Maurice Banach

Maurice Banach

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Banach
Date of birth	8 October 1967
Place of birth	Münster, West Germany
Date of death	17 November 1991(1991-11-17) (aged 24)
Place of death	Remscheid, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Preußen Münster
	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1988	Borussia Dortmund	14	(2)
1988–1990	SG Wattenscheid 09	69	(32)
1990–1991	1. FC Köln	49	(24)
Total		132	(58)
National team
1989	West Germany U-21	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Maurice "Mucki" Banach (9 October 1967 in Münster – 17 November 1991 in Remscheid) was a German footballer.^[1]

Biography

Banach was the son of a German seaman and an American GI, and rose to become one of the most hopeful talents in 1980s German football.

Career

During his youth career he played for Preußen Münster, but he later transferred to the youth team of Borussia Dortmund, until, at seventeen, he signed his first professional contract. Until 1988 he played 14 games for Borussia, scoring two goals.

In the summer of 1988 Banach transferred to the second tier team SG Wattenscheid 09. In 1990 he was the highest scorer in the league - with 22 goals.^[2] This attracted attention from 1. FC Köln, to whom he moved in the summer of 1990, playing until the end of 1991. His last two of overall 26 1. Bundesliga goals came in a 4-1 victory against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 9 November 1991. ^[3]

One week later he played in his final game against FC Schalke 04, which his team lost 3–0.

Death

The morning after this match Banach was killed in a car crash on the Autobahn near Remscheid.

Statistics

• 3 U21 National Team matches for Germany.

Bundesliga

• 14 matches; 2 goals for Borussia Dortmund
• 49 matches; 24 goals for 1. FC Köln

2nd Bundesliga

• 69 matches; 32 goals for SG Wattenscheid 09

German Cup

• 7 matches; 5 goals for 1. FC Köln

UEFA-Cup

• 6 matches; 1 goal for 1. FC Köln

Honors

• DFB-Pokal 1991 Runner-Up

References

1. ^ "Maurice Banach". worldfootball.net. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/maurice-banach/. Retrieved 3 April 2010. 
2. ^ Matthias Arnhold (21 April 2011). "(West) Germany - Second Level Top Scorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://rsssf.com/tablesd/duit2tops.html. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 
3. ^ Matthias Arnhold (21 April 2011). "Maurice Banach - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://rsssf.com/players/banachdata.html. Retrieved 2 May 2011. 

External links

• Maurice Banach at fussballdaten.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Banach, Maurice
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	8 October 1967
Place of birth	Münster, West Germany
Date of death	17 November 1991
Place of death	Remscheid, Germany