Uwe Weidemann
Uwe Weidemann ( born June 14, 1963 in Weissensee) is a German football coach and former football player.
Career as a player
In the GDR
Weidemann grew up in the Thuringian Sömmerda and began the age of seven at the Sports Association (SPA ) Tractor in Weissensee to play football. If you select playing in the Erfurt district of FC Rot -Weiß Erfurt, the football center in the region, was aware of the 13 -year-old talent and took Weidemann 1977 in his school team. For the 1983/84 season head coach Sigmar Menz appointed him the first time in calling forth the DDR Oberliga team of FC Rot-Weiß. The 1.76 m wide and now as a mechanic trained Weidemann was provided as a striker, but he denied this season only the last league game on May 19, 1984 in the encounter FC Rot-Weiß -. FC Carl Zeiss Jena (2:0) was he on in the 73rd minute. Mainly he played this season for Rot-Weiß Erfurt II in the third-class district league. He was top scorer with 20 goals and thus helped his team to promotion to the DDR -Liga. Already in the following season 1984/85 became Weidemann team regular on the outside left striker, played 21 of 26 league matches and was with 12 -goal leading scorer Erfurt. 1985/86 Weidemann was an injury replacement player only, between 6 and 21 Matchday he came only six times as a substitute for the course. After that it ran better, because in the season 1986/87 he was employed in 20 point games. In the second half, however, he only played four games over the full period.
1985 Weidemann was first appointed to the cadres of the East German national team. On April 6, 1985, he played in the World Cup qualifying match Bulgaria - DDR ( 1-0) his first international match in which he played, however, only the last two minutes. Having also in the following countries play DDR - stood only as a substitute for 54 minutes on the pitch Norway ( 1-0), it took four years before he could complete a further eight internationals. Only in the games Malta - DDR 0:4, Kuwait - DDR 1:2 he looked over the full season with the midfield or defender. His last international match played Weidemann on 13 May 1990 in meeting Brazil - East Germany ( 3-3 ).
For the 1987/88 season led league rival 1.FC Leipzig locomotive Weidemann delegation for their own team. This measure was taken against the will Weidemann. He had girlfriend and family in Erfurt leave, besides, he was still handicapped by previous injury, so his time was in Leipzig from the outset on a bad note. Under these conditions, Weidemann played for the Leipzig club in only four league - point games in which it was used a total of 135 minutes. After a year he applied his Rückdelegierung to Erfurt Club. Against the will of the Leipzig changed Weidemann in the summer of 1988 back to Thuringia. From the East German Football Association, he has been locked because of this change for three games, the first FC Lok Leipzig had called for a lifetime ban for Weidemann. Following the forced break, Weidemann again earned a regular place in the Erfurters. He initially began as early as a striker, but switched into midfield in the second half of 1989. His last season at FC Rot-Weiß he graduated in 1989/90. In 20 league matches was used as a midfielder and met five times. Within seven years, he had played 94 league games and scored 21 goals while only Erfurt.
In the Federal Republic of
After the turn, he joined the 1991/92 season for a transfer fee of 650,000 DM 1 FC Nuremberg in the Bundesliga. Although his talent and facilities have been recognized, he could not prevail. After two seasons, the technician then moved into the second league to SV Waldhof Mannheim. The local services made the MSV Duisburg attentive, to which he moved in the following season. The first of two years in Duisburg was probably the best of his career, because the offensive player also finally aired Torgefahr.
That made the distinguished at this time FC Schalke 04 attention to him. Here Weidemann experienced a slump. After the 32 -year-old the first round in 1995/96 was still a regular player under coach Jörg Berger initially and had contributed in the first round of the DFB Cup to 5-0 win at the SSV Vorsfelde in Wolfsburg, scored two goals, he suffered during the season under various injuries that would not let him get really fit again. In one and a half years, he was only 19 Bundesliga appearances for the miners, but was in the first two rounds of the UEFA Cup in 1996/97 to the Euro Fighter team and came in three games against Roda JC and Trabzonspor as a substitute for use. But before the Gelsenkirchen won the UEFA Cup with the new coach Huub Stevens, Weidemann moved to the winter break 1996/97 in the second league to Hertha BSC. While he was there for the team that made the promotion to the Bundesliga, but could even help in only seven missions to, as he was thrown back again from injury. After the rise of Hertha he stayed in the 2nd league and moved to FC Gütersloh. Here he spent two successful years in person and was a regular player.
Actually, he wanted his career after the 1998/99 season in the Regionalliga West / Southwest at Fortuna Dusseldorf finish, but participated in the 2000/ 01 season, the challenge Fortuna Dusseldorf Regionalliga Nord on, but could not avoid relegation in the league.
Willow 's career was accompanied by the beginning of injuries that threw him back again and again and a potentially greater career prevented. Due to its flaxen blonde hair is his nickname Heino.
Career as a coach
From November 2004 to November 2007 was Uwe Weidemann coach in Dusseldorf. His last game as manager for Fortuna Dusseldorf he played 11 November 2007 against Eintracht Braunschweig ( 1:1). Although Dusseldorf stood on Table No. 3, he was on the next day on leave because of lack of success, as the team had won only two wins from their last eight games. On 12 November 2008 he was unveiled as coach of the Lower Rhine division KFC Uerdingen 05. Also here on 14 September 2009, the separation due to lack of success. Since 1 November 2010, he was coach at Krefeld Lower Rhine division VfR Fischeln. In March 2011, Uwe Weidemann and VfR Fischeln separated prematurely.
Balance
- DDR - Oberliga: 94 games, 21 goals
- 1st Bundesliga: 102 matches, 14 goals
- 2 Bundesliga 96 games, 14 goals
- Regional: 63 games, 3 goals
- 10 caps for the German Democratic Republic