Lothar Woelk
| Lothar Woelk | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | 3rd August 1954 | |
| place of birth | Recklinghausen , Germany | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | Defense | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| FC Leusberg | ||
| -1974 | Eintracht Recklinghausen | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1974-1977 | Eintracht Recklinghausen | |
| 1977-1989 | VfL Bochum | 385 (26) |
| 1989-1992 | MSV Duisburg | 99 (6) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Lothar Woelk (born August 3, 1954 in Recklinghausen ) is a former German professional football player .
Life
Woelk initially worked as a toolmaker at Blaupunkt, later in a shift system at Opel in Bochum. After moving to VfL Bochum, he became a professional footballer.
Career
Growing up in Recklinghausen- Süd, Lothar Woelk began playing football for the local clubs FC Leusberg and Eintracht Recklinghausen , to which he moved in the A-youth. After Woelk's military service, Eintracht coach "Fips" Schulte finally recommended the young player to the then VfL coach Heinz Höher .
Together with Michael Lameck , Walter Oswald and Franz-Josef Tenhagen , Woelk was one of the top performers at VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga for many years . For many years, however, his team was regarded as the gray mouse of the Bundesliga and so he only achieved his greatest success at the end of his career. In the final of the DFB-Pokal 1987/88 he led VfL Bochum against Eintracht Frankfurt as captain on the field.
He played from 1977 to 1989 for VfL Bochum and then for MSV Duisburg . After the 1991/92 season and the relegation of Duisburg, he ended his career. The defender played a total of 420 Bundesliga games and scored 30 goals.
After the career
In 1994 Woelk completed the course to become a football teacher.
Lothar Woelk works today a. a. as a guest coach in Charly Körbel's soccer school and as a customer advisor for a pipeline company.
Web links
- Lothar Woelk in the database of weltfussball.de
- Lothar Woelk in the database of fussballdaten.de
- VfL legend Lothar Woelk in conversation - Reviersport interview from January 2, 2009, accessed on June 12, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ to: Interview in Reviersport (web links)
- ^ Matthias Arnhold: Lothar Woelk - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
- ↑ According to the interview in: Mehr Sport aus dem Revier, supplement to: Bild, from May 22, 2013, p. 7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woelk, Lothar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd August 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Recklinghausen |