- Bernd Hölzenbein
Football player infobox
playername = Bernd Hölzenbein
fullname = Bernd Hölzenbein
nickname = Holz
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1946|3|9
cityofbirth =Dehrn
countryofbirth =Germany
height = height|m=1.72
currentclub = retired
position = Winger,Striker
youthyears = 1956-1966
1966-1967
youthclubs =TuS Dehrn Eintracht Frankfurt
years = 1967-1981
1981-1982
1983-1984
1985
1985
clubs =Eintracht Frankfurt Fort Lauderdale Strikers Memphis Americans Baltimore Blast FSV Salmrohr
caps(goals) = 420 (160)
nationalyears = 1973-1978
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 40 (5)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Bernd Hölzenbein (born
March 9 ,1946 inDehrn ,Germany ) is a former German football (soccer) player (winning the World Cup in 1974). He is best known for being fouled in the final against Netherlands, which led to the Germans' equalising penalty.A qualified merchant, "Holz" debuted for
Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga in 1967 to serve for this club until his departure in 1981. A three times German Cup winner with them in 1974, 1975 and 1981, Holzenbein also won theUEFA Cup with Frankfurt in 1980. His output of 160 goals in his 420 Bundesliga matches is still club record achievement for Frankfurt. His departure was due to his unwillingness to accept a pay cut to stay on with Frankfurt and made him become a team-mate ofGerd Müller atFort Lauderdale Strikers in the United States. Over there he was also playing forMemphis Americans andBaltimore Blast in theMajor Indoor Soccer League . He finished off his career in Germany, playing a handful of games alongsideKlaus Toppmöller forFSV Salmrohr before hanging up his boots at "FC Rhein-Main" and starting to work as assistant toHorst Heese atViktoria Aschaffenburg .In his international career, Hölzenbein scored five goals in those forty caps he won for Germany in between 1973 and 1980, but the foul that lead to the German equaliser in the
1974 FIFA World Cup final against the Netherlands (2-1) remained his moment in time. With the Dutch claiming their defenderWim Jansen had not even touched him when he ended up on the floor inside the Dutch penalty-box, Hölzenbein successfully fought off stories in newspapers in which he supposedly confessed diving.In 1988 he returned to
Eintracht Frankfurt , taking the role of vice-chairman and enjoyed a growing reputation in the game as someone who has an eye for top-talents. He was seen as the main architect behind Frankfurt's rise to an undoubted top side of Bundesliga at the start of the 1990s, mainly because of adding players such asUwe Bein ,Anthony Yeboah andAndreas Möller to the clubs Bundesliga squad. This trio, together with sweeperManfred Binz and goalkeeperUli Stein was the driving force behind Eintracht's title bid in 1991-92, unfortunately missing out on the Bundesliga crown of 1992 due to a bad result on the final day of that season. This bad result was a turning point in Hölzenbein's career as official and couldn't stop the downfall of Eintracht Frankfurt in the following years. Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga happened to Frankfurt in 1996 and let Hölzenbein resign a few months later. His ongoing involvement in the daily business of Eintracht Frankfurt over those years turned out to be the reason for him to be summoned to court for statements regarding a proposed 'immense tax evasion' ofAnthony Yeboah in the players years in German football.Nowadays Bernd Hölzenbein is living in
Neu-Isenburg and engaged as scout forEintracht Frankfurt . He had been a representant for the city of Frankfurt during the2006 FIFA World Cup and involved in a project originated byJürgen Klinsmann to support a better development of young footballers.External links
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/hoelzenbeinbernd/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de]
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