Burkhard Pape

Burkhard Pape

Personal information
Full name	Burkhard Pape
Date of birth	1932 (age 91–92)
Place of birth	Magdeburg, Weimar Republic
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Hannover 96	?	(?)
–	VfR Neumünster	?	(?)
–	FSV Frankfurt	?	(?)
Total		?	(?)
Managerial career
1961	Baden Amateur All-Stars
1966–1968	Sierra Leone
1968–1972	Uganda
1975	Zamalek
1975–1977	Egypt
–	Sri Lanka
–	Indonesia
–	Thailand
–	Papua New Guinea
–	Tuvalu
2000–2001	Tanzania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Burkhard Pape (born 1932) is a German former professional football player and manager. After a brief playing career as a right winger, Pape became a football coach who spent nearly forty years managing national teams in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

Career

Playing career

Born in 1932 in Magdeburg, Pape played as a right winger for Hannover 96, VfR Neumünster and FSV Frankfurt.

Coaching career

In June and July 1961, Pape managed a German all-star team called the Baden Amateur All-Stars which toured the northeast United States, winning five out of six games.

Pape became manager Uganda in 1968 after leaving his job coaching Sierra Leone. He left Uganda in August 1972, having won 41 out of the 70 games he had been in charge of. His next big job was as Egypt manager, a position he held from 1975 to 1977.

After leaving Egypt, Pape left Africa and managed teams across Asia and the Pacific, such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu.

Pape returned to Africa to coach Tanzania at the 2000 Four Nation Castle Lager Cup.