Klaus Fischer
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Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949 in Kreuzstraßl near Lindberg (Bayerischer Wald) in Regen (district), Germany) is a former German football player and football coach.
He played in Fußball-Bundesliga 535 games for
He scored many goals, and some of them with an artistic "Bicycle kick" ("Fallrückzieher"), his trademark move. In Germany, he was selected three times for scoring the ARD Goal of the Year which is, like the ARD Goal of the Month and ARD Goal of the Century, selected by spectators of ARD German TV, among spectatular or important soccer goals scored in or for Germany.His most speactular Bicycle kick goal, which was also elected as "ARD Goal of the Century" in Germany, was scored on 16 November 1977 in Stuttgart's Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion against Switzerland (4:1).
Also, at the 1982 FIFA World Cup vs France, he Bicycle kicked the important 3:3 equalizer in overtime, but this goal made it not among the top ten of the WC Goal of the Century.
Like most of the Schalke 04 team, he was involved in the Bundesliga scandal of 1971. He was banned from playing professional football for some time but later pardoned. Nevertheless, as a consequence he missed the 1974 World cup.
Witt 268 career goals he is only second to Gerd Müller
Klaus Fischer retired in 1988, and started a football school.
Clubs
1961 - 1968 [SC Zwiesel]
1968 - 1970 TSV 1860 München
1970 - 1981 FC Schalke 04
1981 - 1984 1. FC Köln
as coach
1992 FC Schalke 04
Statistics
international
- 30 for FC Schalke 04
- 15 for 1. FC Köln
- 32 goals,
- *2 bicycle kicks
- * 8 Header
- *22 regular
Bundesliga games
- 295 for FC Schalke 04
- 96 for 1. FC Köln
- 84 for VfL Bochum
- 60 for TSV 1860 München
Bundesliga goals
- 182 for FC Schalke 04
- 31 for 1. FC Köln
- 28 for TSV 1860 München
- 27 for VfL Bochum
Titles
1972 DFB-Pokal-Sieger
1972 Deutscher Vize-Meister
1976 Bundesliga-Torschützenkönig (29 Tore)
1977 Deutscher Vize-Meister
1982 Vize-Weltmeister
1982 Deutscher Vize-Meister
1983 DFB-Pokal-Sieger
1988 DFB-Pokal-Finale (did not play for VfL Bochum in the Final)
External links
- http://www.schalke04.de
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