Rudiger Mielke

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Rüdiger Mielke ( September 4, 1944 - December 18, 2021 ) was a German football player . From 1965 to 1967 he was under contract with Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg (until January 1967: Meidericher SV) and was considered a promising talent. After 15 goals in 15 Bundesliga games, which made him the record holder in terms of goal rate in the Bundesliga, the striker had to give up his professional career due to injury.

Career

Mielke, who came from the youth department of the Meidericher SV and the amateur team had listened, moved to the end of the season 1964/65 in the circle of the Bundesliga teams, and came on April 10, 1965 at a 1: 1 against 1. FC Nuremberg to his debut. After Roland Wabra's unsuccessful attempt at clarification , he was able to equalize in his first Bundesliga game for Meiderich. The “Zebras” were attacking the “Club” with Rudolf Schmidt , Werner Lotz , Heinz Versteeg , Heinz van Haaren and Mielke. During the rest of the season he played one more game in a 2-1 win against theFC Schalke 04 . The young striker played his two Bundesliga appearances under interim coach Willi Schmidt , who replaced Rudi Gutendorf on March 2, 1965 . In the trade journal Sport Magazin on April 28th after his Bundesliga debut something about his previous sporting career was noted about his previous sporting career: “About the goals that the supple and unusually fast half-left scored in the MSV youth no statistics. In his first senior year, amateur coach "Oemmes" Schmidt (currently also coach of the Bundesliga team) took him from the A-youth into the first amateur team. This made group victory and promotion in the district class with a goal rate of 83:13 in the 30 competitive games. Rüdiger Mielke was only involved in 20 games because of a torn muscle fiber in his right thigh; From this point of view, its 22 goals can already be seen. MSV Mielke and center forward Friedhelm Bruns took over from that amateur team into the team of licensed players. It was clear that the 1.76 m tall Mielke, who looked like a sprinter, first had to adapt to the tougher conditions. Nevertheless, given the numerous injuries caused by the storm forces (Krämer, Gecks, Rahn, van Haaren) and Lotz's suspension, he would have been better off if he hadn't been thrown back by a broken ankle in training. On the Wednesday before Easter, Duisburg saw him against AC Beerschot, and there are quite a few who would like to award him the title of best striker in a 2-1 win alongside van Haaren. Technically adept, he is at the same time more sensible and straightforward in his way of playing than, for example, the figuratively similar dude. It is a great promise for the future of the Meiderich Bundesliga. "

At the beginning of the following season 1965/66 he was provided under the new coach Hermann Eppenhoff as a supplementary player and was initially not considered. In the further course he was only used occasionally, although he scored goals very regularly. On March 26, 1966 he was back on the field after a long time in an away game against Tasmania Berlin and was able to score four times for Meiderich. The overall result of 9: 0 in favor of his team is the highest away win in Bundesliga history to this day. For the remaining games up to the summer he was part of the starting XI and ultimately contributed 14 of his team's 70 goals this season. This made Mielke, who had only participated in 13 of 34 matches, the top scorer - ahead of national players Werner Krämer (13) and Carl-Heinz Rühl (10) - within the team. His two goals for the 2-1 away win in April 1966 on the Bökelberg against Borussia Mönchengladbach, his goal for the 1-1 home draw on May 14, 1966 against FC Bayern Munich , and on the last round matchday at the end of May again two hits for 2-2 home draw against Hannover 96 . In addition to an eighth place in the Bundesliga, the MSV had also qualified for the 1966 DFB Cup final . On the way to the final, he had also distinguished himself as a goal scorer in the successes against VfB Stuttgart (2-0) and the 4-3 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern . In the final against FC Bayern Munich, the then 21-year-old was called up and scored the 1-0 in favor of Meiderich, but suffered a 2-4 defeat in the end. Despite the missed title, his performance prompted national coach Helmut Schön to invite him to a course for the German national team .

In the summer of 1966, Mielke, who had proven his talent and was one of the candidates for the national team, suffered a serious setback from a knee injury. An operation was due and his recovery took several months. After that he could not fight his way back at MSV and did not play a Bundesliga game anymore, which is why his contract was not extended beyond the 1966/67 season. He then decided to move to the amateur club SG Wattenscheid 09 .

He did not return to professional football and instead concentrated on an apprenticeship in a company. Although only a little more than a year had passed from his debut to his last game in the top German division, he had seen a cup final as well as the record away win and, with a total of 15 goals in as many games, can boast the best hit rate of all Bundesliga shooters. Even decades after his active time, he still took part in regular meetings with other former members of the MSV.

death

Rüdiger Mielke died on December 18, 2021 at the age of 77.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ MSV Duisburg: Mourning for striker Rüdiger Mielke , NRZ, December 23, 2021
  2. ↑ a b c Radio Monte Carlo explains the world with the MSV goal scorer record , zebrastreifenblog.blogspot.com
  3. ↑ Dagmar Dahmen, Hermann Kewitz, Bernd Bemmann: MSV Duisburg - the chronicle: where Meiderich wins ... published by MSV Duisburg GmbH & Co. KGaA. Duisburg: Mercator-Verlag, 2nd edition, 2005; ISBN 3-87463-391-8 ; P. 88
  4. ^ The other Bella ( Memento from April 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), derwesten.de December 26, 2009
  5. ↑ a b c d Rüdiger Mielke , fussballdaten.de
  6. ↑ Sport Magazin: Olympia-Verlag. Nuremberg 1965. No. 18, Volume 13, Issue B, April 28, 1965. P. 6
  7. ↑ Dagmar Dahmen, Hermann Kewitz, Bernd Bemmann: MSV Duisburg - the chronicle: where Meiderich wins ... published by MSV Duisburg GmbH & Co. KGaA. Duisburg: Mercator-Verlag, 2nd edition, 2005; ISBN 3-87463-391-8 ; P. 89
  8. ↑ Dagmar Dahmen, Hermann Kewitz, Bernd Bemmann: MSV Duisburg - the chronicle: where Meiderich wins ... published by MSV Duisburg GmbH & Co. KGaA. Duisburg: Mercator-Verlag, 2nd edition, 2005; ISBN 3-87463-391-8 ; P. 213
  9. ↑ Dagmar Dahmen, Hermann Kewitz, Bernd Bemmann: MSV Duisburg - the chronicle: where Meiderich wins ... published by MSV Duisburg GmbH & Co. KGaA. Duisburg: Mercator-Verlag, 2nd edition, 2005; ISBN 3-87463-391-8 ; P. 91
  10. ↑ Dagmar Dahmen, Hermann Kewitz, Bernd Bemmann: MSV Duisburg - the chronicle: where Meiderich wins ... published by MSV Duisburg GmbH & Co. KGaA. Duisburg: Mercator-Verlag, 2nd edition, 2005; ISBN 3-87463-391-8 ; P. 92
  11. ↑ " You can't find that anywhere in Germany" ( Memento from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), journalist-alexy.de
personal data
SURNAME Mielke, Rudiger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
BIRTH DATE September 4, 1944
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2021