Dieter Burdenski

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Dieter Burdenski
Burdenski in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-11-26) 26 November 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth Bremen, West Germany
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1962–1966 STV Horst-Emscher
1966–1969 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1971 Schalke 04 3 (0)
1971–1972 Arminia Bielefeld 31 (0)
1972–1988 Werder Bremen 479 (1)
1988 AIK 1 (0)
1990–1991
Vitesse Arnhem
 3 (0)
2002 Werder Bremen II 1 (0)
Total 518 (1)
International career
1977–1984
West Germany
 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Burdenski (born 26 November 1950) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Early and family life

Born in

Federal Republic of Germany
.

Club career

Early career

Starting at STV Horst-Emscher, Burdenski joined

Bundesligaskandal
. Although Burdenski conceded the goal Bielefeld had paid Schalke 04 players for, Burdenski was able to satisfy court and the German Football Association that he was not deliberately involved in the fixing of matches. However the scandal had effects on his career. Seeking match practice, he joined scandal-shaken Arminia Bielefeld in 1971, serving as their first choice in goal until Arminia Bielefeld was punished for the clubs involvement in the scandal with relegation from the Bundesliga.

Werder Bremen

Burdenski moved on, signing for Werder Bremen with the trouble to wait one more season behind their first-choice Günter Bernard for his practice. From 1973 he succeeded Bernard, staying the regular in the goal of the North German outfit until Otto Rehhagel preferred young Oliver Reck over the then veteran shot-stopper ahead of the Bundesliga title winning campaign of Werder Bremen in 1987–88.

Making three final appearances for Werder in that season, Burdenski retired from the game in 1988 after 478 Bundesliga matches. His statistics, that also read 35 matches in the 2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981) in his Bremen years, feature one goal which Burdenski scored with a penalty in Bremen's 2–3 Bundesliga defeat against VfB Stuttgart in September 1979.

As Dieter Burdenski's father Herbert was also manager in the Bundesliga in the 1960s and 1970s, it came to happen that Werder Bremen brought the two Burdenski's together for the season of 1975–76. Dieter Burdenski played 22 of his 34 Bundesliga matches that season under the management of his father. In February 1976 Bremen, lying in a precarious position in the bottom-half of the Bundesliga then, sacked Herbert Burdenski to replace him with Otto Rehhagel.

Later career

Initially retired,

Vitesse Arnhem managed to lure the popular goalkeeper, who was awarded the honorary captaincy of Werder Bremen in 2005, out of retirement. Burdenski played in one match for AIK in Allsvenskan (he had been in touch with the Swedish club due to him knowing AIK's Sanny Åslund after Åslund had been his teammate at Bremen in the 1975–76) and three games for Vitesse in the Dutch Eredivisie
respectively.

On 23 February 2002, the then 51-year-old made a single appearance for SV Werder Bremen II in the third German division after injuries had seen the reserves ending up short of goalkeepers. Burdenski conceded three that afternoon with SV Werder Bremen II beaten 3–1 by league rivals Chemnitzer FC.

International career

Looking for decent goalkeepers to someday succeed ageing

1980 UEFA European Championship squad of the West Germans), and was doing the same job on the substitution bench at the 1984 UEFA European Championship. Before that tournament he enjoyed his final appearance for his country, coming on at half-time in a friendly against Italy
in Zürich on 22 May 1984.

Style of play

Not the tallest for a goalkeeper at 1.81 m, Burdenski was exceptionally athletic and a superb shot stopper with amazing reactions. Burdenski was also known for his leadership qualities, he was captain of Werder Bremen many times during his long career.

Coaching career

In 1997, Burdenski was re-signed by Werder Bremen for their coaching staff, working with the goalkeepers of the club until December 2005.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Continental Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 1970–71[2] Bundesliga 3 0 3 0 – – 6 0
Arminia Bielefeld 1971–72[2] Bundesliga 31 0 2 0 – – 33 0
Werder Bremen 1972–73[2] Bundesliga 4 0 2 0 – 3[a] 0 9 0
1973–74[2] 34 0 3 0 – – 37 0
1974–75[2] 34 0 6 0 – – 40 0
1975–76[2] 34 0 1 0 – – 35 0
1976–77[2] 34 0 4 0 – – 38 0
1977–78[2] 33 0 6 0 – – 39 0
1978–79[2] 34 0 2 0 – – 36 0
1979–70[2] 34 1 2 0 – – 36 1
1980–81[2] 2. Bundesliga Nord 35 0 4 0 – – 39 0
1981–82[2] Bundesliga 33 0 5 0 – – 38 0
1982–83[2] 34 0 2 0 6 0 – 42 0
1983–84[2] 34 0 5 0 4 0 – 43 0
1984–85[2] 34 0 4 0 2 0 – 40 0
1985–86[2] 31 0 3 0 2 0 – 36 0
1986–87[2] 34 0 1 0 2 0 – 37 0
1987–88[2] 3 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Total 479 1 50 0 16 0 3 0 548 1
AIK 1988[3] Allsvenskan 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
Vitesse Arnhem 1990–91[2] Eredivisie 3 0 0 0 – – 3 0
Werder Bremen II 2001–02 Regionalliga Nord 1 0 – – – 1 0
Career total 518 1 55 0 16 0 3 0 592 1
  1. DFB-Ligapokal

References

  1. ^ "Burdenski, Dieter" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Dieter Burdenski » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (5 March 2015). "Dieter Burdenski - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

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