Ditmar Jakobs

Ditmar Jakobs ( born August 28, 1953 in Oberhausen ) is a former German football player.

Career

Association

Jacob played as a midfielder and defender, usually in the role of the classic pre Oppers in 537 games from 1971 to 1990 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Tennis Borussia Berlin, MSV Duisburg and Hamburg SV.

His debut in the 1st Bundesliga gave Jacob on matchday 30 of the 1971/72 season, in a 5-2 home win against Hertha BSC. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen coach Günter Brocker was doing his midfielder accrue from the beginning, with the then 17 -year-old took his chance, made one assist and received a good review. On the following match days, he helped his team to tight relegation by got more points. The following year, Jacob became a regular fixture at the " clover ". As the youngest in the squad he missed a match his team and scored twelve goals, which he was best scorer of his team by far. But even he could not prevent relegation RWO. Jacob remained another year in Oberhausen, before transferring to September 9, 1974 to Tennis Borussia Berlin, increased with these but after the season 1974/75 in the second league from where you made ​​the chances of promotion to the German football House of Lords. But 1976/77 missed TeBe the league. Jacob moved on to MSV Duisburg, where he was finally converted into a defender. After two years, the Hamburger SV secured the services of defensive all-rounder. In the following ten years, Jacob was not an integral part of the team here, constantly regulars and always completed more than 28 league games. The Hanseatic League was his most successful period as a professional. 1982 and 1983, one was German champion, and four years later the club but the secured the DFB Cup in 1987. Greatest success was able to record the team in 1983. With players like Uli Stein, Manfred Kaltz, Felix Magath, Jimmy Hartwig, Horst Hrubesch and Jurgen Milewski in the squad managed the team impressive results in competition at the European Cup of Champions. About successes against BFC Dynamo, Olympiakos Piraeus, Dynamo Kiev, and Real Sociedad coach Ernst Happel 's team reached the final of the most important European competition. Jacob ran in every encounter of the HSV and was mustered in the final on 25 May 1983 against Juventus in the starting lineup. HSV won 1-0 and was able to keep the trophy in their hands. Following this success, James played with the hamburgers in the no man's land of the table.

Jacob's career ended abruptly on 20 September 1989 at the Bundesliga home game of HSV against Werder Bremen. In the spectacular defense of a Torschusses Jacob slipped into the goal and caught on a broken carabiner the Door suspension. Only after 20 minutes, he could be released from this position by the Hamburg team doctor cut out the snap hook from his back with a scalpel. Thereby nerves were severed in the vicinity of the spine. Jacob could then no longer exercise due to the back injury suffered doing his job as a footballer and is still suffering from injuries.

National

With the national team Jacob's took part in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and became vice world champion. In total he played between 1980 and 1986 20 caps for the DFB.

His debut was the defensive player on May 13, 1980, when he was brought on by the then national coach Jupp, outfitted for Hans -Peter Briegel in the 3-1 home win against Poland in the 73rd minute. On his next assignment in the DFB Dress Jacob had to wait four years. After the German team's disappointing section at the European Championships in 1984, Neutrainer Franz Beckenbauer let him run up on 12 September 1984 in encounter with Argentina in the starting lineup. In the same game the defender scored his first and only goal for the Germany - selection. Henceforth he was appointed on a regular basis and in the squad for the 1986 World Cup. There Jacob came in six out of seven possible games available for use. The 2:3 - final defeat against Argentina was ultimately his last match for Germany.

Trivia

He now works as an insurance broker in Norderstedt near Hamburg and is a member of the Board of Hanseatic health insurance. His brother Michael Jacob was also a professional footballer.

Achievements

  • German champions in 1982 and 1983
  • Vice-Champion 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1987
  • DFB Cup winner in 1987, 3-1 against the Kickers Stuttgart
  • European Cup Winners ' Cup 1983, 1-0 against Juventus
  • EC- finals of the national champion in 1980, 0-1 against Nottingham Forest
  • UC - finals in 1982, 0:3 and 0:1 against IFK Gothenburg
  • UC semi-final in 1979, 2:2 and 1:4 against Bor Mönchengladbach
  • Participation in World Cup and European Super Cup in 1983
  • Vice World Champion 1986, 2:3 against Argentina

Quotes

  • "Before, we were able to drink a Friday and won anyway. "
Defender (association football) Hans-Peter Briegel Michael Jakobs
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