Walter Junghans

Walter Junghans

Walter Junghans playing for Schalke 04 in 1987.
Personal information
Date of birth26 October 1958
Place of birthHamburg, West Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Bayern Munich II (Goalkeeper Coach)
Youth career
–1977Victoria Hamburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1982Bayern Munich67(0)
1982–1987Schalke 04148(0)
1987–1994Hertha BSC171(0)
1994Bayer Leverkusen0(0)
1994–1996Fortuna Köln30(0)
Total416(0)
National team
1976–1977West Germany U-1818(0)
1979–1981West Germany B6(0)
1980West Germany0(0)
1983–1984West Germany Olympic2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Walter Junghans (born 26 October 1958 in Hamburg) was a German footballer who played goalkeeper.[1]

Career

Junghans started his professional career with Bayern Munich in 1977, where he was the back up for legendary Sepp Maier. In 1979, Maier had to end his career after a car accident. Junghans immediately enjoyed success and Bayern won the Bundesliga title in 1980 and 1981 with him between the posts. Bayern also won the DFB-Pokal and were European Cup runners-up in 1982, although Junghans did not play in the final. Junghans was part of the European Championship-winning 1980 Germany team, but as third choice goalkeeper he did not play in any of the games. In fact he would never get capped for Germany. Junghans left Bayern for Schalke after being demoted to second choice, spending four seasons in Gelsenkirchen. His next career stop was Berlin where he joined Hertha BSC, before eventually ending his playing career in 1996 for two seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with Fortuna Köln.

Coaching career

In 2007, Junghans returned to FC Bayern, where he again understuded Sepp Maier, this time as goalkeeper coach, before taking over upon Maier's retirement in 2008.

Honours

References

  1. "Junghans, Walter" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

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