Roland Ducke

Roland Ducke
Personal information
Date of birth19 November 1934
Place of birthBenešov nad Ploučnicí, Czechoslovakia
Date of death26 June 2005 (aged 70)
Place of deathJena, Germany
Playing positionWinger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1953–1955BSG Motor Schönebeck25(16)
1955–1971FC Carl Zeiss Jena377(70)
National team
1958–1967East Germany37(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Roland Ducke (19 November 1934 in Benešov nad Ploučnicí (Bensen), Czechoslovakia - 26 June 2005 in Jena, Germany) was a German football player. His younger brother Peter was also a successful footballer.

Ducke played almost whole his career for FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1955–1971).

On the national level he played for East Germany national team (37 matches/5 goals), he played for his national team from 1958 to 1967.

In 1970 he won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year.

Ducke died on 26 June 2005 of prostate cancer.

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