Dirk Zander

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Dirk Zander
Zander, Dirk StP 92-93.JPG
Personnel
Surname Dirk Zander 1992/93
birthday May 13, 1965
place of birth HamburgGermany
size 179 cm
position Midfield , storm
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1970-1986 Viktoria Wilhelmsburg / Veddel
1986-1991 FC St. Pauli 144 (46)
1991-1993 Dynamo Dresden 40 (10)
1993-1994 FC St. Pauli 26 0(5)
1997-2009 VfL meshes
2009-2010 TSV Eintracht Hittfeld
1 Only league games are given.

Dirk Zander (born May 13, 1965 in Hamburg ) is a former German soccer player .

Career (player)

The midfielder Dirk Zander began his career with the Hamburg club Viktoria Wilhelmsburg / Veddel, before he was brought to the Millerntor in 1986 by coach Willi Reimann . His main job was initially as a skilled chemical worker. In 1988, Zander shot FC St. Pauli into the Bundesliga with his 1-0 winning goal against SSV Ulm 1846 . In 1991, Zander scored the fastest goal in Bundesliga history at the time against Karlsruher SC. He scored the goal after just twelve seconds. Even the 2-0 came after four minutes, so that Zander is still the record holder of the fastest double goal. In 1991, after the relegation of FC St. Pauli from the Bundesliga, Zander moved to Dynamo Dresden , from where he returned after two years. Zander was the long-time team captain of FC St. Pauli. After three cruciate ligament tears , Dirk Zander was officially declared a sports disabled person in 1994. However, after a three-year break, he continued to play in amateur football. First for VfL Maschen , with whom he spent two more years in the Lower Saxony Oberliga, and later for the Lower Saxony district division TSV Eintracht Hittfeld .

Career (coach)

Dirk Zander was head of the youth performance center at FC St. Pauli until August 2007. Before that, he coached the A and B youth regional league teams, as well as the A youth Bundesliga team.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The eleven regular players - their strengths, their weaknesses . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . No. 168 , July 23, 1986, pp. 14 ( abendblatt.de [PDF; 2.2 MB ; accessed on May 18, 2020]).