Bernard Dietz
Bernard " Ennatz " Dietz ( born March 22, 1948 in Bockum- Hovel ) is a former German football player and coach. He had learned the trade of blacksmith before he made a career as a professional footballer. His biggest international success was the victory at the European Championships in 1980, where he led the German national team as team captain.
Career as an amateur
His home club is the SV Bockum- Hovel, whose honor he is a member. For this club he played from 1965 in the national league Westphalia.
After he scored 19 goals in 1969 in the first ten games, he was appointed to be a trial at FC Cologne 1 and then for a trial at MSV Duisburg, who in 1970 signed him. Dietz decided against 1.FC Cologne because this initially wanted to borrow the Lüner SV him and he would not be used in the Bundesliga.
In 1970, Dietz had been invited to a friendly German amateur national team against Austria; but yet he was only a substitute. For the 1972 Summer Olympics he was assigned as the national team of amateurs, but then decided yet for immediate career start at MSV Duisburg.
Professional career
He played as a defender from 1970 to 1982 for MSV Duisburg and 1982 to 1987 for FC Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. In 495 missions he scored 77 goals, 70 for the MSV and 7 for Schalke 04 On November 5, 1977 when he succeeded his MSV 6:3 against Bayern Munich four hits against the then goalkeeper Sepp Maier, although Bayern until the 75th minute still led 3-2. After this game, the name MSV Dietz castle was coined. To date, he is the second best scorer of the Bundesliga MSV. Throughout his career he received all 11 yellow cards in the Bundesliga, he was never sent off. His greatest achievement in the club was reaching the final of the DFB-Pokal in 1975, the MSV lost 0-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt.
In the German national team, he was from 1974 to 1981 in 53 games and actively participated in the 1978 World Cup. He captained the national team at the 1980 European track. Previously, he was at the European Championships 1976 Germany European Vice Champion. On May 19, 1981 in Stuttgart against Brazil, he was the last time you used in the national team. Because allegations of inappropriate remarks in an interview he told the coach Jupp, outfitted with writing to be disappointed in him.
On 10 May 1988, he took in front of 25,000 spectators at the Duisburg Wedaustadion leave of his active career. At this farewell match was attended by several prominent footballers, including Uwe Seeler, Gerd Müller and Petar Radenković.
Dietz is the Bundesliga player who has lost in his career, most of duty games. Overall, it fell in 221 encounters as losers from the square.
Activity as a trainer
After his playing days, he was initially from 1987 to 1992 worked as a coach at ASC Schöppingen, from 1992 to 1994 then at third division SC Verl, later in the youth sector of the VfL Bochum, where he helped out twice as interim coach of the first team. He then moved back to MSV Duisburg, where he worked on the amateur side of the " zebras " and brought in an advisory capacity in the management of the association. Again, Bernard Dietz served as caretaker coach of the professional team in the 2nd Bundesliga in use. On 14 May 2006, Bernard Dietz new coach of the football division side Rot Weiss Ahlen. On October 29, 2006 Dietz announced his resignation after the team had not won four games in a row and had slipped in the table and on. In support of said Dietz, he did not reach the player. At the same time he stated that Ahlen was his last coaching position and that he would retire.
In September 2007, Bernard Dietz founded together with his son Christian, the " football school Bernard Dietz ". In cooperation with his friend Ludger Wilking Hoff Dietz offers funding training for children between six and 14 years. Bases his school are Duisburg, Werne, Hoetmar, betting rings and Dortmund.
End of August 2012 Dietz returned as an assistant coach from interim coach Ivica Grlić at MSV Duisburg for some games on the square edge back.
Private
End of September 2010 Dietz returned back to the function as a " consultant and representative" for MSV Duisburg. At the beginning of the 2010/11 season he was awarded the Legend of the MSV. Through his down to earth kind Bernard Dietz is very popular with the fans in the Ruhr until today and regarded as a figure of identification in particular at MSV Duisburg high. As a special assessment, the fans of the MSV baptized in August 2005, their mascot, Zebra, in the name of " Ennatz ". The association also was appreciative of his time from the fans not only of the MSV referred to as " MSV Dietz castle ".
Dietz is married and lives in Drensteinfurt - Walstedde.