Helmut Gorka

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Helmut Gorka
Personnel
birthday April 13, 1960
place of birth Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 
size 184 cm
position Central defense / midfield
Juniors
Years station
1975-1988 FC Schalke 04
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1978-1980 Westfalia Herne 25 (1)
1980-1982 Prussia Munster 36 (2)
1982-1984 Red and white food 62 (4)
1984-1988 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 119 (10)
1988-1989 Prussia Munster 21 (1)
1989-1991 SpVg Marl 14 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Helmut Gorka (born April 13, 1960 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a former soccer player and current coach . He was mostly used in the position of central defender , but also played in midfield.

Career

youth

In his youth, Gorka played for his hometown club FC Schalke 04 , with whose A junior team he was German champion in 1975/76 .

professional

After he could not prevail in the first team of Schalke, Gorka moved to the 2nd Bundesliga to Westfalia Herne . He made his debut on the 1st matchday of the 1978/79 season in a 4-0 home win against Arminia Hannover. His first and only second division goal for Westfalia he scored two game days later as a substitute to make it 2: 3 in a home defeat against VfL Osnabrück . In the 1979/80 season , Westfalia's license was withdrawn after the first match day and the team was relegated to the Oberliga Westfalen. 1980 Gorka moved back to the 2nd Bundesliga at Prussia Münster . In the 1980/81 season he scored 2 goals in 36 missions, but could not prevent his relegation with Prussia to the Oberliga Westfalen. In 1982 he went to Rot-Weiss Essen . In 62 second division games Gorka scored 4 goals before signing a contract with league rivals Rot-Weiß Oberhausen in 1984 . For Oberhausen he ran for the first time on the 3rd match day in a 3-1 home win against Alemannia Aachen and scored his first goal for his new club two game days later against SSV Ulm 1846 . He also scored Gorka's only goal in the DFB Cup in the Red-White jersey, in the first round in 1987/88 against Preußen Münster. That's where he went after four seasons with 119 second division games and ten goals for Oberhausen in 1988. For the third-class Münsteraner he ran 21 times and scored one goal. His last club station as a player was SpVg Marl . In his last season 1990/91 Gorka played 14 times, his last appearance was a substitution on the 18th matchday against SC Verl . In the summer of 1991, Gorka ended his active career.

He made a total of 242 second division games (17 goals), 35 league games (1 goal) and 5 appearances in the DFB Cup .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Gorka - performance data 78/79 (detailed view). Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Helmut Gorka - performance data 80/81 (detailed view). Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Helmut Gorka - performance data 84/85 (detailed view). Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Helmut Gorka - performance data 88/89 (detailed view). Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Helmut Gorka - performance data 90/91 (detailed view). Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Helmut Gorka. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gorka, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen