Record coach Pele Wollitz celebrates 60 years full of football passion!
Record coach Pele Wollitz celebrates 60 years full of football passion!
Cottbus, Deutschland - Today Claus-Dieter Wollitz, better known as "Pele", celebrates his 60th birthday and can look back on an impressive career in football. The coach of FC Energie Cottbus not only conquered the hearts of the fans, but also set up a remarkable competitive game record. As fcenergie.de , the coach led a total of 400 compulsory games for the club during his three term. This is an impressive number that shows the long and successful connection between Wollitz and FC Energie.
Wollitz, who was born in Brakel in 1965, started his career as a player at SpVG Brakel before moving to Schalke 04 in 1987. Here he played almost all games in his first season, but was unable to gain a foothold after a descent with the club. Other stations led him to Bayer Leverkusen, Hertha BSC, VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, with which he was able to win the DFB Cup in 1996. However, he was particularly popular with VfL Osnabrück, where he made 141 league games and developed into a crowd favorite, such as wikipedia documented.
a formative coaching career
Wollitz started his coaching career in 2002 at KFC Uerdingen, but it was his time at VfL Osnabrück that brought him promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. In 2009 he took over the supervision at FC Energie Cottbus, a step that initiated sporty upheavals. Wollitz relied on young talents and successfully integrated many young players into the team. In his first season, he took the team to ninth place before going six years later. His time at Cottbus was characterized by multi-layered successes: In 2011 he reached the DFB Cup semi-final with the club and in 2018 the promotion to the 3rd division with a record point.
After various stations, including at 1. FC Magdeburg and FC Viktoria Köln, Wollitz returned to Energie Cottbus in 2021. He brought a breath of fresh air and led the team back to the championship in the regional league. Already on the 12th matchday, FC Energie took over the lead in the 3rd division, a performance that continued to strengthen his coaching and demonstrated its ability to hold the team together even in difficult times.
a coach with passion
Wollitz is known for his committed and emotional leadership behavior. This passionate nature has not only brought him the nickname "Pele", which he has been wearing since he was five, but also respect and trust of the players and staff, as the reports underline. Despite challenges, such as financial bottlenecks, he has always achieved high performance and proved a good hand of developing young talents. In addition, his contract was extended by another year in March 2025, contrary to prior announcements that he would work as a sports director after the season.In October 2024, Wollitz received the gold badge of honor from FC Energie Cottbus for his merits and his commitment. This award testifies to its firm anchoring in the club and the appreciation that is shown to him.
This is how the next challenges for Claus-Dieter Wollitz and FC Energie Cottbus are eagerly awaited, while today he not only lives for 60 years, but also looks back on 400 games as a trainer. It is to be hoped that he can continue to lead the club to the road to success.
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