Manfred Schäfer

Manfred Schäfer
Personal information
Full name Manfred Schäfer / Schaefer
Date of birth 12 February 1943 (1943-02-12) (age 69)
Place of birth Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany
Playing position defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1960–1963 Blacktown
1963–1964 Budapest
1965–1975 St. George-Budapest
National team
1967–1974 Australia 73 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Manfred Schäfer or Schaefer (born 12 February 1943)[1] is a former football (soccer) defender. He was born in Königsberg (in 1946 renamed Kaliningrad) and emigrated to Australia aged 14.[2]

Schaefer Street in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood is named for him. [3]

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Playing career

Club career

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.

International career

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 represented Australia 73 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.

Management career

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.

References

  1. ^ Match report, including date of birth
  2. ^ Huxley, John (13 June 2006). "The other Socceroos, living in the '70s". The Age (Melbourne). http://www.theage.com.au/news/aussie-update/the-other-socceroos-living-in-the-70s/2006/06/12/1149964468880.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2. 
  3. ^ O'Maley, Christine (2010-01-20). "Park is a goner". Blacktown Advocate (Cumberland Newspapers): pp. 14. "...streets are named after well known football identities..." 
Australia squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup