Manfred Schäfer

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Manfred Schäfer
Personal information
Full name Manfred Schäfer
Date of birth February 12, 1943 (1943-02-12) (age 65)
Place of birth    Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany
Playing position defender
Club information
Current club retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1960-1963
1963-1964
1965-1975		 Blacktown
Budapest
St. George-Budapest		    
National team2
1967-1974 Flag of Australia Australia 73 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 7 August 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Manfred Schäfer (born February 12, 1943)[1] is a former football (soccer) defender. He was born in Königsberg (in 1946 renamed Kaliningrad) and emigrated to Australia aged 14.[2] He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and made his international debut in 1967 and was a fixture in the Australian side till his retirement at the end of the 1974 World Cup finals. Schäfer played for only three clubs in his club football career in Australia, for Blacktown between 1960 and 1963, Budapest between 1963 and 1964 and for St. George-Budapest between 1965 and 1975 before retiring in 1975. After retiring as a player Schäfer went on to have a long distinguished career as a coach in the NSL with St. George-Budapest, Sydney Olympic, Brunswick Juventus, APIA Leichhardt, Sydney Croatia, Marconi Stallions, Adelaide Sharks and Parramatta Power.

Schäfer represented Australia 72 times, scoring 1 goal. He played in all three of Australia's matches in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Schäfer was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Soccer Hall of Fame and also had NSW representative honours.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Match report, including date of birth
  2. ^ The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper
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Australia squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup
1 Reilly • 2 Utjesenovic • 3 Wilson • 4 Schäfer • 5 Curran • 6 Richards • 7 Rooney • 8 Mackay • 9 Warren • 10 Manuel • 11 Abonyi • 12 Alston • 13 Ollerton • 14 Tolson • 15 Williams • 16 Rudic • 17 Harding • 18 Watkiss • 19 Campbell • 20 Buljevic • 21 Milisavljevic • 22 Maher • Coach: Rašić
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