Torsten Gütschow
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Gütschow taking a shot in 1990 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Torsten Jens Gütschow | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Görlitz, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1973 | Traktor Zodel | ||
| 1973–1976 | Dynamo Görlitz | ||
| 1976–1980 | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1992 | Dynamo Dresden | 247 | (116) |
| 1992–1993 | Galatasaray | 15 | (10) |
| 1993–1994 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 9 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Hannover 96 | 33 | (16) |
| 1995–1996 | Chemnitzer FC | 34 | (15) |
| 1996–1999 | Dynamo Dresden | 82 | (33) |
| Total | 420 | (190) | |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | East Germany U-18 | 4 | (3) |
| 1981–1983 | East Germany U-21 | 16 | (4) |
| East Germany Olympic | 3 | (2) | |
| 1984–1989 | East Germany | 3 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | FC Oberneuland | ||
| 2006–2013 | TuS Heeslingen | ||
| 2014 | TSG Neustrelitz | ||
| 2017–2019 | FSV Budissa Bautzen | ||
| 2022–2023 | Bremer SV | ||
| 2023 | SG Dynamo Schwerin | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Torsten Gütschow (born 28 July 1962) is a German football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is most associated with Dynamo Dresden, with whom he had two successful spells, playing top level football in East Germany and after reunification. In between these he played for three other German clubs, and spent six months with Galatasaray of the Turkish Süper Lig. A strong and instinctive goalscorer, Gütschow was top scorer in each of the last three seasons of the DDR-Oberliga, and was the last East German Footballer of the Year. He won three international caps for East Germany, scoring two goals between 1984 and 1989. Since retiring he has taken up coaching, and has been manager of TuS Heeslingen.