"Werder belong in European football"

Former Werder player Wynton “Kiwi” Rufer was visiting SV Werder Bremen with his New Zealand football academy.
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Thursday, 30.05.2013 / 21:16

What do former Werder star Wynton Rufer and Dieter Hecking's son Aaron have in common? They spent five days together this week at Werder Bremen. "Aaron did a nine-month internship at my football academy in New Zealand...

What do former Werder star Wynton Rufer and Dieter Hecking's son Aaron have in common? They spent five days together this week at Werder Bremen. "Aaron did a nine-month internship at my football academy in New Zealand. He made the contact to Nuremberg to Dieter Hecking's former club. When we are in Germany we absolutely must stop by Werder," said the former Green-Whites striker star, whose team played a test match last Monday against the Werder U14 side.

"Kiwi" Rufer, who played for Bremen from 1989 to 1994, has run a football academy in New Zealand for nearly 15 years and also is active for many social projects. That's another reason why the connection to his former club is still very strong. "SVW also do a lot in the social area. Just recently we delivered a material donation from Werder to New Dehli," said the 50-year-old. "Thomas Schaaf's daughter was also in New Zealand. So the contact to northern Germany never broke down. I still have a great relationship with Bremen."

Wynton has naturally followed the situation with SV Werder this season. "Reaching European football was always the goal of all European teams. Therefore it was a must for Werder - even when I still played there. The fact that it didn't work again unfortunately led to a coaching change. I hope for Werder that the new coach will have success and bring the club back where they belong - in European football," said Rufer with hope looking towards the future. "Kiwi" himself helped the Green-Whites to win the 1992 European Cup Winners Cup title.

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