Horst-Dieter Höttges
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Date of birth | 10 September 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 June 2023 | (aged 79)||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Bremen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) |
full-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Blau-Weiß Dahl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rheydter SV | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1963–1964 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1964–1978 | Werder Bremen | 420 | (55) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Werder Bremen amateurs | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
SC Oberbecksen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1963–1964 |
West Germany U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965, 1974 |
West Germany B | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1974 |
West Germany | 66 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Horst-Dieter Höttges (10 September 1943 – 22 June 2023) was a German professional
Club career
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Born in Mönchengladbach, Höttges began playing football at local sides Blau-Weiß Dahl and Rheydter SV before joining Borussia Mönchengladbach at the age of 17. After three years in the youth of Mönchengladbach he was taking part for them in their Regionalliga West campaign of 1963–64 with Mönchengladbach manager Hennes Weisweiler feeling Höttges' way of playing was not what he was looking for and the defender was forced to move on.
Werder Bremen
Ahead of the
This outstanding success with Werder Bremen was a key for the
International career
On 13 March 1965, Horst-Dieter Höttges debuted for
Later years and death
Later on Höttges showed up for some time on amateur level for Bad Oeynhausen's SC Oberbecksen and TSV Achim, a club in a village near Bremen, where he settled down. He was partly coaching that club in an honorary capacity in the 1990s.
Höttges died from complications of dementia on 22 June 2023, at the age of 79.[6]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1963–64[1][2] | Regionalliga West | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||
Werder Bremen | 1964–65[1] | Bundesliga | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | ||
1965–66[1] | 31 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 38 | 7 | |||
1966–67[1] | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 36 | 11 | ||||
1967–68[1] | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 9 | ||||
1968–69[1] | 31 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 6 | ||||
1969–70[1] | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 3 | ||||
1970–71[1] | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 1 | ||||
1971–72[1] | 28 | 3 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 4 | ||||
1972–73[1] | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | 4[a] | 0 | 40 | 5 | |||
1973–74[1] | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 35 | 8 | ||||
1974–75[1] | 31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 6 | ||||
1975–76[1] | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 4 | ||||
1976–77[1] | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 2 | ||||
1977–78[1] | 32 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | – | 36 | 7 | ||||
Total | 420 | 55 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 472 | 68 | ||
Werder Bremen amateurs | 1979–80[2] | Amateur Oberliga Nord
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14 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | |||
Career total | 464 | 57 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 517 | 70 |
- DFB-Ligapokal
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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West Germany
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1965 | 8 | 0 |
1966 | 12 | 0 | |
1967 | 6 | 0 | |
1968 | 5 | 0 | |
1969 | 6 | 1 | |
1970 | 10 | 0 | |
1971 | 1 | 0 | |
1972 | 7 | 0 | |
1973 | 8 | 0 | |
1974 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 66 | 1 |
Honours
Werder Bremen
West Germany
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Horst-Dieter Höttges » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Arnhold, Matthias (15 July 2011). "Horst-Dieter Höttges - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Werder Bremen trauert um "Eisenfuß" Höttges" [Werder Bremen mourns the death of "Iron Foot" Höttges]. buten un binnen (in German). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ Horst-Dieter Höttges – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ a b Arnhold, Matthias (12 December 2004). "Horst-Dieter Höttges - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Werder weint: Horst-Dieter Höttges ist gestorben". Deichstube (in German). 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
External links
- Horst-Dieter Höttges at DFB (also available in German)