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Jürgen Nöldner (22 February 1941 – 21 November 2022) was a German footballer who was active in East Germany. He was the son of Erwin Nöldner, a resistance fighter killed by the Nazis in 1944.[1]
 Nöldner (right) in a match in 1962 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 22 February 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 November 2022 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sparta Lichtenberg | |||||||||||||||||
| BEWAG/Turbine Berlin | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1973 |
ASK Vorwärts Berlin FC Vorwärts Berlin FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder | 285 | (88) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1967 | East Germany Olympic | 11 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1969 | East Germany | 30 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Career
editA midfielder, Nöldner began his senior career in 1959 with ASK Vorwärts Berlin.[2] He was to spend his entire career with the army side, staying with the club when it moved to Frankfurt/Oder in 1971.[3] He did not like commuting between Berlin and Frankfurt/Oder and ended his career in late 1972, aged 31.[3] During this time he was East German champion five times, and won the Cup in 1970.
He also played internationally for East Germany,[4] winning 30 caps and scoring 16 goals, including a first-minute goal against Austria which was the fastest in the national team's history. He was part of the East German Olympic squad that represented the United German team at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 1964, winning the bronze medal. In 1966 Nöldner was voted East German Footballer of the Year, and such was his reputation that he was nicknamed "the Puskás of the DDR".
Sports journalism
editNöldner retired in 1973 and became a sports journalist. He edited the Neue Fußballwoche, an East German football magazine, from 1984 to 1990, and served as Berlin editor of kicker sports magazine from 1990 until his retirement in 2006.
Death
editNöldner died in Berlin on 21 November 2022, at the age of 81.[3]
Honours
editVorwärts Berlin
- DDR-Oberliga: 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1969
- FDGB Pokal: 1970
References
edit- ^ Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 412f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (28 March 2012). "Jürgen Nöldner - Matches in Oberliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Rohr, Steffen (21 November 2022). "Als Fußballer begnadet, als Mensch bescheiden: Zum Tod von Jürgen Nöldner". kicker (in German). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (6 January 2005). "Jürgen Nöldner - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
External links
edit- Jürgen Nöldner at WorldFootball.net
- Jürgen Nöldner at National-Football-Teams.com
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