Günter Sawitzki
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Günter Sawitzki | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Günter Sawitzki | |
Date of birth | November 22, 1932 | |
Place of birth | ????, Germany | |
Height | 182 cm | |
Position | goalkeeper | |
Club information | ||
Current club | retired | |
Youth clubs | ||
Rasensport 1927 Holthausen | ||
Professional clubs* | ||
Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
1952-1956 1956-1963 1963-1971 |
SV Sodingen(OL West) VfB Stuttgart (OL Süd) VfB Stuttgart (BL) |
146 (0) |
National team** | ||
1956 - 1963 | West Germany | 10 (0) |
* Professional club appearances and goals |
Günter Sawitzki (born November 22, 1932) is a former German football player.
Sawitzki's performances for underdog side SV Sodingen in the then best German division caught the attention of West German coach Sepp Herberger and made Sawitzki a proposed rival to Heinz Kwiatkowski and Fritz Herkenrath for the role as Toni Turek's successor in the West German goal. Before Sawitzki left tiny Sodingen, who had finished third in Germany in 1955, to join VfB Stuttgart in 1956, he had already played in two games for West Germany.
Sticking with (later) Bundesliga included VfB Stuttgart for the rest of his career, the goalkeeper was in the squads of West Germany at the 1958 FIFA World Cup & 1962 FIFA World Cup, although he remained reserve on both occasions.
West Germany squad - 1958 World Cup Fourth-place | ||
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1 Herkenrath | 2 Erhardt | 3 Juskowiak | 4 Eckel | 5 Wewers | 6 Szymaniak | 7 Stollenwerk | 8 Rahn | 9 Walter | 10 Schmidt | 11 Schäfer | 12 Seeler | 13 Klodt | 14 Cieslarczyk | 15 Kelbassa | 16 Sturm | 17 Schnellinger | 18 Hoffmann | 19 Peters | 20 Nuber | 21 Sawitzki | 22 Kwiatkowski | Coach: Herberger |
West Germany squad - 1962 World Cup Quarter-finalist | ||
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1 Tilkowski | 2 Erhardt | 3 Schnellinger | 4 Schulz | 5 Wilden | 6 Szymaniak | 7 Koslowski | 8 Haller | 9 Seeler | 10 Brülls | 11 Schäfer | 12 Nowak | 13 Kurbjuhn | 14 Werner | 15 Giesemann | 16 Sturm | 17 Kraus | 18 Herrmann | 19 Strehl | 20 Vollmar | 21 Sawitzki | 22 Fahrian | Coach: Herberger |