Former Bundesliga coach Werner Lorant is dead

The long -time coach of 1860 Munich died on Easter Sunday at the age of 76 in a hospital in Wasserburg. This was announced in 1860 Munich. Lorant had suffered from a serious illness in recent years. Most recently, he lived as a pensioner in Waging am See.

« The entire Lion family is in deep grief. Werner Lorant was a coaching legend. He left deep traces of the lions. Our sympathy belongs to his family. Quiet in peace, » the club wrote in a statement. « The lions mourn one of the most successful coaches in their 125-year football history. »

Lorant trained the Munich Löwen from 1992 to 2001 and shaped an era during this time. The former 1860 President Karl-Heinz Wildmoser, who died in 2010, made him head coach in the then third-class Bayernliga.

Lorant led the club to the Bundesliga in just two years and also qualified for European competition in the following years. Lorant celebrated his greatest success in the 1999/2000 season with two derby wins against FC Bayern and the achievement of qualifying games for the Champions League as fourth in the table. After his release in Munich, there were numerous stations abroad, for example in Turkey, in China or in Cyprus.

Bernhard Winkler, the former captain of the lion, spoke of « very sad news ». « It is now surprising for me that it went so quickly, » he told the Dieblue24 portal. « He turned a dilapidated brand an association to be accepted throughout football Germany. »