Dieter Schlindwein

Dieter Schlindwein (born 7 February 1961) is a German former professional footballer.

Dieter Schlindwein
Personal information
Full name Dieter Schlindwein
Date of birth (1961-02-07) 7 February 1961
Place of birth Karlsdorf, West Germany[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Fullback
Youth career
0000–1977 FC Germania 06 Karlsdorf
1977–1978 Waldhof Mannheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1986 Waldhof Mannheim 221 (17)
1986–1987 Werder Bremen 3 (0)
1987–1989 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 (1)
1989–1996 FC St. Pauli 144 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Player

The qualified industrial clerk played on the fullback position. Due to his rough playing style he earned the nickname Eisen-Dieter - Iron Dieter.

Clubs

In his youth he played for FC Germania 06 Karlsdorf. With SV Waldhof Mannheim, who signed him in 1977, he promoted in 1983–84 to the Bundesliga auf. In 1986, he moved to Werder Bremen but stayed just one season appearing only three times. He joined Eintracht Frankfurt for their 1987–88 campaign and won with SGE the DFB-Pokal in 1988. From 1989–90 to 1995–96 he played for FC St. Pauli, where he captained the squad. His last professional match took place on 16 March 1996 against Borussia Mönchengladbach (result 0–2). He bid farewell with a red card.

In total he had taken part in 186 Bundesliga and 214 second tier fixtures.

Caps

Schlindwein was capped five times for the German under-21 and once for the German national amateur team and once in the German olympic team that took part at the Olympic games in Los Angeles).

Controversy

Schlindwein caused a scandal in 1994 when he abused his club fellow Leonardo Manzi from Brazil as "black prick" while being in a training camp with FC St. Pauli.

References
  1. "Dieter Schlindwein". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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