The name of a man like Felix Magath is goodknown throughout the football world. After all, he is a famous person. Felix is one of the few athletes who became the champion of Germany, being a playing coach. But that is not all. Also, Wolfgang Felix is the only coach in the entire history of German football, who twice won the "double" (victory in the Cup and the German Championship). And this is not all interesting facts concerning his career.
Феликс Магат родился в 1953 году, 26 июля, в a city called Aschaffenburg. His mother is a German, his father is a Puerto Rican, a soldier of the US Army. A year after Felix's birth, his father returned to his homeland. So he was brought up by his mother. When the boy was 15 years old, he sent a letter to his father in Puerto Rico. He sent an answer. However, their meeting took place only in 2000. Felix was already 47 years old. Magat forgave his father for leaving his family. And from that moment he comes every two years to his parent in El Vosero.
And his career began in FC "Victoria", whichwas based in his hometown. Then he moved to "Saarbruecken", speaking in the second Bundesliga, and then - in "Hamburg". In this club he played ten years. Until the end of his career as a defensive midfielder.
In the national team, by the way, his debut took place in 1977, in April. And he defended her colors, too, until 1986, before he completed his playing career.
After Felix Magath made his decision“Hang shoes on a nail”, he became the manager of “Hamburg”. And then he took the same position in “Urdingen”. For a long time he was a manager, but in 1992 he was offered to become a playing coach at FC Bremerhaven. He agreed, but a year later he became a mentor to the second team of FC Hamburg. And in 1995 he began to train and the main part.
And then it became clear what a mentor isFelix Magath. The coach did not tolerate any advice and objections. He did not listen to any football players or club leaders. Once the club management came to the training session, which was conducted by Felix. Then he drove them away with shouts: “Why are you cornered here? It smells like grass! And your place is in the office. ” In 1997, he was fired. But he immediately took the post of head coach in “Nuremberg” and helped the club to go to the Bundesliga. Then he led and “Bremen”. This team was on the verge of relegation from the prestigious league, but Magath managed to save her. In “Eintracht” he also conducted fruitful work. But he was fired anyway.
Felix was given the nickname Fireman. And all because he took control of those clubs that were under the threat of “departure” from the elite division.
Felix Magath, whose biography is filledvarious interesting facts about his career, is a supporter of very tough methods of physical fitness. He was even called Saddam for that. If he took control of the club, then he constantly increased the intensity of the training process.
And it was he who founded the so-called triple "farce-leg" system. This is a strength exercise that consists of one hundred meters of running at a “ragged” pace, followed by 100 meters of fast and 100 meters of jogging.
Three seasons Magath led “Stuttgart”.He immediately loaded the players with intensive workouts, and thanks to this, the team stayed in the Bundesliga. A year later, “Stuttgart” rose to the 8th line of the championship ranking. And next season - and at all on the fourth.
Good results showed “Bavaria”,which from 2004 to 2007 was led by Felix Magath. In the first season, the club made a “double”, in the next - repeated success. But due to the fact that in the international arena the Munich club did not show any success, the coach was fired. Some time after that he was a commentator, and then headed “Wolfsburg”. After that, Felix also coached “Schalke 01” and “Fulham”. Since 2016, he has headed Shandong Luneng.
