Wolfgang de Beer

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Wolfgang de Beer
Teddy de Beer.jpg
Teddy de Beer (2007)
at the team presentation in Dortmund
Personnel
birthday 2nd January 1964
place of birth Dinslaken ,  Germany
size 185 cm
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
1970-1988 TV Jahn Hiesfeld
1978-1981 MSV Duisburg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1981-1986 MSV Duisburg 62 (0)
1987-2001 Borussia Dortmund 181 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1984 Germany U21 1 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2002-2018 Borussia Dortmund (goalkeeping coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Wolfgang "Teddy" de Beer (born January 2, 1964 in Dinslaken ) is a former German soccer goalkeeper and coach . Most recently, he was under contract as a goalkeeping coach at Borussia Dortmund .

Career

Wolfgang de Beer learned to play football at TV Jahn Hiesfeld. Because of the skills he had acquired there, the B-Youth of MSV Duisburg signed him in 1978 . He made his first division debut as an A-youth on the 33rd match day of the 1981/82 season, when relegation was already certain. This should be a test for the coming second division season, because the club did not want to go into the following season with the substitutes Wolfgang Schreiner and Ulrich Fuchs . De Beer is said to have played a good game despite the 5-1 defeat against Werder Bremen .

So de Beer, who also completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter , moved back into the second ranks and remained number 2 behind newcomer Heribert Macherey in the following year Immediately appointed to the German U-21 national team. For this he played in 1984 as the only second division player against the USSR . However, this was his only game. In the 1983/84 season he fought with the MSV for promotion, but failed in the relegation games despite a good performance in the second leg against Eintracht Frankfurt . When the first leg was lost 5-0 in the Wedaustadion, Heribert Macherey was in goal. At the end of the 1985/86 season, however, de Beer rose with his team with 86 goals conceded in the third division. During the crash of the club, there had always been a duel in the gate between de Beer and Macherey. This was only over when de Beer moved to the Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund for a transfer fee of 70,000 DM .

De Beer left his home club to act as a substitute for Borussia Dortmund's former second goalkeeper Rolf Meyer , who was supposed to replace Eike Immel , who had migrated to VfB Stuttgart . However, he benefited from Meyer's injury during a preparatory game in Neheim-Hüsten and quickly became a crowd favorite. He played his first game against Bayern Munich and held flawlessly in this and the other games and was showered with praise. During this time he was nicknamed "Teddy" by his fellow players.

Another great performance offered de Beer on November 4, 1987 in the UEFA Cup against FK Velež Mostar , even held a penalty and thus secured the place in the round of 16. De Beer also performed well in the following years, but more and more weaknesses in the control of the penalty area were revealed.

De Beer won the first title of his career on June 24, 1989 with a 4-1 win against Werder Bremen in the DFB Cup final . At this point, he was still hoping for a call to the national team, but it would never follow.

Before the 1990/91 season, the youth national goalkeeper Stefan Klos was the first serious competitor in the Borussia squad, and after the 7-0 defeat against VfB Stuttgart on matchday 18, de Beer was criticized for the first time by the press. After another mistake in the 3-0 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt , he had to sit on the bench, and Klos guarded the goal in the next game. Two weeks later, de Beer moved back in, but had to complain about a first loss of image.

In the following season, de Beer finally lost his regular place after two mistakes against Hannover 96 in the DFB Cup . Before the 1992/93 season, he once again hoped to be able to recapture it. The choice fell on Klos again due to better football skills. The Pech de Beers peaked on March 25, 1993 when he broke his tibia and fibula during training and was forced to take a nine-month break. His greatest successes, in addition to winning the DFB Cup in 1989, the German championships and the Champions League victory, he only experienced on the bench. He turned down offers from other clubs out of gratitude to BVB, which had extended his contract despite being injured.

Even after Klos left, de Beer remained number two in the gate, now behind Jens Lehmann , but due to his suspension he made a few missions and was still honored by the fans with “Teddy, Teddy” shouts.

After a serious knee injury, de Beer finally ended his career after the 2000/01 season.

Goalkeeping coach

Immediately after his career, de Beer acquired the Trainer A license and was the official goalkeeping coach of Borussia Dortmund from the 2002/03 season until the end of the 2017/18 season. On September 7, 2018 he was officially bid farewell to Roman Weidenfeller in the Westfalenstadion during the farewell game .

Quotes

"At his age there is no one better far and wide"

- MSV co-trainer Günter Preuß on 18-year-old de Beer

“I've rarely seen a goalkeeper able to do everything at such a young age. The teddy will become a really big one - I'm sure of that "

- Teammate Frank Mill 1986 about de Beer

"He is fourth-best in the league behind Bodo Illgner , Andreas Köpke and Raimond Aumann "

- Dortmund coach Horst Köppel before the 1990/91 season

“I never want to do things against my will anymore, because from now on I want to fulfill my wishes in my life. I never play second fiddle like Teddy de Beer anymore, I don't battle anymore, I inherited a lot from my daddy. "

- Rapper Nico Suave and beginner in the song “Nie mehr” as an allusion to de Beer's reserve role

Crowd favorite

De Beer quickly became a crowd favorite at Borussia Dortmund because of his good performances. In his honor they often sang Olala, we have a goalkeeper, olala, Teddy wonderful . De Beer also owes one of his last appearances to the audience: After loud demands, he was substituted on for Stefan Klos in the last game of the 1996/97 season .

successes

Success as a player

statistics

League (SKE) Games (goals)
Bundesliga (I) 0182 (0)
2nd Bundesliga (II) 061 (0)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Teddy" leaves the coaching bench , BVB.de
  2. ↑ https://www.t-online.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/id_84415396/bvb-torwartlegende-zwei-tore-bei-habensspiel.html

literature

  • BF Hoffmann : The great lexicon of the Bundesliga keepers. More than 300 biographies - from the beginning to the present. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89602-526-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Beer, Wolfgang de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beer, Teddy de (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinslaken