Wolfgang Weber

Wolfgang Weber ( born June 26, 1944 in Schlawe, Pomerania ) is a former German football player. He played mostly on the position of the pre Oppers.

He grew from 1950 in Porz near Cologne. His career as a football player, he began at the young age of 10 for SpVgg Porz. When a youth selection of the game then coach Zlatko Čajkovski discovered the young players and brought him to the 1 FC Cologne.

Wolfgang Weber played as a defensive midfielder and in the Bundesliga from 1963 to 1978 in 356 games for the first FC Cologne and in 1964 and 1978 with the German club champion. He also won the DFB Cup with Cologne in 1968, 1977 and 1978.

Weber took the 1966 World Cup in England and in 1970 at the World Cup in Mexico in part. In 1966 he became Vice World Champion and 1970 World Cup bronze medalist. He denied 1964-1974 53 caps and scored two goals. One of his two goals was doing the 2-2 in the World Cup final in 1966 against England in the final minute of normal time, which saved the German national team in overtime.

Weber finished his career in 1978. Legendary was the hardness of the central defender against himself and his opponent. In the quarter-final match in 1965 at the European Champions Cup against the English champions Liverpool FC Weber broke the fibula and played until the end on, because you could not replace it.

Later, he was still working as a trainer for Werder Bremen. By 1970, Weber also completed a sports studies, which he then initially did not pursue, but resumed after his football career in the 1990s.

Clubs

  • As a player: to 1962 Sports Association Porz
  • 1962 - 1978 1.FC Köln
  • As coach 1978 - 1980 Werder Bremen

Statistics

  • 53 matches; 2 Goals for Germany
  • 1 B- International Match
  • 1st Bundesliga; 356 games, 21 goals
  • DFB Cup; 50 games; 7 Goals
  • European Cup champions, European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup; 63 games; 4 Goals

Achievements

Volunteering

Weber is involved as a football ambassador for the Special Olympics. For this he was honored in January 2011 with the Federal Cross of Merit. The Order was presented by Mayor Jürgen Roters on 20 January 2011.

1970–71 DFB-Pokal 1972–73 DFB-Pokal 1976–77 DFB-Pokal Integrated Authority File
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