Bernd Brexendorf

Bernd Brexendorf ( born October 21, 1954 in Bremerhaven ) is a former German football player and current doctor.

Biography

The midfielder Brexendorf was already the age of 18 in the squad of Werder Bremen. On September 8, 1973, he made ​​his debut in the Bundesliga. In the home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach he came on in the 80th minute when the game was 2:2, but could not prevent Bremen still lost just before the end with a goal by Jupp Heynckes. In his first season in Bremen, he came up with five more Bundesliga appearances, but he was only allowed in a game ( in Cologne) over the full 90 minutes walk. A similar thing happened to him in the second season at Werder: four Substitutions, a game ( in Bochum) over 90 minutes.

1977/78 he played at the OSC Bremerhaven, and the following season at Westfalia Herne, before - after two more seasons in the second division North - in the KSV Holstein his career as a professional footballer after eleven primary and 140 second-division games ( 24 goals ) finished and concentrated on his medical career. His license to practice as a physician in 1986 and 1993 have been recognized as a specialist in orthopedics and specializes in chiropractic, osteopathy and sports medicine. He also acquired the B coaching license from the DFB and was for two years in 1986 player-coach of VfB Kiel; 1992 to 1994 he was coach of the KSV Holstein. From 1994 he worked in a group practice in Kiel- Welling village where Bundesliga soccer players and handball player from THW Kiel belonged to his patients. 1999 to 2001 he was next again worked as a trainer at TSV old wood and attending physician at the Ostseeklinik Kiel.

For the season 2007/ 08 FC Schalke 04 Brexendorf committed to succeed the retiring after nine years the team doctor Thorsten Rarreck. In 2009 he finished the commitment to accept a position as chief physician in Hamburg. Alongside he occasionally plays in the tradition of the team OSC Bremerhaven. Since June 2012 Brexendorf acts as team doctor of the Bundesliga football club Hannover 96