Rufer coaching Papua New Guinea: As part of SV Werder, Wynton Rufer won two German Cup titles and one league crown as well the club's biggest international success...
Rufer coaching Papua New Guinea: As part of SV Werder, Wynton Rufer won two German Cup titles and one league crown as well the club's biggest international success...
+++ Rufer coaching Papua New Guinea: As part of SV Werder, Wynton Rufer won two German Cup titles and one league crown as well the club's biggest international success, the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1992. The New Zealand native was known for his scoring instinct and he remains loyal to football to this day. Rufer is now training the Papua New Guinea national team, ranked 195th out of 209 nations in FIFA's world rankings. In addition, Oceania's Footballer of the 20th Century also coaches the country's U20 team as well as a football school in his native New Zealand. "I just have an unbelievable passion for this wonderful sport," said the 51-year-old in an interview with Radio New Zealand. +++
+++ Quadruple congratulations: Marko Marin started the title winning for ex-Werder players last Wednesday by repeating the Europa League title. Four more former Green-Whites followed suit over the weekend. Per Mertesacker and Mesut Özil captured the English FA Cup with Arsenal while Claudio Pizarro and Bayern Munich collected the 10th double in club history by beating Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup final. And Diego celebrated the Spanish league title with Atletico Madrid. The Brazilian can add another trophy on Saturday when Atletico play city rivals Real Madrid in the Champions League final. WERDER.DE says congratulations! +++
+++ Gold for Garcia: Werder's Argentinean left back was elected as the best new acquisition of the last season by nearly 64 percent of users on WERDER.DE. In total, 1,320 users voted for "Santi" while Luca Caldirola was second with 24 percent of the vote. The other Argentinean along the Weser, Franco Di Santo, was third at 10 percent. WERDER.DE has another vote this week as users can select Werder's Goal of the Year. Ludovic Obraniak's free kick against Mönchengladbach or Zlatko Junuzovic's goal to make it 1-0 in the 100th North Derby after the backheel by Aaron Hunt? Voting goes until Friday 23 May 2014 at 6 p.m. +++
