Manfred Bender

Manfred Bender

Personal information
Date of birth	24 May 1966 (1966-05-24) (age 45)
Place of birth	Munich, West Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1989	SpVgg Unterhaching
1989–1992	Bayern Munich	77	(9)
1992–1996	Karlsruher SC	101	(29)
1996–1999	1860 Munich	51	(4)
1999–2000	Karlsruher SC	2	(0)
2000–2002	1. FC Saarbrücken	35	(5)
Teams managed
2006–2007	1. FC Vöcklabruck
2007–2008	SCR Altach
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Manfred Bender (born 24 May 1966) is a former German footballer.^[2]

Career

Between 1989 and 1999 he played for Bayern Munich, Karlsruher SC and 1860 Munich. In total Bender played 229 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 42 goals. Bender is most fondly remembered for a legendary goal scored against Oliver Kahn and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.

In the Summer of 1989 Bender was playing in the second level of the Bundesliga, for SpVgg Unterhaching, then Bayern Munich. He was an emerging talent of the same style as Jürgen Kohler, Alan McInally and Radmilo Mihajlovic. In spite of this competition he made twenty appearances in the season and scored two goals.

Next season, Bender played 33 games, and scored five goals, as he was now a fully-fledged member of the squad. Season 1991–92 went badly for Bayern, as they went through three coaches (Jupp Heynckes, Søren Lerby and Erich Ribbeck). Bender moved to Karlsruhe in 1992 after a bad end-of-season result, in a direct swap with Mehmet Scholl.

Bender moved to Karlsruhe in what became a very attack-minded team which immediately reached the UEFA Cup. In his strongest season to date, including a 7–0 victory over Valencia CF, Bender contributed significantly, helping them to reach the 1996 German Cup final.

1996 saw Bender transfer to 1860 Munich. He played there for three seasons, but in his last, only saw six full matches. For one season he moved back to Karlsruhe, and then two more (2000–02) were spent playing for 1. FC Saarbrücken, a second-league team. Then he played some years in the lower leagues, and has, since 2006, embraced a new career, coaching in Austria.

In February 2011, Bender was appointed fitness trainer for the Nigerian national team.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Manfred Bender". worldfootball.net. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/manfred-bender/. Retrieved 17 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Bender, Manfred" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/dfbpokal/spielrunde/dfb-pokal/1995-96/karlsruher-sc-6/131/spieler_manfred-bender.html. Retrieved 30 October 2010. 
3. ^ "Flying Eagles get German trainer". ngrguardiannews.com. 14 February 2011. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38547:flying-eagles-get-german-trainer&catid=59:home&Itemid=620. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 

External links

• Manfred Bender at fussballdaten.de (German)

Persondata
Name	Bender, Manfred
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	24 May 1966
Place of birth	Munich, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death