Klaus Kokott

Klaus Kokott (born February 11, 1943 ) is a former German soccer player . The defender played 90 league games and scored one goal at Eintracht Trier from 1966 to 1971 in the Southwest Football Regionalliga , the second highest German football class at the time .

career

Before that, he had played for Rot-Weiss Oberhausen and Rot-Weiss Essen in his youth. Youth selection players. Further stations in the senior sector were the Essen clubs TuS Helene 28 and BV Altenessen .

On November 13, 1966, the defender made his debut in the 3: 3 away draw against FC Homburg as a right wing runner at Trier in the Regionalliga Südwest. With players like Josef Hehl (goalkeeper), Willi Haag , Wolfgang Schwierzke , Lothar Kleim , Peter Scholtes, Paul Pidancet , Rainer Schönwälder and Klaus Konieczka , Eintracht finished fifth at the end of the round. In the 3-0 home win against Mühlheim, Kokott scored his only regional league on May 4, 1968. The defender reached his highest number of appearances in the 1968/69 season under coach Jovan Gajic, when he completed all 30 league games at the side of goalkeeper Karl-Heinz Schröder, Juan Carlos Borteiro , Paul Pidancet and Petar Mijatovic.

His last regional league use dated May 9, 1971, when Trier captured a point at Wormatia Worms with a 2-2 draw. For the future goal scorer and national player Klaus Toppmöller it was the first regional league year where he scored eleven goals in 30 appearances.

After his active career, Kokott trained the second team of Eintracht Trier as well as FC Bitburg , SG Prüm and VfL Trier .

literature

• Hardy Grüne , Christian Karn: The big book of the German football clubs . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-89784-362-2 .
• Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 9: Player Lexicon 1963-1994. Bundesliga, regional league, 2nd league. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 .