Dieter Schlindwein
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dieter Schlindwein | ||
Date of birth | February 7, 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Karlsdorf, Germany | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Playing position | Fullback | ||
Youth career | |||
-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. |
Dieter Schlindwein (born February 7, 1961) is a former German football player.
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 DFB-Pokal in 1988. From 1989-90 he played for FC St. Pauli, where he captained the squad. His last professional match took place on March 16, 1996 statt: 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).
Controversity
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.