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Klaus Fichtel

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Klaus Fichtel
Fichtel at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-11-19) 19 November 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, sweeper
Youth career
0000–1965 Arminia Ickern
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1980 Schalke 04 437 (14)
1980–1984 Werder Bremen 117 (0)
1984–1988 Schalke 04 40 (0)
Total 594 (14)
International career
1967–1971 West Germany 23 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  West Germany
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1970 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klaus Fichtel (born 19 November 1944) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender for Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen. He made 23 appearances for the West Germany national team.

Career

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Fichtel was born in Castrop-Rauxel, Province of Westphalia He began his career with FC Schalke 04 and after four years with SV Werder Bremen he returned to Schalke. In total he played 552 games (14 goals) in the Bundesliga.[1] In addition, he played 42 times in the 2. Bundesliga in one of his four years with SV Werder Bremen.

Fichtel is the oldest player to appear in the Bundesliga, playing his last match at the age of 43 and a half years in May 1988. His 477 Bundesliga matches for Schalke 04 remain a club record.[2]

Fichtel won 23 caps[3] in four years with West Germany in between 1967 and 1971, scoring one goal against Scotland in 1969. He was part of the West German squad at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, playing in five matches during the tournament.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Europe DFL-Ligapokal Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 1965–66 Bundesliga 34 0 2 0 — — 36 0
1966–67 34 0 3 0 — — 37 0
1967–68 34 0 2 0 — — 36 0
1968–69 29 0 5 0 — — 34 0
1969–70 32 1 3 0 8 1 — 43 2
1970–71 29 1 5 0 — — 34 1
1971–72 33 3 7 0 — — 40 3
1972–73 18 1 3 0 6 0 7 0 34 1
1973–74 14 1 0 0 — — 14 1
1974–75 29 1 2 0 — — 31 1
1975–76 32 4 3 0 — — 35 4
1976–77 34 0 5 1 6 1 — 45 2
1977–78 22 0 4 0 0 0 — 26 0
1978–79 34 2 3 0 — — 37 2
1979–80 29 0 5 0 — — 34 0
Total 437 14 52 1 20 2 7 0 516 17
Werder Bremen 1980–81 2. Bundesliga 42 0 5 1 — — 47 1
1981–82 Bundesliga 34 0 5 0 — — 39 0
1982–83 33 0 2 0 6 0 — 41 0
1983–84 8 0 2 0 0 0 — 10 0
Total 117 0 14 1 6 0 — 137 1
Schalke 04 1984–85 Bundesliga 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
1985–86 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
1986–87 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
1987–88 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Total 40 0 0 0 — — 40 0
Career total 594 14 66 2 26 2 7 0 693 18

References

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  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (2 September 2015). "Klaus Fichtel - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Klaus Fichtel: "Tanne" wird 70". Bundesliga.com (in German). 19 November 2014.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (2 September 2015). "Klaus Fichtel - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ^ Klaus Fichtel – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ "Klaus Fichtel » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
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