Werner Liebrich
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 18 January 1927 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kaiserslautern, Germany | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 20 March 1995 | (aged 68)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Kaiserslautern, Germany | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1938–1943 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1943–1962 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 273 | (25) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1951–1956 | West Germany | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1965 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Werner Liebrich (18 January 1927 – 20 March 1995) was a German
Early life
Liebrich was brought up in Kaiserslautern to a worker's family who were members of the Social Democratic German party SPD.[1]
Career
At club level, Liebrich played solely for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and breaking into the first team in the 1940s. He was in the 1950s part of the team that won the German championship in the 1951 and 1953 seasons.
He appeared sixteen times for the
In 1950,
Apart from winning the German championship with Kaiserslautern in 1951 and 1953, the pinnacle of Liebrich's career were his defensive performances during the 1954 FIFA World Cup, especially in the quarter final against
]Liebrich retired from playing in 1962, after nearly twenty years with his hometown club; however he came back for a coaching stint in the 1964–65 season and was celebrated as saving his club from relegation.[1]
Death
In March 1995, Liebrich died of heart failure aged 68, in Kaiserslautern.
References
External links
- Werner Liebrich at WorldFootball.net
- Werner Liebrich at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Werner Liebrich at National-Football-Teams.com