Claus Boden

Claus Boden 1980

Claus Boden was soccer goalkeeper in the DDR-Oberliga. He played for Dynamo Dresden and Riesa Steel and 16 times for the U-23 national team of the GDR .

Career

Claus comes from the Lower Torwartschule Dynamo in Dresden, where he had grown up as a youngster. He was nearly 20 years old, when he became a goalkeeper only the low height of 1.75 m in 1971 used for the first time in the league team of the Dresdner. A year later replaced Manfred Kallenbach as goalkeeper and participated in the final of the East German soccer in 14 May 1972 which was his first career highlight. However, the game ended with a 1: 2 against FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost. 1973 celebrated his first title ground by winning the GDR championship. Overall, he was with Dynamo Dresden East German champions four times, in 1977, he won after 1972, 1974 and 1975 at the fourth attempt and the FA Cup after a 3: 0 victory on May 28 over the first FC Lokomotive Leipzig .

In 1974 ground was ever became runner-up. He was a member of the U-23 national team of the GDR, who played for the Junior European Championship. The team came down to the final, where, after a 3: European runner-up was 4-defeat in the second leg: 2-leg win and a 0. Total soil was used in 16 games of the National Selection.

In the championship years 1975/1976 and 1976/77 was ground with 26 or 22 matches played undisputed goalkeeper of Dynamo Dresden. However, in 1976 the then 24-year-old junior and multiple B-National player was Bernd Jakubowski of Hansa Rostock been brought to Dresden. He broke in the season 1977/78 from the ground as goalkeeper. After 153 league games and 39 European games in the season 1981/82 soil was only performed in the squad for the junior league.

Meanwhile, more than 30 years old, moved soil at the beginning of the 1982/83 season, the ESR steel in neighboring Riesa, which was relegated from the league two years ago, and where his former Dresdner players already Rainer axis was in the squad. At the end of the season Riesa steel rose again in the league and soil denied with this team until 1988 but repeated descent further 129 league games, so its balance sheet increased to a total of 282 Erstligaeinsätze. He scored two goals from the penalty spot.^[1]

With the end of the 1987/88 season finished floor also his career as active soccer goalie. He later worked as a goalkeeping coach, so z. B. 1996-2004 the Bundesliga TSV 1860 München .

References

External links

• Claus Boden at fussballdaten.de (German)