Gerhard Welz
| Gerhard Welz | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | February 1, 1945 | |
| place of birth | Frankfurt , Germany | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | goal | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -1965 | VfL Germania 1894 | ? (?) |
| 1965-1966 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | ? (?) |
| 1966-1967 | FC Bayern Munich | 0 (0) |
| 1967-1969 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 45 (0) |
| 1969-1971 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 74 (0) |
| 1971-1975 | 1. FC Cologne | 89 (0) |
| 1975-1977 | Prussia Munster | 36 (0) |
| 1977-1979 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 72 (0) |
| 1979-1980 | VfB Stuttgart | 1 (0) |
| 1980-1982 | SC Fortuna Cologne | 29 (0) |
| 1982-1983 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 25 (0) |
| 1983-1984 | VfB Stuttgart | 0 (0) |
| SV Sandhausen | 9 (0) | |
| -1987 | VfB Stuttgart amateurs | 2 (0) |
| 1987– | Spfr./DJK Freiburg | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1972 | Germany B | 1 (0) |
| 1973 | Germany U-23 | 2 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| Stuttgarter Kickers ( Assistant Trainer ) | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Gerhard Welz (born February 1, 1945 in Frankfurt ) is a former German soccer goalkeeper .
Career
societies
Emerging from the youth of VfL Germania 1894 , the oldest football club in Frankfurt am Main, Welz moved to Viktoria Aschaffenburg in the first amateur league in Hessen (third highest league) for the 1965/66 season . He then belonged to the FC Bayern Munich squad for one season before playing 45 games in goal for 1. FC Saarbrücken in the Regionalliga Südwest . In 1969 he moved to the Bundesliga relegated 1. FC Nürnberg in the Regionalliga Süd and helped the club in 1971 as a regional league champion to participate in the promotion round to the Bundesliga, in which the FCN failed. In the Bundesliga, however, Welz played the following season, as he succeeded Manfred Manglitz , who was suspended because of the Bundesliga scandal , at 1. FC Köln . He made his debut on the 1st match day on August 14, 1971 in a 0-0 draw at home against SV Werder Bremen .
After 89 missions, he left the billy goats because he suffered a serious and long-lasting injury in a collision with Peter Hidien in the 1-2 home game loss against Hamburger SV on March 2, 1974 (24th matchday ), the young substitute goalkeeper "Toni" Schumacher had to give way.
The collision in the game, after which Welz was briefly passed out, was followed by another accident in training when Welz's head hit the goal post. Upon closer inspection, a blood clot was found, which resulted in emergency surgery. A possible career in the national team was also thwarted in this way; Welz was one of the promising candidates for the position of substitute goalkeeper at the upcoming 1974 World Cup in his own country, ahead of Wolfgang Kleff (Mönchengladbach) and Norbert Nigbur (Schalke). National coach Helmut Schön had already promised him this position before the fateful accident despite the fact that Welz had not yet played an A international match. Well again, Welz was only the third goalkeeper behind Schumacher and Slobodan Topalović at 1. FC Köln, despite great ambition and good training performance . Therefore, he moved in November 1975 to the second division Prussia Münster . After two seasons with consistently good performances, another two followed at league competitor Tennis Borussia Berlin . In the 1979/80 season he belonged to the Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart , for which he was only used in the 0: 4 away defeat on December 8, 1979 (16th match day) against FC Bayern Munich. From 1980 to 1982 he played for the second division club Fortuna Köln , then one season each for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and again for VfB Stuttgart. In the season 1984/85 he ran in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg under coach Slobodan Jovanić in nine league games for SV Sandhausen and won the championship with the club, but missed promotion with only one win in the promotion round to the 2nd Bundesliga. In the season after next, he was listed in the same league for the amateur team of VfB Stuttgart, and from 1987 he played eleven games for the Spfr./DJK Freiburg in the amateur upper league Baden-Württemberg. With the club he missed relegation in the third highest division.
Welz completed a total of 90 Bundesliga (89 for 1. FC Köln, 1 for VfB Stuttgart), 137 second division (36 for Prussia Münster, 72 for Tennis Borussia Berlin, 29 for Fortuna Cologne) and 83 regional league games (45 for 1. FC Saarbrücken, 38 for 1. FC Nürnberg). He also played 16 UEFA Cup and 18 DFB Cup games for 1. FC Köln and four Southwest Cup games for 1. FC Saarbrücken.
Welz was also the goalkeeper who, despite an outstanding performance in the legendary cup final of 1973 against Borussia Mönchengladbach in Düsseldorf, had to accept Netzer's winning goal and goal of the century in extra time to make it 1: 2.
National team
Welz wore the national team's jersey three times, once for the B and twice for the U-23 selection. He made his debut on November 14, 1972 in Winterthur in a 3-1 victory over the B selection of Switzerland. On March 27 and May 8, 1973 he was in Duisburg and Randers in a 5-1 or 2-0 victory over the U-23 selection of the USA and Denmark in goal.
successes
- Second in the championship 1972/73 (with 1. FC Köln)
- DFB Cup finalist 1973 (with 1. FC Köln)
Others
After finishing his career as a professional footballer, Welz worked for a while as an assistant coach at the Stuttgarter Kickers and manager at FC Hessen Kassel .
He lives in Reinhardshausen , a district of Bad Wildungen , where he and his wife run a bistro.
Web links
- Gerhard Welz in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Gerhard Welz in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
literature
- BF Hoffmann : The great lexicon of the Bundesliga keepers. More than 300 biographies - from the beginning to the present. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-526-0 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Welz, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |