Manfred Kaltz
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 January 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ludwigshafen, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1960–1968 | VfL Neuhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1970 | TuS Altrip | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1971 | Hamburger SV | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1989 | Hamburger SV | 568 | (76) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1989 | Girondins Bordeaux | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Mulhouse | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Hamburger SV | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 594 | (77) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1972 | West Germany Amateur | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | West Germany U-23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | West Germany B | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1983 | West Germany | 69 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Manfred Kaltz (born 6 January 1953) is a German former football player and manager, who played as a right-back.[1]
Kaltz played in the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV and 13 times (one goal) for FC Mulhouse in Ligue 1 after initially joining Mulhouse league rivals Girondins de Bordeaux 1989. He returned to Hamburg the season after, the consequence of the relegation of FC Mulhouse from Ligue 1 at the end of 1989–90. Previously, Kaltz was forced to leave Hamburg, the club for which he had been a professional since the 1971–72 season, after the authorities (i.e. Erich Ribbeck) had decided not to go on with the contract of the long-serving full-back. Their successors lured him back from France in September 1990 to give him the chance to serve his final year as a player at his old club.
In total he played in 581 Bundesliga games for Hamburger SV (HSV),[2] to this day remaining the second greatest total of an individual in Bundesliga history. An expert in penalties, the Hamburg fan-favourite scored 53 of his 76 goals from the spot, a record in the Bundesliga. Internationally he was part of the squad that won the 1980 UEFA European title.
Kaltz was famous for his right-footed crosses, which he hit with so much spin that they curved like a banana. They were affectionately called "Bananenflanken" ("banana crosses").[3] He often used this technique to set up hulking striker Horst Hrubesch, whose 96 goals with HSV included many from Kaltz crosses that Hrubesch headed into the opposing goal. Hrubesch once described their partnership when he explained one of his goals with the often quoted words "Manni banana, I head, goal".
Honours
[edit]Hamburger SV
- Bundesliga: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
- DFB-Pokal: 1975–76, 1986–87
- DFB-Ligapokal: 1972–73
- European Cup: 1982–83
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1976–77
West Germany
- UEFA European Championship: 1980
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1976
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1982
Individual
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86[4][5][6][7][8][9]
- Sport Ideal European XI: 1977,[10] 1979,[11] 1980[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Manfred Kaltz Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ "Manfred Kaltz" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Manfred KALTZ". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1976/77" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1978/79" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1979/80" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1980/81" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1981/82" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 1985/86" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Sport 1977". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Sport 1979". Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Sport 1980". BigSoccer. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- 1953 births
- Living people
- West German expatriate men's footballers
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's international footballers
- Germany men's B international footballers
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- Hamburger SV players
- UEFA Champions League winning players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- FC Mulhouse players
- German football managers
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- UEFA Euro 1980 players
- UEFA European Championship-winning players
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- Bundesliga players
- Ligue 1 players
- Footballers from Ludwigshafen
- Men's association football fullbacks
- West German men's footballers
- West German expatriate sportspeople in France