Josef Elting

Josef " Jüppken " Elting ( born December 29, 1944 in Bocholt ) is a former German football goalkeeper.

Career

The goalkeeper graduated in the years 1965 to 1977 for FC Schalke 04 and 1 FC Kaiserslautern total of 151 games in the Football League and 16 games in the Bundesliga 2. " Jüppken " Elting came as a 19- year-old from the country's first division club FC Schalke Bocholt to the miners and displaced the experienced Horst Mühlmann out of the gate. Two years later, Elting should befall something similar, as with Norbert Nigbur came a young goalkeeper and he made ​​the regular place in dispute. In 1970 he then moved to the first FC Kaiserslautern.

His career ended Josef Elting in 1980 at his hometown club FC Bocholt with the first championship in the Oberliga Nordrhein.

His older brother Friedel was also football player and coach.