Volker Abramczik

Volker Abramczik ( born May 27, 1964 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a former German football player. The younger brother of A- international's Rüdiger Abramczik was striker and spent his career exclusively with clubs from the Ruhr.

Playing career

Volker Abramczik played as early as the age of four in youth teams of Schalke 04 For several German youth national teams, he scored 15 goals in 19 games.

For the 1981/82 season drew Volker Abramczik, the one predicted a great career on the squad Schalke's first team, which took at this time in the 2nd Bundesliga. In his first season the 17 -year-old played 22 league games and Abramczik had as a winger large proportion of Schalke's promotion to the 1st Bundesliga.

Hardly of age, who had "little Abi " as he was called by the Schalke fans, on 4 August 1982 just weeks after passing the driving test with his first car has a serious accident. The medical findings: Double skull fracture, crack lung, kidney contusion. The supposedly brilliant career was abruptly stopped; at first it seemed even questionable whether Volker Abramczik would ever play football again.

The 1982/83 season ended with the direct Schalke relegated again. Volker Abramczik came after his comeback only three times for use. Again, a year later, Schalke had indeed reached the rise again, but the contract was not renewed by the striker manager Rudi Assauer. Abramczik then left the club and joined the 1984/85 season to the second division club MSV Duisburg.

From 1985 to 1990 Volker Abramczik played for Rot-Weiss Essen. In the 1985/86 season he kicked with food in the Oberliga Nordrhein, where he scored nine goals in 18 games and promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. From 1986 to 1990, he scored 20 goals in 98 league games for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2nd Bundesliga. In 1990 he finished his playing career due to constant knee pain and a lack of offers.

More life

As a player Abramczik also worked as a football coach exclusively in the Ruhr. He has worked among others in the federation League area as a trainer at SC Hassel and the STV Horst- Emscher. In the national league, he coached the SV alder 08 His main job is now working as a specialist sports retailers. He also served as coach of the U -17 at the 1st FFC Recklinghausen successful.

Achievements

• Promotion to the Football League ( 2): 1982, 1984
• Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga: 1986