Wolfgang Weber

Wolfgang Weber
Personal information
Wolfgang Weber in 1968
Full name	Wolfgang Weber
Date of birth	(1944-06-26) 26 June 1944
Place of birth	Schlawe,^[1] Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
0000–1962	SpVgg Porz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1963–1978	1. FC Köln	356	(21)
National team
1964–1974	West Germany	53	(2)
Teams managed
1978–1980	SV Werder Bremen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Wolfgang Weber (born 26 June 1944) is a German former footballer^[2] best remembered for scoring the last-minute equaliser for West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final.

Wolfgang Weber and Luis Artime during the match against Argentina at the 1966 FIFA World Cup

Weber, a central defender with 1. FC Köln, poked the ball home with almost the last kick of the game at Wembley in 1966 to make the score 2–2. Opponents England went on to win 4–2 in extra time.

Weber played for Köln between 1963 and 1978 and won 53 caps for his country, scoring just one other goal. He also represented West Germany at the 1968 European Championships and the 1970 World Cup. His last appearance for his country was in 1974.

In retirement, Weber has been involved with the German branch of the Special Olympics.

References

↑ "“Bulle” Weber feiert 65. Geburtstag" (in German). fussballportal.de. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
↑ "Weber, Wolfgang" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 6 March 2012.

External links

Wolfgang Weber at worldfootball.net
Wolfgang Weber at fussballdaten.de (German)

West Germany squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Tilkowski 2 Höttges 3 Schnellinger 4 Beckenbauer 5 Schulz 6 Weber 7 Brülls 8 Haller 9 Seeler (c) 10 Held 11 Emmerich 12 Overath 13 Hornig 14 Lutz 15 Patzke 16 Lorenz 17 Paul 18 Sieloff 19 Krämer 20 Grabowski 21 Bernard 22 Maier Coach: Schön

West Germany squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Maier 2 Höttges 3 Schnellinger 4 Beckenbauer 5 Schulz 6 Weber 7 Vogts 8 Haller 9 Seeler (c) 10 Held 11 Fichtel 12 Overath 13 Müller 14 Libuda 15 Patzke 16 Lorenz 17 Löhr 18 Sieloff 19 Dietrich 20 Grabowski 21 Manglitz 22 Wolter Coach: Schön

SV Werder Bremen – managers

Kónya (1922–24)
Feldmann (1924–26)
Höger (1947–48)
Scharmann (1948–49)
Schütz (1949–XX)
Scharmann (19XX–50)
Schuller (1950–51)
Kretschmann (1951–53)
Schulz (1953–58)
Knöpfle (1958–63)
Multhaup (1963–65)
Brocker (1965–67)
Langner (1967–69)
Rebell (1969–70)
Tilkowski (1970)
Gebhardt (1970–71)
Multhaup (1971)
Piontek (1971–75)
Langner (1972)
Burdenski (1975–76)
Rehhagel (1976)
Tilkowski (1976–77)
Assauer & Schulz (1978–79)
Weber (1978–80)
Assauer & Langner (1980)
Klötzer (1980–81)
Rehhagel (1981–95)
de Mos (1995–96)
Dörner (1996–97)
Sidka (1997–98)
Magath (1998–99)
Schaaf (1999–2013)
Rolff (2013)
Dutt (2013–14)
Skrypnyk (2014–)

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