Jürgen Werner

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Jürgen Werner
Personal information
Full name	Jürgen Werner
Date of birth	August 15, 1935
Place of birth	????, Germany
Date of death	May 28, 2002
Playing position	full back
Youth clubs
	Hamburger SV
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1955-1963	Hamburger SV	169 (14)
National team2
1961 - 1963	West Germany	4 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 30, 1965. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 30, 1965. * Appearances (Goals)

Jürgen Werner (August 15, 1935 – May 28, 2002) was a German football player, journalist and official.

Werner, a full-back, came from the youth of Hamburger SV right into the first team, in a similar path to Uwe Seeler did, and, for his eight years of first-team experience between 1955 and 1963, has the 1960 Bundesliga title to prove his credentials. He refused to sign a professional contract in 1963, and was to become a teacher, retiring from the game of football. He also played a part-time role as journalist for weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and later became the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the German Football Association, a role he took up in 1986.

Werner played four games for the West German team, between 1961 and 1963, and was picked for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, however, due to a training injury, did not pick up a World Cup appearance.

Jürgen Werner died of cancer on May 28, 2002. In honour of Jürgen Werner, the academy of Hamburger SV got named Jürgen Werner Schule.

	West Germany squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup
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