- Jürgen Sparwasser
Jürgen Sparwasser (born
June 4 ,1948 inHalberstadt ,Saxony-Anhalt ) is a retired German football player and later briefly a football manager.A
midfielder , he spent his entire club career at1. FC Magdeburg , playing for the club from 1966 until 1979. He was also part of the team when they won theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1974.He was capped 53 times and scored 15 goals for East Germany. A member of the Olympic team in 1972, he won the bronze medal for his native country. He went on to make six appearances for East Germany at the
1974 FIFA World Cup finals, where he gained fame for scoring the winning goal in politically prestigious match against West Germany.Scoring a goal for his country made him a part of the oppressive
communist regime, but for short. He never wanted to participate in politics, because of his allegiance to football. This is why later he escapes from the GDR, taking advantage of his participation in a football veterans competition in West Germany.He also had a brief managerial career following his retirement from playing, working as assistant coach at
Eintracht Frankfurt in 1988 and 1989 as well as head coach atSV Darmstadt 98 in 1990 and 1991.He scored the goal against West Germany in the
1974 FIFA World Cup when the two German sides met for the only time at the World Cup Finals.External links
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