Horst Szymaniak
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.png) Szymaniak in the 1960–61 season | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 29 August 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Erkenschwick, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 9 October 2009 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Melle, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1943–1952 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952–1955 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 50 | (11) |
| 1955–1959 | Wuppertaler SV | 91 | (12) |
| 1959–1961 | Karlsruher SC | 53 | (2) |
| 1961–1963 |
Catania | 62 | (8) |
| 1963–1964 |
Internazionale Milano | 6 | (0) |
| 1964–1965 |
Varese | 23 | (0) |
| 1965–1966 |
Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 29 | (1) |
| 1966 |
FC Biel | ||
| 1967 | Chicago Spurs | 12 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1956–1966 | West Germany | 43 | (2) |
| 1956–1965 | West Germany B | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Horst "Schimmi" Szymaniak (29 August 1934 – 9 October 2009) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Szymaniak was born in
Tasmania 1900 Berlin[1] for whom he played in the 1965–66 season, the side's only season in the Bundesliga
.
Szymaniak was a
inside forward
. He had very good ball skills, had good vision and was able to make unerringly accurate long passes to a teammate. He was renowned for his slide tackling ability, so much so this became his trademark ability.
He was renowned as one of the best players in German football during the late 1950s and early 1960s, with
kicker (sports magazine) rating him world class five times between 1957 and 1961 in their biennial Rangliste des deutschen Fußballs (ranking list of German football).[2]
International career
Szymaniak played 43 times and scored two goals for the
West Germany national team between 1956 and 1966,[3] and was chosen to play in both the 1958 and the 1962 World Cups, but was omitted by Helmut Schön
from his 1966 squad.
Death
Szymaniak died after a long illness on 9 October 2009 in a nursing home in Melle near Osnabrück.[4]
References
- ^ "Horst Szymaniak" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ "Rating of German Players [1955 to 2008]". BigSoccer. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Horst Szymaniak" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
- ^ "DFB trauert um Horst Szymaniak" (in German). dfb.de. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
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