Club legend Hrubesch to step down as SV Hamburg academy director
Then Coach of the women's German football team Horst Hrubesch, gesticulates during the UEFA European Championship qualifier soccer match between Germany and Poland at Ostseestadion. Sebastian Gollnow/dpa
SV Hamburg icon Horst Hrubesch will not renew his contract as academy director at the club and step down after five years at the end of the month.
The 74-year-old Hrubesch said in a club statement that "the time has come that new people take over responsibility.
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"I will always be connected to HSV and happily and with full conviction hand things over to the next generation," he said.
Board member for sport Stefan Kuntz said: "Anyone who knows Horst and has him in their ranks will never voluntarily give him up. But once Horst has made a final decision, it's almost impossible to change his mind.
"Ultimately, we owe him and his family a debt of gratitude that he was available to HSV in a position of responsibility for so long.
Hrubesch captain Hamburg to the 1983 European Cup title and won three Bundesliga titles with them as a striker, plus Euro 1980 with West Germany.
He worked for the German FA for almost two decades as a coach, winning European titles with the under-18 and under-19 teams, plus Olympic silver with the men and bronze with the women, the latter is interim coach last year in Paris.
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