Wolfgang Weber
German footballer (born 1944)
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| Date of birth | (1944-06-26) 26 June 1944 (age 79) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Schlawe, Pomerania,[1] Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0000–1962 | SpVgg Porz | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1978 | 1. FC Köln | 356 | (21) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1974 | West Germany | 53 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Werder Bremen | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wolfgang Weber (born 26 June 1944) is a German former footballer[2] best remembered for scoring the last-minute equaliser for West Germany at the 1966 FIFA World Cup final.
Playing career
Weber, a central defender with 1. FC Köln in 356 Bundesliga matches,[3] poked the ball home with almost the last kick of the game at Wembley in 1966 to make the score 2–2. Opponents England went on to win 4–2 in extra time.
Weber played for Köln between 1963 and 1978 and won 53 caps for his country, scoring just one other goal.[4] He also represented West Germany at the 1968 European Championships and the 1970 World Cup. His last appearance for his country was in 1974.
Later life
From summer 1978 until his dismissal in January 1980, Weber coached the Bundesliga side Werder Bremen but was sacked in the relegation struggle of the North German side in his second season. His successor Fritz Langner, who acted in cooperation with Rudi Assauer, could not avoid the drop to the 2. Bundesliga in the later stages of Bremen's 1979–80 campaign.
In retirement, Weber has been involved with the German branch of the Special Olympics.
References
- ^ ""Bulle" Weber feiert 65. Geburtstag" (in German). fussballportal.de. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ "Weber, Wolfgang" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (15 June 2017). "Wolfgang Weber - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (15 June 2017). "Wolfgang Weber - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wolfgang Weber (footballer).
- Wolfgang Weber at WorldFootball.net
- Wolfgang Weber at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Wolfgang Weber at National-Football-Teams.com
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West Germany squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup runners-up | ||
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