Dieter Lenz (soccer player)

Dieter Lenz (born August 9, 1948 in Neubrandenburg ) is a former football player in the GDR major league . In the top division of the GDR football association , he played for FC Hansa Rostock . Lenz is a five-time young international player.

Lenz began his football career with the company sports association (BSG) Medicine Neubrandenburg. From 1964 to the age of 21 he played for the BSG Post Neubrandenburg , most recently in the second-rate GDR league . In search of a replacement for Werner Drews , who had left the league at the end of 1969 , the regional football focus FC Hansa Rostock prompted the 1.75 m tall midfielder to move to Rostock . Lenz immediately took the position of Drews in midfield at the beginning of the second half of the 1969/70 season and completed all point games until the end of the season. In the following seasons Lenz was a constant regular player, but took over the position of right winger from 1971/72. In the first half of 1971 he had already played five games with the youth national team of the GDR. There he was used variably in midfield and in defense. In the 1972/73 season, Lenz was the Rostock's second best upper division shooter with nine hits behind his storm colleague Joachim Streich (13).

In the summer of 1975, FC Hansa was relegated to the GDR league, after which Lenz left the club. Within five and a half years he had played 132 league point games for FC Hansa and scored 17 goals. There are also 20 cup games with three goals. Lenz returned to the GDR league club Post Neubrandenburg. There he played again for five years, went back to Rostock for the 1980/81 season, where he also played in the GDR league for TSG Bau Rostock for a year . Then the now 33-year-old Lenz registered with the fourth-class BSG Baumechanik Neubrandenburg . Within a year he led the team in the district league and another year later in the GDR league. With his relegation in 1984, Lenz ended his career as an active football player.

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The following sources were used for the first version of the article:

• Stations: Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 .
• Dates of birth, league operations: Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The history of the GDR league. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 .
• Details of games: Uwe Nuttelmann (Ed.): DDR-Oberliga. 1962-1991. Self-published, Jade 2007, ISBN 978-3-930814-33-6 .