Léonard Woodpecker
| Léonard Woodpecker | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | April 16, 1954 | |
| place of birth | Mommenheim , France | |
| size | 180 cm | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1970-1973 | Racing Strasbourg B | 1 (0) |
| 1972-1982 | Racing Strasbourg | 325 (20) |
| 1982-1987 | Girondins Bordeaux | 158 (6) |
| 1987-1989 | Racing Strasbourg | 62 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1978-1985 | France | 18 (1) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1989-1991 | Racing Strasbourg | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Léonard Specht (born April 16, 1954 in Mommenheim , Bas-Rhin ) is a former French football player . He is an 18-time French international .
Career
society
Specht began his career in 1970 with Racing Strasbourg . After he was first used in the reserve team, he made his debut in professional football on January 21, 1973 in a 0-1 defeat against FC Metz . As a result, Specht established himself among the professionals and came to a total of 18 appearances in Division 1 (today Ligue 1 ) by the end of the season . In the 1973/74 season he was a regular player until January 1974; only on April 12, 1974 in the game against CS Sedan he played again.
The breakthrough came in the then 20-year-old Specht in the 1974/75 season, when he played for Racing in 31 league games in Division 1. When Strasbourg was relegated from Division 1 after the 1976/77 season, he had scored his first goal in professional football in the game against Girondins Bordeaux . A year later, Racing Strasbourg succeeded in direct recovery, with Léonard Specht having six goals in 34 games contributed to the return of Strasbourg to the first class. As a climber, Racing Strasbourg qualified for the UEFA Cup in the 1977/78 season . Specht made his European debut on September 13, 1978 in the 2-0 defeat in the first-round first leg against Swedish representatives IFK Göteborg . In the UEFA Cup, Racing and Specht only failed in the round of 16 against the then German Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg . In the league, Specht contributed to winning the French championship with two goals in all 38 games. As a champion you took part in the European Champions Cup in the following season .
Specht made his debut in the European Cup on September 19, 1979 in a 2-1 win in the first round first leg against Fredrikstad FK . In the competition they reached the quarter-finals and were eliminated against Ajax Amsterdam . Racing reached fifth place in the league; Specht made 37 missions. In 1982 he left the club after 325 first division appearances.
Specht moved to Girondins Bordeaux and came with the club in the UEFA Cup to the third round, in which they failed at the Romanian representative Universitatea Craiova . Specht made six appearances during the tournament. In the league, he played 34 appearances, which he had part of the renewed UEFA Cup participation ; However, they were eliminated from the GDR upper division club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig . Specht was used in both games.
In the league, Specht won the championship as a regular with Girondins Bordeaux. As a result, he played for the second time in his career in the European Cup , where the Aquitaine were eliminated in the semifinals against Juventus Turin . In the league, Girondins Bordeaux succeeded in winning the championship again and thus again took part in the European Cup, where they were eliminated in the first round against Fenerbahçe Istanbul. In the 1985/86 season Girondins won the French Cup . As a result, Specht played with the team in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1986/87 , from which they were eliminated again in the semifinals against 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.
For the 1987/88 season Specht returned to Racing Strasbourg, which meanwhile played in Division 2 (now Ligue 2 ) and contributed with a goal in 34 games to promotion. In the following season he played 28 times before relegated ended his career.
National team
On November 8, 1978 Specht made his debut in the French national team in the game against Spain and scored the goal for a 1-0 victory. It was also used in qualifying for the 1980 European Football Championship ; the qualification was clearly missed. In qualifying for the 1982 World Cup , he played two games in the first half of the qualification. His last international match for the time being, he made on April 28, 1982 in a 1-0 defeat against Peru . He made his comeback on April 3, 1985 in the qualifier for the 1986 World Cup against Yugoslavia . Specht made his last international match on May 2, 1985 in the 2-0 defeat in qualifying for the 1986 World Cup against Bulgaria .
After the active career
After the end of his career in the summer of 1989, Specht initially took over the management of the youth division at Racing Strasbourg. After a short time in September 1989 he became the coach of the professional team as the successor to Gérard Banide . With the team he missed promotion to Division 1 twice in the barrage games. In 1991, the master coach from 1979, Gilbert Gress , took over as coach and Specht returned to the junior division, which he headed until 1995.
After three years at Lohr Industrie , he tried his hand at FC Sochaux as a sports director from 1998 , but returned after two years to Lohr Industrie in Duppigheim . As a shop steward of the company boss Robert Lohr , who had taken over 20% of the shares in Racing in 2007, he took over a board position at the club. In June 2009 he was elected as the new president, but only stayed in office until August.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ RCS - Metz 0-1
- ↑ RCS - Sedan 2-0
- ^ Elfsborg - RCS 2-0
- ^ Kristiansand - RCS 1-2
- ^ France 1 - 0 Espagne
- ↑ France 0-1 Perou
- ^ Yugoslavie 0-0 France
- ^ Bulgarie 2 - France 0
- ↑ rmcsport.fr: "Janin remplace Gress, Specht démissionne" (accessed on April 20, 2012)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Woodpecker, Léonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mommenheim , France |