# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-heinz-weigang
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:56:12.946Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-heinz-weigang"
name: "Karl-Heinz Weigang"
slug: "karl-heinz-weigang"
description: "Karl-Heinz Weigang was a German professional football manager. He had vast experience in coaching international football, having managed the likes of Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Mali, Ghana and Gabon over a career that spanned more than half a century. However, he is best remembered for his time with Malaysia in the early 1980s, when he led the national team to qualify for the 1980 Olympic Games. He was also a popular figure in the Malaysian league, where he had some domestic success over his multiple stints with Perak, the last being his role as coach and technical advisor in 2016."
tagline: "German football manager (1935-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Karl-Heinz_Weigang.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1935-08-24"
deathDate: "2017-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.4
  momentum:             9.977678571428571
  historical:           7.03222
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Weigang"
    title: "Karl-Heinz Weigang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "كارل هاينز ويجانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Weigang"
    title: "Karl-Heinz Weigang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Weigang"
    title: "Karl-Heinz Weigang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Weigang"
    title: "Karl-Heinz Weigang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Weigang"
    title: "Karl-Heinz Weigang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB-%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%86"
    title: "Вайганг, Карл-Хайнц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Heinz_Weigang"
    title: "Karl-Heinz Weigang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3193355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump