Dieter Bast

Dieter Bast ( born August 28, 1951 in Oberhausen ) is a former German footballer, who played a total of 412 Bundesliga matches and scored 54 goals.

Life

Prior to his professional career Bast trained as a toolmaker. In addition to the training he played, initially as a striker in the youth of Arminia Klosterhardt and then in the A- youth of Sterkrade 06/ 07, where he struck in charge of Rot-Weiss Essen and Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Career

Bast gave his Bundesligsdebüt for Rot-Weiss Essen on his 19th birthday. The Essenes had Bast committed after they were 06/ 07 hear in his games for Sterkrade on him. While also Borussia Mönchengladbach was interested in the talent, but could RWE CEO Paul Nikelski BASTS secure commitment before the Borussia players could make an offer.

Bast quickly became a regular player and played for the Red - White until their relegation in 1977 a total of 149 league and 64 Regional games. He then moved in 1977, despite an offer from Bayern Munich and the interest of Eintracht Frankfurt, then for fabled 800,000 DM to league rivals VfL Bochum. This was at that time the second most expensive transfer in the Bundesliga, according to Paul Breitner, who went to Real Madrid. He did not accept the other offers because he did not want to move away from the Ruhr. In 1983, Bast was because the VfL ​​Bochum had financial problems, eventually transferred together with Wolfgang Patzke and Ulrich Bittorf for a total transfer fee of 1.5 million DM to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. But since he rarely played in Leverkusen later, he asked the club after a short time to terminate his contract. His career ended in food because he had promised this to the Board prior to the move to Leverkusen.

Bast played twice for the U-23, four times in the B- team and 14 times for the Olympic team selection. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Bast was captain of the German selection that failed in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Yugoslavia.

After the career

After the retirement of Bast was initially co-owner of a car dealership. Between 1991 and 1995 he was responsible member of the board of Rot-Weiss Essen and the sports area as athletic director. In this role he undertook Jürgen Röber, first as an assistant coach, which thus had his first coaching position. Meanwhile, Bast is responsible for the purchase at a company for electrical installations in Essen. Dieter Bast now serves, among other things, the traditional team Rot-Weiss Essen that he has set itself in 1996 to life. He also volunteers his time for the club and was instrumental in the completion of the contract with main and shirt sponsor of Renault. Dieter Bast still lives in Oberhausen. He has been married since 1972 and since 1974 Father.

Remarkable

• Although Dieter Bast played 15 years in the Bundesliga and has always been a regular player, great successes were denied him. He never won a title and never played a senior international.
• Bast is one of six so far Bundesliga players who scored two own goals in a game. Bast managed this on February 2, 1980 in which he a 2-1 lead his club in Mönchengladbach still spinning through its doors.