Richard Gottinger

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Richard Gottinger (born June 4, 1926 in Fürth ; † March 5, 2008 ibid) was a German football player who played exclusively for Fürth teams.

Career

societies

Gottinger started playing football at the age of eleven in the youth department of SpVgg Fürth . Growing out of youth, he initially moved to ASV Fürth at the age of 20 for the period from January 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947.

For the 1947/48 season he returned to SpVgg Fürth and with the first team at the end of the season from the Oberliga Süd to the second-class regional league . After a year of abstinence, after returning to the Oberliga Süd, he was crowned the South German champions with his team .

After he and his team the season 1950-51 in the Oberliga Süd as runner-up finished, he was with his crew as participants in the final round of the German Cup qualifying. He played all six group games , but was eliminated from the competition in third place.

In 1952/53 in the DFB-Pokal competition, he played the preliminary round match against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, won 6-1, and the last sixteen game, which he lost 2-5 at Waldhof Mannheim .

National team

He played his only international match for the senior national team on October 11, 1953 in Stuttgart in the qualifying game for the 1954 World Cup , which was won 3-0 against the Saarland national team . He also played two international matches for the B national team . His first on June 14, 1953 in Düsseldorf in a 5-2 victory over Spain, his last on March 23, 1955 in Sheffield in a 1-1 draw against England.

successes

Others

After the end of his active career, Gottinger was active as a coach. He coached, among others, 1. FC Bamberg and SG Quelle Fürth .

In March 2008 Gottinger died in Fürth after a long and serious illness

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kicker Almanach 1987 - page 102/103 - COPRESS Verlag Munich - ISBN 3-7679-0245-1
  2. ^ Obituary: Mourning Richard Gottinger. A football legend from Fürth on anpfiff.info (page can no longer be accessed)
personal data
SURNAME Gottinger, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Fuerth
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 2008
Place of death Fuerth