Dieter Schlindwein

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Dieter Schlindwein
Personal information
Full name Dieter Schlindwein
Date of birth February 7, 1961 (1961-02-07) (age 47)
Place of birth    Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Playing position Fullback
Youth clubs
-1977
1977-1978
FC Germania 06 Karlsdorf
Waldhof Mannheim
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1978-1986
1986-1987
1987-1989
1989-1996
Waldhof Mannheim
Werder Bremen
Eintracht Frankfurt
FC St. Pauli
221 (17)
003 0(0)
032 0(1)
144 0(5)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Dieter Schlindwein (born February 7, 1961) is a former German football player.

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[edit] Player

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

[edit] 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 took part in 186 Bundesliga and 214 second tier fixtures.

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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.

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