Lothar Emmerich

Lothar "Emma" Emmerich ( born November 29, 1941 in Dortmund- Dorstfeld; † August 13, 2003 in Hemer ) was a German football player. In the Bundesliga, he scored 115 goals in 183 missions, this is the second best rate of any Top 50 Scorers.

Life

Before his football career Emmerich trained as a motor mechanic.

Career as a footballer

Beginnings in Dorstfeld

Emmerich's career began at SC Dorstfeld 09 in the district of Dortmund Dorstfeld. There he played in the early summer of 1960, his first game for the men's team of the Association against the Lüner SV on the track struggle Schwansbell. Coincidentally, there appeared the then coach of Borussia Dortmund, Max Merkel, as he drew a defender of Lunen as a possible replacement for the injured Herbert Sandmann considered. However, its opponent was Lothar Emmerich, who scored all the goals in a 4-0 victory Dorst field. Merkel was impressed by Emmerich's performance and took him, instead of Lünens defender, Borussia Dortmund under contract.

Serie A and Bundesliga

For Dortmund Emmerich completed 32 missions in the Oberliga West and scored eleven goals. In 1963 he became German champion with BVB; this was the last championship before the introduction of the single-track Bundesliga.

In 1965 won Emmerich, were the last season 14 goals succeeded by Dortmund DFB Cup by a 2-0 win over Alemannia Aachen; Emmerich scored the second goal for BVB. In the following season the team therefore went to Europe in the Cup Winners' Cup. Emmerich achieved during the competition 14 goals ( including four goals against defending champions West Ham United in the semi-finals ); this is a record in the history of the competition. In the final, Dortmund sat 2-1 after extra time against Liverpool and by collecting becoming the first German team to the title in this competition.

Also, personally formed the middle 1960s Emmerichs sporting highlight: In 1966, he was charged with 31 goals scorer in the Bundesliga in 1967, he shared the title with Gerd Muller ( 28 goals each ). One of the reasons for Emmerich's scoring prowess was the harmonious interaction with Siegfried Held, who had moved to Dortmund in 1965. Both players went as the Terrible Twins in the football history.

Emmerich remained until 1969 at Borussia. After that season, he joined the Belgian first division club K. Beerschot VAV.

In addition, Emmerich still considered one of the fairest Bundesliga player ever, because he was never cautioned during his career.

National

In the 1966 World Cup, he became Vice World Champion with the German national soccer team. The team defeated England in the final in London, where also was the famous Wembley goal, with 2:4. In this tournament, Emma left-footed shot than in the group match against Spain a goal from an acute angle to a 1-1 draw, which earned him the nickname Emma with the left adhesive. Overall Emmerich played five games for the national team.

Abroad

Three successful and turbulent years in Belgium at K. Beerschot VAC, where he was top scorer in the Belgian league and once even kidnapped a local derby, followed by the surprising commitment by the Austrian first division club Austria Klagenfurt, which only through the financial support of the Carinthian industrialist Adolf Funder had become possible. Emma soon became one of the top stars in the Austrian National League. 1972/1973 he was charged with 20 goals behind Wolfgang Breuer from SSW Innsbruck, who scored 22 goals, second in the scoring charts in Austria, in 1973/74 with 21 goals again second behind Hans Krankl, who scored 36 goals, with Austria Klagenfurt always embroiled in a relegation battle was Emmerich's competitors, however, were playing at the top clubs.

After this highly successful international commitment, he made ​​his comeback in German professional football at the 1 FC Schweinfurt 05, then 04 and the Würzburg Würzburg FV Kickers in the Second League South.

Achievements

Club teams

• European Cup Winners' Cup ( 1): 1966 with Borussia Dortmund

• German master ( 1): 1963 with Borussia Dortmund
• German Vice-Champion ( 2): 1961, 1966 with Borussia Dortmund
• DFB Cup winners ( 1): 1965 with Borussia Dortmund
• DFB Cup finalists ( 1): 1963 with Borussia Dortmund

National

• Vice World Champion ( 1): 1966

Scorer

• Scorer in the European Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1966 ( 14 goals, a record ) for Borussia Dortmund
• Scorer of the Bundesliga (2): 1966 ( 31 goals ), 1967 (28 goals) for Borussia Dortmund
• Scorer of the Belgian League (1): 1970 ( 29 goals) for K. Beerschot VAC

After the soccer career

After football career Emmerich aspired to the office of the coach and started as a player-coach in pen Quernheim. Here he was, however, not native. Coach stations in Mainz, Reutlingen and Bayreuth followed. Later Emmerich lived in Bad Kreuznach and Idar -Oberstein. He worked among other things as a channel inspector. In 1991, he became coach of SV Spabrücken and was undefeated champion of the national league west. Then he moved to SC Idar -Oberstein. He also reached there the rise of the national league in the fifth division and later on in the league. In the 1996/97 season Emmerich coached the district division SG Weinheim. He then coached the TuS Kirschweiler in the national league until 1999, only to return to Borussia Dortmund, where he served until his death along with Aki Schmidt Fan attendant.

Lothar Emmerich died at the age of 61 from lung cancer. He is buried at the cemetery district in Dortmund- Marten.

After Emma Emmerich's nickname was also the mascot of the BVB, a bee, named with the name Emma.

Sayings and anecdotes

• With the cry of " Give me a cherry! " He demanded of his players the ball
• He enchanted his fans always with a quite unusual for the 1960s and 1970s, exuberant goal celebrations. Famous he was going to be curved in cowboy style "lasso".
• Lothar Emmerich commented to journalists in 1966 at Villa Park in Birmingham his goal in the World Cup match against the national team of Spain. "I 'm not easy on it popped, but instinctively bearing of the situation and chose the right angle" Throughout his life he was returning to this " Geistertor " addressed.

Belgium:

Austria:

• Kurt Messner, a year Emmerich's team-mate in Austria Klagenfurt, still speaks today in the skies over the Germans: " Since I have seen for the first time what a professional is ," said the future success coach, and continues: " Emmerich has only the looking for success, a model in training and in the game has been. I have benefited from it a lot. "
• As of Austria Klagenfurt trainer Freddy Hohenberger had scheduled a tactical meeting because of rain instead of training, Emmerich said, "Since I can go straight home ."
• Lothar Emmerich about his serious illness: "I have let me never be beaten and all chances to become whole again healthy. Ye know Emma - who has always been a fighter. "
• " The yes waddles like Scrooge McDuck " joked at the time Lothar Emmerich first training session in Klagenfurt class defender Walter Koch. The nickname " Dago " has remained the former football talent and later Austrian Bundesliga players.

His illness:

• The diagnosis of lung cancer shocked Lothar Emmerich only briefly: " It seemed to me as if I 'd seen in the 89th minute to fly the ball to me in front of 100 000 spectators - and suddenly hit me the opposing keeper full one on the onion. Everything around me collapsed. Total knockout. " Then he took the fight against the" damned cancer "on.
• About its caused by many chemotherapy bald skull, he said: "I am wearing a modern bald. I'll see on the head brown beautiful when the sun shines. "

Review:

• His childhood dream - "I wanted to black and yellow (Borussia Dortmund ) and once in black and white ( national team) play once " - has been fulfilled.
• "I've never shilly-long, the potato always geballert immediately to the shack. "