squad of West Germany. He came to action in all six matches, but after their (early) elimination he did feature just one more time for his nation in the rest of his career. In total, Rüssmann won 20 caps, scoring one goal (winning goal versus the Soviet Union). Honours DFB-Pokal: 1971–72 Bundesliga: runner-up 1971–72, 1976–77 General manager in the Bundesliga In 1987, Rüssmann returned to FC Schalke 04 as an off-pitch authority and was general-manager of the club from 25 February to 10 August 1987. With Borussia Mönchengladbach's veteran general-manager Helmut Grashoff looking for a successor, Rüssmann started to work as assistant to Grashoff at Mönchengladbach in April 1990 and got Grashoff's replacement later on. On 8 July 1992, Rüssmann was sacked by Mönchengladbach, but re-appointed by the club in September 1992 due to a change of view inside the Mönchengladbach presidium. On 10 November 1998, Rüssmann was finally out of the door at Mönchengladbach following a complete change of environment caused by an ongoing disastrous run of results in the Bundesliga since 1996. From 1 February 2001, Rüssmann was general-manager of Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart, getting the sack by Die Schwaben in December 2002. Death He died on 2 October 2009 from prostate cancer less than two weeks before he would have turned 59. References External links 1950 births 2009 deaths Deaths from prostate cancer Deaths from cancer in Germany German footballers Germany international footballers FC Schalke 04 players Club Brugge KV players Borussia Dortmund players 1978 FIFA World Cup players People from Schwelm Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) Belgian Pro League players Bundesliga players Association football defenders Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia West German footballers West German expatriate footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium