Thomas Ritter (soccer player)
| Thomas Ritter | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Thomas Ritter | |
| birthday | October 10, 1967 | |
| place of birth | Goerlitz , GDR | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | Defense | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1974-1980 | ISG Hagenwerder | |
| 1980-1985 | SG Dynamo Dresden | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1985-1988 | SG Dynamo Dresden II | 79 (8) |
| 1987-1989 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 3 (0) |
| 1989-1990 | Progress in Bischofswerda | 6 (0) |
| 1990 | TSG Meissen | 3 (1) |
| 1990-1992 | Stuttgart Kickers | 71 (1) |
| 1992-1995 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 87 (2) |
| 1996-1999 | Karlsruher SC | 57 (1) |
| 1999-2000 | SC Austria Lustenau | 11 (0) |
| 2000-2001 | Changchun Yatai FC | |
| 2001-2002 | Stuttgart Kickers | 5 (1) |
| 2003-2005 | FT Eider Büdelsdorf | 44 (2) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1985-1986 | GDR U-18 | 16 (1) |
| 1986 | DDR U-19 | 3 (1) |
| 1987 | DDR U-20 | 7 (0) |
| 1988 | DDR U-21 | 2 (0) |
| 1993 | Germany | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Thomas Ritter (born October 10, 1967 in Görlitz ) is a former German soccer player.
Athletic career
Club career
In his youth, Thomas Ritter played for ISG Hagenwerder, there from 1974 initially under his father Gerd-Rainer, and from 1980 for SG Dynamo Dresden . There he fought for his first reputation in men's football in the second representation of the Dynamos in the GDR league . In the league team, Ritter played three times for the SGD and was part of the championship team under coach Eduard Geyer in 1988/89 as an unused member of the squad . He made his debut in the top division of GDR football on matchday 17, 1986/87 : In the 5-0 away win of Dresden against BSG Energie Cottbus , youngster Ritter was substituted on for veteran Reinhard Häfner 13 minutes before the end .
As part of the guest performance permit introduced in 1989/90, which made a quick change between a league and a league team possible, the defender ran for TSG Meißen in the spring of 1990 after he had switched to BSG Progress Bischofswerda in the summer of 1989 . For the Schiebocker , the former young talent played six games in the GDR major league in the turning point .
After his delegation to Dynamo in the early summer, which was described by kicker in retrospect with the words “ anti-socialist way of life ” , and despite the ongoing contract in Bischofswerda, Ritter went to Baden-Württemberg before reunification , where his brother Andreas went after the fall of the Berlin Wall was drawn. While he was working as a gardener and the first negotiations with professional clubs failed, the former East German top division player kept fit alone and convinced coach Rainer Zobel during a test at the second division side Stuttgarter Kickers . With the team from the Waldau Stadium , Thomas Ritter achieved promotion to the 1st Bundesliga in 1990/91 via relegation , which, however, was followed by relegation.
In the summer of 1992 he moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern together with coach Zobel, who also relied on Ritter as a regular player at the new club. After a change of coach Ritter reached the runner-up with the FCK under Friedel Rausch in the 1993/94 season. Knight played in 32 games that season, with seven substitute appearances towards the end of the season. During the first half of 1994/95 he regained his regular place. In the 1995/96 season he suffered a broken foot on matchday 8. This game was his last in the FCK jersey. During the winter break he moved to Karlsruher SC , with whom he was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga in 1998 . He played a total of 175 Bundesliga games and scored four goals. With the KSC, to which he was loyal to one season in the second division, Ritter reached the final of the DFB Cup two years earlier , which he won 0-1 with the Schäfer-Elf on May 25, 1996 against his former club from Kaiserslautern lost.
Following the mediation of Klaus Schlappner's son, ex-national player Ritter played in the Jia-B League , the second Chinese division, after his short stay at SC Austria Lustenau . At Changchun Yatai FC he was under contract for two seasons. In 2001/02 , the former first division professional returned to the Stuttgarter Kickers for five games in the third division regional league .
Most recently, Thomas Ritter played for the upper division Eider Büdelsdorf before ending his active career at the end of the 2004/05 season. Since then he has lived in the Schleswig-Holstein town of Fockbek , where he played for the 2nd men's team of FC Fockbek in the district B for a few years. After another club change, he came in the 2009/10 season several times in the Verbandsligaelf (6th division) of the Rendsburger TSV 1859 for use.
Selection gauges
With the junior teams of the GDR , Thomas Ritter was U-18 European champion in Yugoslavia in 1986 (3-1 against Italy) and in 1987 third in the junior soccer world championship in Chile . In this team he played in defense. The coach at both tournaments was Eberhard Vogel . After the European Championship title, the GDR trade journal fuwo described him as follows: “ A pre-stopper who was able to use and head the ball, got along almost blindly with Neitzel . “ At the end of 1986, Matthias Sammer's team received the award of Sportsman of the Year in the GDR in the team category in front of the women's swimming and volleyball national teams as part of a reader survey . In the spring of 1988 Thomas Ritter played two games for the GDR's U-21s .
For his only appearance in the German national team , Ritter came in October 1993 in a 5-0 win against Uruguay in Karlsruhe . In the Wildparkstadion , the defender came on for Stefan Effenberg in the 87th minute, making him the 753rd national player in DFB history . His four minutes in the national jersey are only undercut by Bernd Martin , who was on the pitch for three minutes in 1979, then under contract with VfB Stuttgart.
Professional career
After completing his sporting career, he completed training as an educator for children with behavioral problems. Among other things, he worked in the child and youth welfare of the Protestant Church.
literature
- Michael Peter: The way to the west. A contribution to the German-German (soccer) understanding. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-176-2 , pages 241-244.
- Fritz Tauber: German national soccer player. Player Statistics from A to Z . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-397-4 , page 106.
- Michael Peter: Ballack, Sammer & Co. How football Germany benefited from reunification . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2012. ISBN 978-3-89784-398-1 , pages 319–321.
- Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Player Lexicon 1963–1994 . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2012. ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 , page 413.
- Hanns Leske : The GDR league players. A lexicon . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2014, ISBN 978-3-89784-392-9 , page 401.
Web links
- Thomas Ritter in the database of weltfussball.de
- Thomas Ritter in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Thomas Ritter in the database of the German Football Association
- Thomas Ritter in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Thomas Ritter in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Player profile at schiebock-rulez
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uli Gerke: Thomas, the lucky knight. In: kicker sports magazine . Oct 25, 1993, p. 10.
- ↑ kicker.de: game report
- ^ Matthias Arnhold: Thomas Ritter - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . RSSSF . February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
- ↑ Manfred Binkowski: Teamwork with excellent individualists. In: fuwo - The new football week . Oct 21, 1986, p. 9.
- ↑ fuwo - The new football week . December 23, 1986, page 3.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold: Thomas Ritter - International Appearances . RSSSF . February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knight, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz |