Klaus-Dieter Helbig

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Klaus-Dieter Helbig (born September 19, 1952 in Friedland near Beeskow ) was a football player in Eisenhüttenstadt and East Berlin . For 1. FC Union Berlin he played in the GDR Oberliga , the highest East German division. After his soccer career he became a soccer coach.

Athletic career

From the age of nine, Helbig initially played football for nine years with the company sports association (BSG) Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt . After finishing school, he completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith. At the age of 18 he was drafted into the army for 18 months in November 1970. During this time he played football for the army sports clubs Vorwärts Meiningen and Vorwärts Bestensee. After his discharge from the army, he returned to Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt in May 1972 and played with the steelworkers in the second-rate GDR league. After completing the league games of the 1975/76 season, in which Eisenhüttenstadt narrowly missed the promotion round to the league with second place, the season winner and promotion round participant 1. FC Union Berlin caused the change from Helbig to their own team.

Of the eight promotion games in May and June 1976, the 1.76 m tall Helbig played five matches, with which he helped Union to second place in the promotion round and thus to the league promotion. In the league, Helbig did not get beyond the status of a substitute player for a long time. If he was in the starting eleven, he was used as a striker, mainly on the left winger. It wasn't until November 1979 that he managed to gain a regular place in the league team. Initially playing left winger again, he was used as a midfielder in the second half of the 1979/80 season. This ended Helbig's senior league career, because at the end of the season Union had to relegate back to the GDR league. There Helbig was able to defend his regular place during the 1980/81 season and played 20 of the 22 point games and all eight games in the promotion round, but failed in the Union. In 1981/82 he fell out of the Union team and was initially only used in eleven point games. Only in the second attempt at promotion did he complete all eight relegation games with which 1. FC Union managed to get promoted again. For the league season 1982/83 Helbig was nominated again as a midfielder, but was no longer used. At the end of 1982, Helbig left 1. FC Union Berlin. From May 1976 to June 1982 he played 139 competitive games for Berlin, 75 of them in the league, in which he scored six goals.

In January 1983, Helbig rejoined the GDR league club Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt. There he played another five years as a midfielder. In the 1983/84 season he was the top scorer of his team with eleven goals, in 1985 he took over the office of team captain. In the summer of 1988, Helbig ended his career as a football player at the age of 35.

After his football career, Helbig worked as a coach. At first he was employed in the youth division of 1. FC Union Berlin. In January 1989 he took over the training of the GDR league team Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt and led him to the top division. He then became assistant coach under Günther Reinke. In 1991, Helbig returned to the youth department of 1. FC Union Berlin. Between November 2004 and June 2005 Helbig was a coach at the national league club FC 98 Hennigsdorf. In December 2005, 1. FC Union Berlin resorted to Helbig again and made him assistant coach of the first team under Georgi Wassilew . This engagement only lasted until April 2006. In the summer of 2006, Helbig was coach of the association league club Frankfurter FC Viktoria .

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SURNAME Helbig, Klaus-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German football player and coach (GDR)
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedland near Beeskow