Willi Kirsei

Willi Kirsei (born December 3, 1902 in Berlin - † December 19, 1963 ) was a German football player .

Career

societies

Kirsei was a member of Hertha BSC's first team from 1924 to 1936 and July to December 1939 and played in the Association of Brandenburgischer Ballspielvereine , the umbrella organization for all football clubs from Berlin and the province of Brandenburg , in the first-class leagues with changing names, from 1933 in the Gauliga Berlin-Brandenburg .

During his club membership he won the Berlin championship nine times and qualified for the final round of the German championship. After losing the first four finals reached with his team, he won the championship with her in 1930 and 1931. In the final on June 14, 1931 in Cologne , his goal in the 89th minute ensured the 3-2 victory over TSV 1860 Munich . In a total of 34 finals, all of which he played over 90 minutes, he scored 34 goals. He played the only game for the Tschammerpokal on November 19, 1939 in the second final round , which, however, was lost 2: 5 at Vorwärts-Rasensport Gleiwitz . With 244 goals in just 164 league games, he is still the most successful goalscorer in the club's history.

National team

The left wing striker played his only international match for the German national team on August 31, 1924 in Berlin when they lost 3-1 to the Swedish national team .

successes

• German champion 1930 , 1931 ,
• Berlin Masters , 1925 , 1926 , 1927 , 1928 , 1929 , 1930 , 1931 , 1933 , 1935

Web links

• Willi Kirsei in the database of weltfussball.de
• Willi Kirsei on dfb .de

literature

• Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .