Christian Kulik

Christian Kulik ( born December 6, 1952 in Zabrze, Poland ) is a former German football player. He played from 1971 to 1981 with Borussia Mönchengladbach, came up with 220 games with 38 goals in the Bundesliga and won three times in succession from 1975 to 1977, the German Cup and twice in the years 1975 and 1979, the UEFA Cup.

Career

The ball facing ball distributor in midfield, who had found out the youth of Alemannia Aachen the way to Bökelberg in the custody of the talents conveyor Hennes Weisweiler in the summer of 1971, graduated first in his 1971/72 season 23 games and scored 4 goals. His debut in the Bundesliga he gave on October 2, 1971 under the away game against FC Cologne 1. Fourteen days later he experienced already as not quite 19 years old Active the 7:1 victory on the side of Günter Netzer and Herbert Wimmer in the European Cup of Champions against Inter Milan, which was later canceled. Before he could celebrate the first national title and the victory in the UEFA Cup against FC Twente in 1975, he had participated in 1973 in the finals against Liverpool in the UEFA Cup as well as in the successful DFB Cup final against 1 FC Cologne. Kulik could here from the start to play for Günter Netzer, who then einwechselte be renewing for the injured Kulik himself and said goodbye with a 2-1 winning goal of Mönchengladbach to Real Madrid. Again against Liverpool fought Kulik on 25 May 1977 in Rome in the final of the European Cup of Champions at the 1:3 defeat him in 1980 in the UEFA Cup in the finals against Eintracht Frankfurt in mid- Gladbach " foal " now as their captain, his man was. He came to a total of 66 games in the European Cup. In 1973, he came for the DFB to three inserts in the "U 23". The elegant combination of players failed only to become national player in the effort.

After parting from Bökelberg Kulik continued his career in 1981/82 continues with the RFC Antwerp. He then left for the SG Düren reamateurisieren 99, entered service from 1984 to end of 1986 at unterklassigen clubs in Switzerland ( Mendrisiostar, ASV Chur) and celebrated in the Spring Series 1986/87, together with his former Gladbach colleague Wolfgang Kleff an unexpected comeback when then second division club FSV Salmrohr (14 games, 1 goal ), the two veterans but could not save them from relegation.

Swell

• Germany Soccer, The lexicon, Sports Verlag Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8
• Triumphs in the European Cup, AGON, 1996, ISBN 3-928562-75-4
• German Cup history, AGON, 2000, ISBN 3-89784-146-0
• Encyclopedia of German football, AGON, 1998, Parts 1-3, ISBN 3-89784-132-0

• Football Player ( Germany )
• UEFA Europa League winners
• German master ( football)
• DFB Cup winners
• German
• Born in 1952
• Man