Günther Schubert (soccer player)

Günther Schubert (born January 11, 1955 in Velbert ; † June 2, 2002 ) was a German football goalkeeper .

Life

Schubert visited the youth boarding school of FC Schalke 04 together with Hans-Günter Bruns . In the 1976/77 season he was part of the Bundesliga squad of miners , however, came behind goalkeeper Enver Maric , the former "number one" of the Yugoslav national team , barely into play. In September 1976 he was only used once in the UEFA Cup and in three league games.

After Maric at the game in Frankfurt on September 3, 1976 six times had to pick the ball out, was coach Friedel Rausch five days later the young substitute keeper in the UEFA Cup -Hinspiel against FC Porto a chance he at 2: 2 in Lisbon use could. The following Saturday he made his league debut in the Bundesliga match against Fortuna Düsseldorf . His third and last game in the German elite class he made a fortnight later, on September 25, 1976, against Tennis Borussia Berlin . At 5-4 in the Parkstadion , he brought his team to the brink of defeat after a 3-0 lead due to a few mistakes. The rest of the season in which Schalke were runner-up, Enver Marić stood between the posts.

The following season Schubert moved to the promoted 1. FC Bocholt in the 2. Bundesliga North . Here he was regular goalkeeper and was in 30 of the 38 season games in goal, but could not prevent the direct relegation. He stayed in the Oberliga Nordrhein for two years with the Westmünsterländer; after rising again in 1980, he moved to Belgium, where he played for some smaller clubs and was twice goalkeeper of the year . Later he was active a few times in the traditional Schalke team.

Günther Schubert died of a heart attack at the age of 47 .

Web links

• Deadline January 11, 2004: "Günther Schubert was born 49 years ago"
• Günther Schubert in the database of fussballdaten.de