Jean-Marie Pfaff
| Jean-Marie Pfaff | ||
 Jean-Marie Pfaff (2007)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | 4th December 1953 | |
| place of birth | Lebbeke , Belgium | |
| size | 180 cm | |
| position | goal | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1973-1982 | SK Beveren | 276 (0) |
| 1982-1988 | FC Bayern Munich | 156 (0) |
| 1988-1989 | Lierse SK | 23 (0) |
| 1989-1990 | Trabzonspor | 22 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1972 | Belgium U19 | 6 (0) |
| 1974 | Belgium U21 | 1 (0) |
| 1976-1987 | Belgium | 64 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1998-1999 | KV Ostend | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Jean-Marie Pfaff (born December 4, 1953 in Lebbeke , Flanders , Belgium ) is a former Belgian soccer goalkeeper who briefly appeared as a soccer coach from 1998 to 1999 .
Pfaff was one of the world's best goalkeeper players in the 1980s and celebrated his greatest successes in club football with FC Bayern Munich . In 2004 Pelé put him on the list of the 125 best footballers still alive ( FIFA 100 ).
Career
societies
Pfaff grew up with eleven siblings in poor circumstances and had to contribute to the family's livelihood at an early age, but at the same time began playing football. The boy's talent as a goalkeeper was quickly recognized and he switched to SK Beveren as a youth player . Pfaff was the goalkeeper there from the 1973/74 season at the age of 20 and won the club cup in 1978. Pfaff was one of the best players in the entire league and was Belgium's Footballer of the Year 1978 . A year later, the championship followed , the first title for the small club from East Flanders.
Following the 1982 World Cup , Pfaff left SK Beveren and moved to the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich for a transfer fee of around DM one million . In his first Bundesliga match on August 21, 1982 (1st Round) he made a strange own goal for an anecdote, which can be seen again and again in various flashbacks to this day: Against Werder Bremen he drew a throw of the Bremen striker Uwe Reinders into own gate. Without Pfaff touching the ball, the goal would not have counted, because a goal cannot be scored directly with a throw-in. Despite this false start, Pfaff had successful years in Munich and with strong performances he was soon one of the best goalkeepers in the Bundesliga. At Bayern , Pfaff was seen as a worthy successor to the Bayern legend Sepp Maier , who had to end his career in 1979. The successes also proved him right, as he ranked title after title in the team around Lothar Matthäus , Klaus Augenthaler , Andreas Brehme and Dieter Hoeneß . In the 1984/85 season Pfaff was temporarily only second choice after Raimond Aumann after an injury . Only when Aumann was injured on his part did Pfaff find his way back into the goal. In 1987 he even advanced to the final of the European Cup with Munich , in which they were defeated by FC Porto 2-1.
After six years and 215 competitive games, including 156 in the Bundesliga, for Bayern he returned to Belgium in the summer of 1988 and joined Lierse SK , where he spent another season, which was marked by injuries. The now 35-year-old only played 23 games. His last career station was Trabzonspor in Turkey , but Pfaff only played 22 games this season and ended his career in the summer of 1990.
National team
As early as 1974, at the age of 21, Pfaff was in his country's senior national team for the first time . However, he only made his debut in the team's goal two years later in the EM quarter-finals in 1976 against the Netherlands . Since the previous goalkeeper Christian Piot had to end his career due to injury, Pfaff became the undisputed number 1 of the "Red Devils".
Its international star rose at the 1980 European Championships in Italy . Pfaff played his first major international tournament and Belgium surprisingly took first place in the preliminary round. Spain were defeated 2: 1, against England (1: 1) and Italy (0: 0) draw. In the final they lost to Germany 2-1; Horst Hrubesch scored twice. This surprise success should be the start of a strong phase for the Belgians, who probably experienced the most successful period of their national team. Coach Guy Thys formed a strong team around Pfaff, Eric Gerets , Jan Ceulemans and Erwin Vandenbergh .
In 1982 Belgium took part in a World Cup for the first time since 1970 . In Spain , the Belgians surprised when they defeated defending champions Argentina 1-0 in the opening game and were group winners after beating El Salvador and drawing against Hungary . Pfaff was injured and could not play a game at the World Cup afterwards; Belgium lost in the second round to Poland and the Soviet Union and had to travel home. Nevertheless, Belgium had reported back on the big football stage after the 1980 European Championship and the 1982 World Cup.
At the 1986 World Cup , the big hit should follow; Pfaff was one of the strongest goalkeepers in the tournament. After a mixed preliminary round, the Soviet Union was defeated 4: 3 in a dramatic game, whereby Pfaff had pushed his front men again and again. In the quarter-finals against Spain he delivered a world-class game and made the Spanish striker desperate with his saves; Belgium won 5-4 on penalties. But in the semifinals, which were lost 2-0, Argentina turned out to be a size too big around superstar Diego Maradona . In the game for third place, France won 4-2, but fourth place for Belgium was the greatest success in the country's football history.
A year later, Pfaff ended his career in the national team after 64 internationals, where he was a total of 84 times in the national squad from 1974 to 1987.
Others
With the penalty of 9: 8, which was converted in the second round of the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup second leg against PAOK Saloniki on November 2, 1983 and was decisive for progress, Pfaff is the first Bayern goalkeeper to score a competitive goal (from the start of the Bundesliga) .
His father Jean-Baptist Pfaff was already active in Belgian football in the 1960s, but only made a few appearances in the top Belgian league. Jean-Marie's brothers Antonius “Toon” Pfaff and Danny Pfaff were once active in Belgian professional football.
In 1987 Pfaff had a guest role in the film Zärtliche Chaoten alongside Thomas Gottschalk , Michael Winslow , Helmut Fischer and Pierre Brice . Pfaff also recorded a record, largely unknown in Germany, on which he sang " I was a Belgian and now I'm a Bavarian ". According to Pfaff, this single got gold status in Belgium. He donated the corresponding gold record during an audience with Pope John Paul II , which he is said to have completed in lederhosen. According to his own statement, this handover happened because a nun died in a car accident that was not his fault.
After his active career he worked as a PR manager in the sports sector, u. a. he worked for Beerschot AC .
From 2003 the Belgian TV station VTM showed a docu-soap with 267 episodes (“De Pfaffs”), in which Pfaff and his family could be seen weekly in a 40-minute episode.
In Germany , Jean-Marie Pfaff was briefly active again in football support as a member of the BFC Dynamo . He primarily promoted the construction of a youth performance center at the Berlin top division club , which should also bear his name. After a year he canceled this contract in August 2006.
In Brasschaat near Antwerp , Pfaff had a ranch-style house built where he lives with his large family.
successes
- Fourth in the 1986 World Cup
- Second in the 1980 European Championship
- Belgian Cup winner 1978
- Belgian champion 1979
- Finalist of the European Champion Clubs' Cup 1987
- German champion 1985 , 1986 , 1987
- DFB Cup winner 1984 , 1986
- DFB Supercup winner 1983, 1987
Awards
- Belgium's Footballer of the Year 1978
- World goalkeeper of the year 1987
- FIFA 100
- Golden Foot Legends Award 2014
- Classification as world class in the ranking of German football : summer 1983 , winter 1983/84 , summer 1986
- Kicker Goalkeeper of the Year: 1983
Web links
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of weltfussball.de
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of the German Football Association
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of kicker.de
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of EU-Football.info (English)
- Jean-Marie Pfaff in the database of the Belgian Football Association (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pfaff's own goal
- ^ Matthias Arnhold: Jean-Marie Pfaff - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . RSSSF.com . January 16, 2020. Accessed January 17, 2020.
- ^ Karel Stokkermans: Jean-Marie Pfaff - International Appearances . RSSSF.com . January 16, 2020. Accessed January 17, 2020.
- ↑ Pfaff's penalty goal
- ^ Pfaffs Secrets of Leberkäs with Eggs, sueddeutsche.de of April 5, 2013, accessed on July 1, 2013
- ↑ Goalkeeper legend Jean-Marie Pfaff ( memento from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Audio accessed on July 1, 2013
- ↑ Jean-Marie Pfaff: "Formerly Belgian, now Bayer": Evening newspaper of October 1, 2012 , accessed on July 1, 2012
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pfaff, Jean-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lebbeke , Belgium |