Manfred Binz

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Manfred Binz
Personal information
Full name	Manfred Binz
Date of birth	September 22, 1965 (1965-09-22) (age 42)
Place of birth	Frankfurt, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender, Sweeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
-1979 1979-1985	VfR Bockenheim Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2002 2003	Eintracht Frankfurt Brescia Calcio Borussia Dortmund Kickers Offenbach Eintracht Frankfurt U23	336 (26) 013 0(1) 068 0(7) 008 0(0)
National team
1990-1992	Germany	014 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Manfred Binz (September 22, 1965 in Frankfurt) is a German footballer.

In his active career the sweeper won the DFB-Pokal with Eintracht Frankfurt and became runner-up at EURO 1992 with Germany. Since the 1986-87 season Manfred Binz was the undisputed chief of the Frankfurt defence and appeared in 246 Bundesliga games in a row.Although Frankfurt was always a championship contender in the begin of the 1990s Binz failed to win the Bundesliga with the eagles. Finally the national cup victory was the highlight of his active career. Manfred Binz probably won't count the runner-up title of the EURO 92 in Sweden to his personal honours. After making rough mistakes his ambitions for playing for Germany ended and never was capped again. After being eliminated in the UEFA cup in March 1994 he fell out with manager Klaus Toppmöller, beginning the slow departure of the sweeper. The situation calmed down but in 1996 he left Eintracht Frankfurt for Italian side Brescia Calcio, playing in Serie B with whom he immediately promoted to Serie A. In the winter break 1997-98 he returned to the Bundesliga, signing at Borussia Dortmund, slowly fading his pro career.

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• Bundesliga debut: March 2, 1985
• 1985-1996 Eintracht Frankfurt: 336 Bundesliga appearances, 26 goals
• 1998 Borussia Dortmund: 13 Bundesliga appearances, 0 goals (total: 349 appearances, 26 goals)
• Last Bundesliga appearance: August 14, 1998
• Honours as pro footballer:
  • DFB-Pokal (1): 1988 with Eintracht Frankfurt.
  • FIFA Intercontinental Cup (1): 1997 with Borussia Dortmund

v • d • e Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1992 Runners-up 1 Illgner • 2 Reuter • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Binz • 6 Buchwald • 7 Möller • 8 Häßler • 9 Völler • 10 Doll • 11 Riedle • 12 Köpke • 13 Thom • 14 Helmer • 15 Frontzeck • 16 Sammer • 17 Effenberg • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Schulz • 20 Wörns • Coach: Vogts