Klaus-Dieter Pagels (born 1 September 1949 in Germany) is a German football coach.
Career On a Germany-Zimbabwe government project, Pagels went to Zimbabwe in 2009 to educate schoolchildren and develop grassroots as well as women's football.Vom Realschullehrer sum Nationaltrainer ZEIT ONLINE
Nominated to take the position of Zimbabwe coach in 2009,German Pagels for Warriors Coach The Zimbabwe Independent Pagels was named as interim of the Warriors near the close of 2012Zimbabwe appoint German Klaus Dieter Pagels as new coach BBC with his appointment seen as ludicrous to some.Klaus Dieter Pagels’ appointment surprising The Herald (Zimbabwe) Tasked with bringing Zimbabwe to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, putting a confident mentality into the team and making most of the talent in the country,I can deliver the goods — Pagels The Standard (Zimbabwe) he planned on selecting a mainly local-based squad for the World Cup qualifyingPagels speaks out NewsDay Zimbabwe but only chose five for the 18-man roster for their qualifier away to EgyptPagels sticks to his guns DailyNews Live amid work permit problems,Pagels’ permit problems The Zimbabwe Independent Going down 1-2 to Egypt, the German employed a technical style of play similar to Barcelona's tiki-taka style, where possession is highlighted and the offensives build up from the back to the front line.FINAL WHISTLE: You are wrong Herr Dieter Pagels The Standard (Zimbabwe) However, he was criticized for not calling up the most talented Zimbabwean footballers and crashed out to Egypt again 2-4 in their second leg a few months later, becoming the only African selection to go down on back-to-back home rounds.Shambolic warriors are dead men walking Nehanda Radio At the 2013 COSAFA Cup, his last tournament,Pagels to quit Warriors after Cosafa The Chronicle (Zimbabwe) the then 63-year old aimed to defend the tournament titlePagels attempts to deflect Zimbabwe pressure for Cosafa title Goal.com but let in goals in all three games and conceded 0-2 to Zambia in the final,National-Football-Teams with failing to read the opposition one of the causes for his poor run.Pagels was a blunder and the mere fact he was European didn't make him a better coach than Gishon Ntini The Herald (Zimbabwe) His contract expiring on July 31 that year,Zifa mum as Pagels contract nears expiry The Chronicle (Zimbabwe) the Stade local stated that low finances are one of the greatest problems with Zimbabwean footballPagels'parting shot DailyNews Live and that he regretted his departure since the new manager would have to start from scratch with the team.Pagels speaks on departure NewsDay Zimbabwe
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External links We feel very safe: Pagels Pagels gets down to work