin
1978–1979 SC Fortuna Köln
1981 SC Preußen Münster
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Faßnacht coached MSV Duisburg to a 7th-place finish in the 1970–71 Bundesliga season.

Death

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On July 25, 2000, Faßnacht and his wife were among the passengers on Air France Flight 4590 with 109 people on board, a Concorde which crashed into the Hôtelissimo Les Relais Bleus Hotel in Gonesse with no survivors. 4 people on the ground were also killed.[1][2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Families wiped out in crash". BBC News. 31 July 2000. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Ex-Bundesligacoach unter den Opfern". Der Spiegel (in German). 27 July 2000. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  3. ^ Lange, Jörn (25 July 2010). "Franzbranntwein aufs Bein". 11 Freunde (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2011.
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