Lothar Kurbjuweit

Lothar Kurbjuweit

Kurbjuweit in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth6 November 1950
Place of birthRiesa, East Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Carl Zeiss Jena
(Director of Sport / Interim Manager)
Youth career
1959–1965BSG Traktor Seerhausen
1965–1968Stahl Riesa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1968–1970Stahl Riesa35(0)
1970–1983Carl Zeiss Jena357(26)
1983–1984Hallescher FC Chemie23(0)
National team
1970–1981East Germany66(4)
Teams managed
1984Carl Zeiss Jena II (Assistant coach)
1984–1989Carl Zeiss Jena
1989–1992Rot-Weiß Erfurt
1992–1996Carl Zeiss Jena U-19
1996–1999Carl Zeiss Jena (Chairman)
2003–2004VfB Pößneck
2005VfB Pößneck
2006–20091. FC Nuremberg (Scout)
2010–Carl Zeiss Jena (Director of Sport)
2014–Carl Zeiss Jena
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Lothar Kurbjuweit (born 6 November 1950 in Riesa) is a former German footballer, who works as director of sport and interim manager of Carl Zeiss Jena.

Career

Kurbjuweit played for Stahl Riesa (1965–1970) and FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1983).[1]

International career

On the national level he played for East Germany national team (66 matches/four goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Coaching career

He later began coaching and led several teams, including FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Rot-Weiss Erfurt and VfB Pößneck. Kurbjuweit was from 1996 between 1999 the club Chairman of FC Carl Zeiss Jena.[3] On 22 April 2010 he signed a contract as Director of Sport with his former club FC Carl Zeiss Jena.[4]

Personal life

Kurbjuweit is married with the former long jumper Birgit Grimm and has a son with her Tobias who is a professional footballer.[5] In the year 1992 he was named new business executive of Honda Präsent in Jena-Göschwitz and worked for the Carcenter between 2006.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lothar Kurbjuweit – www.riesa.de :: Willkommen in der Sportstadt Riesa
  2. ↑ "Jenas neuer Sportchef Lothar Kurbjuweit im OTZ-Gespräch." Thüringer Allgemeine. 23 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Kurbjuweit übernimmt in Jena
  4. ↑ Lothar Kurbjuweit neuer Sportlicher Leiter des FCC
  5. ↑ Tobias Kurbjuweit – Immer Unioner
  6. ↑ Jena-Legende Kurbjuweit "Halbes Leben im Stadion verbracht"