Karl Richter (soccer player)

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Karl Richter (born March 27, 1958 ) is a former German soccer player who played 269 ​​games with 24 goals in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1980 to 1989 .

career

Rot-Weiss Essen, 1980 to 1984

Defender Karl Richter, who came to Rot-Weiss Essen in 1980 from FC St. Georgen via FC 08 Villingen from the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg region , had recommended himself for the second league through his six appearances in the amateur national team in 1979. Coach Rolf Schafstall used the strong defensive player in 31 games in the 1980/81 round. Despite top scorer Frank Mill and the aging Willi Lippens, RWE only finished eighth in the table, but was qualified for the single-track 2nd division from the 1981/82 round. In the 1982 DFB Cup , Richter played in the 4-1 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen and in the quarter-finals in the 4-0 defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the next three laps it went back sportily on Hafenstrasse, after the 1983/84 season even the descent for the Bergeborbeck was certain. The man from the Black Forest had fought unsuccessfully in 36 missions under the three coaches Rolf Bock , János Bédl and Siegfried Melzig . Between 1980 and 1984 Richter played 136 games with 14 goals for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2nd Bundesliga. After relegation, he accepted the offer from SC Fortuna Cologne and moved to the cathedral city.

SC Fortuna Cologne, 1984 to 1987

In the southern part of Cologne, Karl Richter experienced three different rounds. In 1984/85, the team of coach Johannes Linßen was 11th in the midfield of the 20-club league, Fortuna moved up to 3rd place in 1986 and in 1987 it was the battle for relegation that marked the round. The defender and Libero played 90 games for Jean Löring's team from 1984 to 1987 and scored six goals. The sporting highlight was the round in 1985/86, when Fortuna Cologne missed direct promotion to the Bundesliga with the regular formation in defense with goalkeeper Jacek Jarecki , Libero Richter and defenders Jürgen Niggemann and Günter Hutwelker with one point behind. Behind FC Homburg and Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin, the team around goal scorer Bernd Grabosch took 3rd place. Karl Richter played 36 games in this round. In May 1986 relegation games took place between the third from bottom of the 1st Bundesliga against the third from the 2nd division. On May 13, Fortuna Cologne defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in front of 44,000 spectators . Richter scored the goal in the 75th minute to make it 2-0. To have got away with no goals against Jürgen Wegmann , Wolfgang Schüler , Marcel Răducanu and Daniel Simmes on Dortmund's side, that distinguished the performance of the Fortuna defense organized by Libero Richter. Four days later, “Kobra” Wegmann scored the 3-1 winning goal for BVB in the 90th minute of the game, forcing the Libero Richter team into a playoff. Karl Richter was unable to play the deciding match on May 30, 1986 in Düsseldorf on the side of Fortuna Köln due to an injury and the Borussia won 8-0 goals against an opponent who gave up in the second half.

Kickers Offenbach, 1987 to 1990

In the summer of 1987, Karl Richter moved to Kickers Offenbach and played 43 games with four goals in the 2nd Bundesliga for the team from Bieberer Berg in two rounds. Although after the round in 1988/89 with the achievement of 15th place the class membership was achieved - judges were injured only 18 missions were possible - the OFC descended through license withdrawal for economic reasons. In the AOL season in Hesse 1989/90, the DFB Cup games against Bayer Uerdingen, TSG Pfeddersheim, Borussia Mönchengladbach, MSV Duisburg and in the semifinals against 1. FC Kaiserslautern stand out. For the 1990/91 round, the 32-year-old Karl Richter switched to FC 08 Villingen and thus ended his activity in the 2nd Bundesliga.

National amateur soccer team, 1979

In the 1978/79 season, the defender of FC 08 Villingen, who had just turned 21, made his debut in the amateur national team of the DFB at the international match on March 30, 1979 in Schwenningen against Italy. From September 13th to November 14th 1979 he played five more international matches with the DFB amateurs. Including the four Olympic qualification games against Finland and Norway, where he was also active in the last game of the amateur national team on November 14th in Baunatal.

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1958