Günter Schröter

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Günter Schröter
Schröter (left) in 1957
Personal information
Date of birth (1927-05-03)May 3, 1927
Place of birth Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Germany
Date of death February 10, 2016(2016-02-10) (aged 88)
Place of death Berlin, Germany
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)
Forward
Youth career
1937–1944
Brandenburger BC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1949 BSG Konsum Brandenburg
1949–1950 SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Potsdam
1950–1954
SG Dynamo Dresden
1954–1963
SC Dynamo Berlin
192 (68)
Total 335 (154)
International career
1952–1962 East Germany 39 (13)
Managerial career
1972–1973
BFC Dynamo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Günter Schröter (May 3, 1927 – February 10, 2016), often nicknamed Moppel, was a German football player and coach who appeared in 39 matches for East Germany.[1][2]

Career

Early years

He began playing football at young age. He played his first football matches for the youth teams of Brandenburger BC. Schröter was drafted into the Wehrmacht before his 17th birthday. He was sent to participate in World War II as part the last contingent supposed to defend Germany. Schröter was captured by Allied forces in 1945 and sent to work in an underground Polish coal mine.

Playing career

Schröter was released from captivity in 1948. He then returned to football. Schröter played for

1952-53 season with SG Dynamo Dresden and the 1959 FDGB-Pokal
with SC Dynamo Berlin.

Later career

After retiring from his playing career, Schröter continued as assistant coach for SC Dynamo Berlin from 1963 to 1965. He then continued as youth trainer at BFC Dynamo.

BFC Dynamo in 1969. He was promoted to coach in 1972. He served as coach for one year.[5][6] Schröter then served as assistant coach of the reserve team BFC Dynamo II. He was also a trainer in the youth academy of BFC Dynamo. Schröter was one of the trainers responsible for shaping stars like Andreas Thom.[3]

References

  1. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  2. ^ Der Dribbelkönig ist tot
  3. ^ a b Babenschneider, Jürgen (12 January 2009). "Dynamo voller Energie: Günter "Moppel" Schröter und die ersten internationalen Schritte des DDR-Fußballs". Fußball-Woche (de) (in German). Berlin: Fußball-Woche Verlags GmbH. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  4. ISSN 0323-8407
    . Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Günter Schröter". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ^ "BFC Dynamo. Kader Oberliga". dfb.de (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. n.d. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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