Wolfgang Kaniber

Wolfgang Kaniber ( born November 22, 1939 in Würzburg ) is a former German football player.

Career

Kaniber began playing football at the Würzburg Kickers. For the club, the striker made ​​his debut in the Bavarian League and made the charge at Fortuna Dusseldorf attention. In 1964, he joined as an amateur for in the Regionalliga West gambling club, but could not prevail under coach Kuno Klötzer. Therefore he moved to just one year TuRa Buederich further in the national league. Here he became the Torgaranten and got 1968 at VfL Osnabrück his first professional contract. In the Regionalliga Nord he chose with 31 goals this season top scorer and thus helped the club to the Championship Season. In the promotion round to the Bundesliga but the team failed second behind Rot-Weiss Essen.

Kaniber received a lucrative offer from Racing Strasbourg and changed in 1969 in the Division 1 Here he established himself as a regular scorer, especially in his first season ( 20 goals and fourth rank in the scoring charts ), but returned after two years to return to Germany and signed a contract with SC Opel Rüsselsheim. Moreover, he found at Opel in financial accounting job. In 1973 he finished his professional career and became first player-manager of VfR wholesale Gerau. He later coached the amateur clubs Eintracht Rüsselsheim, SV Nauheim and FC Königstein.