Jürgen Nöldner
Jürgen Nöldner (* February 22, 1941 in Berlin ), called " peak", was midfielder and 1960-1969 30x GDR national football team. He shot during his international career total of 16 goals, including the fastest DDR international goal of all time ( 1 minute in the World Cup qualifier against Austria on 31 October 1965).
Life and career
When he was three years old, his father, the resistance fighters Erwin Nöldner was (according to the Berlin -Lichtenberg Nöldnerplatz and Nöldnerstraße are named ), was executed by the Nazis.
Jürgen Nöldners career began in Sparta Lichtenberg and BEWAG / turbine Berlin. In 1957, he was with the youth team of the ASK Vorwärts Berlin champion and cup winner of the GDR. In 1959 he achieved with "forward" even at junior level the Double .. He was then transferred to the Oberliga collective.
For the ASK or FC Vorwärts Berlin and after the delegation to Frankfurt / Oder on August 1, 1971 to the FC Vorwärts Frankfurt / Oder Nöldner had from 1959 to 1973 a total of 285 appearances in the GDR Oberliga, scoring 88 goals. His first came Oberligeinsatz Nöldner on 27 September 1959 the 18th matchday of the season. In the game at SC Einheit Dresden, he scored the 3-1 final score for his team at the same time his first Oberligator. Five times he was with the team 1959-1969 GDR champion and 1970 fdgb Cup winners, taking his lead to 4 in the final: 2 brought about the final decision against 1 FC Lok Leipzig in the 86th minute. 1963 voted the league coach Nöldner in a survey of the magazine Deutsches Sport Echo the best striker left half of last season.
His biggest international sporting success is to win the Olympic bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964, where he served as team captain with the East German team - representing the whole of Germany - was successful. In 1966 Nöldner was elected to the GDR Footballer of the Year. His performances earned him a reputation as a " Puskás the GDR" one. He was elected to the " GDR football team of all time" in 1989.
After completion of the sporting career in 1973 Jürgen Nöldner worked as a sports journalist from 1984 to 1990 he was editor of the new football week, and from 1990 to 30 June 2006 Head of the Berlin- editors of the kicker sports magazine.