Antoine Kohn

Antoine Kohn

292px Kohn (left) with Louis Van Gaal at AFC Ajax in 1988.
Personal information
Full name	Antoine Kohn
Date of birth	(1933-11-01)1 November 1933
Place of birth	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Date of death
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1954	Jeunesse Esch
1954–1958	Karlsruher SC	66	(32)
1958–1959	FC Basel	23	(11)
1959–1963	Fortuna '54	119	(62)
1963–1964	Sportclub Enschede	17	(12)
1964–1965	Fortuna '54	28	(19)
1965–1968	FC Twente	29	(11)
International career‡
1953–1965	Luxembourg	7	(1)
Managerial career
1972–1979	FC Twente
1980–1981	Go Ahead Eagles
1981	Club Brugge
1982–1983	FC Twente
1988	Ajax Amsterdam (caretaker)
1988–1989	Ajax (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 March 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 March 2009

Antoine "Spitz" Kohn (1 November 1933 – 24 November 2012) was a Luxembourgian football player and football manager.

Club career

Kohn played as a striker, and spent most of his career plying his trade abroad, in Germany, Switzerland, and finally Netherlands, where he later became a successful manager. During his playing days, he earned the nickname "Spitz" for his ferocity and goal-scoring instinct.

International career

Kohn made his debut for Luxembourg in a September 1953 World Cup qualification match against France, in which he immediately scored a goal. He went on to earn 7 caps, scoring one goal, all of them in FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He won a total of 16 caps (6 goals) including unofficial matches.

He played his final international game in September 1965, a 2–5 defeat by Yugoslavia.

International goals

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 September 1953	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	France	1–1	1–6	1954 World Cup qualifying

Manager career

After retiring as a player, Kohn became manager at FC Twente in 1972 and clinched runner-up spot in the Eredivisie in the 1973/1974 season. In May 1975 they reached the UEFA Cup Final, losing 1–5 on aggregate to German side Borussia Mönchengladbach.

He moved on to Go Ahead Eagles and Club Brugge before rejoining Twente in the 1982/1983 season, but he could not save them from relegation that year. After 5 rounds in the 1988/1989 season Kohn became the responsible manager at Ajax, his assistant being Louis van Gaal.

He finished his career as a scout for Udinese and SC Heerenveen.

Honours (as a player)

• Luxembourg National Division: 2

1951, 1954

• Luxembourg Cup: 1

1954

• German Cup: 2

1955, 1956

External links

• Player profile – FC Twente
• Manager profile – FC Twente
• Bio – Twentesport (Dutch)
• Bio – Club Brugge (Dutch)
• Antoine Kohn at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dutch league stats – Voetbal International
• Bio – Profootball (German)

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bob Maaskant (a.i.)	Manager of Go Ahead Eagles 1980–1981	Succeeded by Bob Maaskant (a.i.)