Gert Heidler

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Gert Heidler
Gert Heidler 1976.jpg
Gert Heidler in a dynamo jersey (1976)
Personnel
birthday January 30, 1948
place of birth Drauschkowitz ,  Germany
size 166 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
0000-1967 BSG Motor Bautzen 44 0(6)
1968-1982 SG Dynamo Dresden 281 (49)
1971-1973 SG Dynamo Dresden II 2 0(0)
1983-1984 FSV locomotive Dresden 3 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1969-1974 DDR U-23 23 (7)
1975-1976 DDR Olympia 7 (0)
1977 GDR B 1 (0)
1975-1988 GDR 12 (2)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
SG Dynamo Dresden (youngsters)
2000-2001 FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda
1 Only league games are given.

Gert Heidler (born January 30, 1948 in Drauschkowitz , Oberlausitz) is a former German soccer player and later coach. In the top division of GDR football , the Oberliga , he played for Dynamo Dresden . With the Dresdeners he was five times GDR champion and won the FDGB cup three times . Heidler graduated twelve games for the senior team of communications . In 1976 he won the gold medal at the Olympic football tournament with the GDR Olympic team .

Athletic career

Communities

Heidler started his football career at SG Dynamo in Bautzen , then played for Vorwärts Bautzen and came to BSG Motor Bautzen at the age of 18 , for which he played one and a half seasons in the second-rate GDR league . In Bautzen he also completed an apprenticeship as a telecommunications mechanic. At the beginning of 1968, the only 1.66 meter tall attacking player was delegated to the top division Dynamo Dresden .

At Dynamo Dresden he was used in the second half of the 1967/68 season as a striker in four games, but he only played two games over the full distance. His first league game was the match on the 16th match day between FC Carl Zeiss Jena and Dynamo (2-0) on March 9, 1968, when he was substituted on in the 64th minute. At the end of the season Dynamo was determined to be relegated. With 14 of 30 played point games in the GDR league, Heidler was involved in the immediate resurgence of Dresden. In his second league season 1969/70, Heidler fought for a regular place in the dynamo team. In the 26 point games he was used 21 times and scored his first four league goals as a winger on both the right and left side. One year later, Heidler was able to celebrate his first title wins in the men's division. Dynamo Dresden won the double with championship and cup victory in 1970/71. Heidler was involved in the championship with 21 appearances and three goals and stood on June 2, 1971 for 20 minutes in the cup final, which Dresden won 2-1 after extra time over the BFC Dynamo. Heidler won other championship titles with Dynamo Dresden in 1972/73 (22 appearances, 4 goals), 1975/76 (25/6), 1976/77 (23/8) and 1977/78 (16/3). He celebrated his second and third cup win in 1977 and 1982 . From 1975 he had finally found his regular position on the left attacking side. Heidler played his last league games in the 1981/82 season. At the age of 33, he was used 15 times, with most games still playing over the full 90 minutes, mainly as a right winger. On the penultimate game day of the season, May 22, 1982, he was the right winger for 90 minutes in the game FC Karl-Marx-Stadt - Dynamo Dresden (1: 1) for the last time in a league game on the field. It was his 267th in 14 league seasons (76% of the total games played), and he had scored 49 goals.

Of the 58 European Cup games played by the Dynamos in Heidler's time , he played 54 matches, placing him fifth in an internal ranking of all players used for East German clubs and communities. He scored 17 goals, eight of them in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup . He played his “most valuable” European Cup game on March 7, 1973 in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals at Anfield against Liverpool (0-2).

Selection bets

Immediately after Heidler had won the league promotion with Dynamo Dresden in 1969, he was appointed to the squad of the GDR youth team. On October 21, 1969, he played his first U-23 international match in Halle against Czechoslovakia. In the 3-0 win, he played on the right attacking side. In 1974 he became vice European champion with the DFV youth team after the two finals against Hungary (3: 2, 0: 4). By 1974 he was in 23 U-23 international matches and scored seven goals.

Eighteen months after his last junior international match , Heidler played in his first international match on November 19, 1975 . In the friendly game Czechoslovakia - GDR (1-1) he played right winger again. This remained his position in most of his twelve or nine A internationals according to FIFA's interpretation , and he was also used in midfield at times. His most important games included the three World Cup qualifiers against Turkey (1: 1), Malta (1: 0) and Austria (1: 1). Since Heidler had shown himself to be a less than successful striker with only two goals, he was ousted from his positions by Dieter Kühn and Lutz Eigendorf from 1978 onwards. The game GDR - Belgium (0-0) on April 19, 1978 was Heidler's last international match. In addition, there was a B international match on April 26, 1977 (GDR - Romania 1: 1).

Heidler celebrated his greatest international success in 1975 and 1976 with the GDR Olympic selection, which was identical to the A selection in those years. He played his first game with the Olympic team on October 29, 1975 in the qualifying game against the amateurs of Austria (1-0), before he even played his first international match. Until July 25, 1976, Heidler was used in all Olympic games, including the first four games of the Olympic tournament in Canada . In the end, the GDR won the gold medal, and although Heidler was no longer used in the final, he had also contributed to the gold medal with his three finals. For this success he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In total, he played seven official international games with the Olympic selection, including two A international games against Czechoslovakia.

successes

  • GDR champions 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978
  • GDR cup winners 1971, 1977, 1982
  • Gold medalist at the 1976 Olympic Games
  • Runner-up in the 1974 European Youth Championship

Ministry of State Security

Gert Heidler is an example of how top football players were able to successfully defend themselves against recruitment attempts by the Ministry for State Security without damaging their careers. In 1974 the State Security Service wanted to win over Heidler for "securing the travel team of SG Dynamo Dresden". In several conversations, Heidler refused spying services against his teammates, so that "no further cooperation [was]". Regardless of this, Heidler's career was not only successful at Dynamo Dresden, but also internationally; Travel to games in western countries was not restricted.

Trainer

After he had ended his career as a soccer player in 1982, Heidler, who had already obtained his diploma as a sports teacher in 1981 and later also obtained the DFB soccer teacher license, initially became a junior coach at Dynamo Dresden. After interludes with the NOFV upper division club Bischofswerdaer FV 08 and FC Lausitz Hoyerswerda , Heidler returned to the youth department of Dynamo Dresden in 2001. In 2007 he became a coach at the children's soccer school Soccer Academy of his son Peter.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Gert Heidler - Matches and Goals in Oberliga . RSSSF.com . May 13, 2020. Accessed May 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Marcel Haisma: East Germany - player in European Cups . RSSSF.com . October 6, 2011. Accessed April 28, 2020.
  3. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Gert Heidler - International Appearances . RSSSF.com . Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In: New Germany . September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (online at ZEFYS - newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , free registration required).
personal data
SURNAME Heidler, Gert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Drauschkowitz, Upper Lusatia