- Willi Giesemann
Football player infobox
playername = Willi Giesemann
fullname = Wilhelm Giesemann
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1937|9|2
cityofbirth =Rühme
countryofbirth =Germany
dateofdeath =
height =
currentclub =
position = defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = TSV SülfeldVfL Wolfsburg
years = 1956-1959
1959-1963
1963-1968
1968-197?
clubs =VfL Wolfsburg OL NordBayern München OL SüdHamburger SV HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst
caps(goals) =
104 (3)
nationalyears = 1960 - 1965
nationalteam = West Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 14 (0)
pcupdate = June 30, 1980
ntupdate = June 30, 1980Wilhelm Giesemann (born
September 2 ,1937 inRühme nearBraunschweig ,Germany ) is a former German football player.Defender Giesemann was part of the West Germany squad at the
1962 FIFA World Cup and played in two West German matches there. He did miss out on participation at the then forthcoming World Cup because of injury, an injury that had an effect on the duration of his ability to play top-level football in the latter stages of his career, but sustained his toughest injury just on the day of his fourteenth and last West Germany appearance. OnJune 6 ,1965 , the West Germans played Brazil in Rio and battled hard to withstand the likes ofGarrincha ,Ademir andPelé . Brazil was still in the lead, short before the end of the match when a tackle ofPelé saw marker Giesemann go off with a brokenshinbone . And, it happened to be the famous Brazilian striker who netted the decisive second goal shortly after.
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