Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jürgen Werner | ||
| Date of birth | August 15, 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Date of death | May 28, 2002 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Playing position | full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hamburger SV | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1963 | Hamburger SV | 169 | (14) |
| National team | |||
| 1961–1963 | Germany | 4 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Jürgen Werner (August 15, 1935 – May 28, 2002) was a German football player, journalist and official.
Werner, a midfield player, came from the youth of Hamburger SV right into the first team, in a similar path to Uwe Seeler did, and, for his eight years of first-team experience between 1955 and 1963, has the 1960 German Championship title to prove his credentials. He refused to sign a professional contract in 1963, and was to become a teacher, retiring from the game of football. He also played a part-time role as journalist for weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and later became the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the German Football Association, a role he took up in 1986. In the second half of the 1990s, he was a member of HSV's supervisory board.
Werner played four games for the German team, between 1961 and 1963, and was picked for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, however, due to a training injury, did not pick up a World Cup appearance.
He was a technically sound half back and intelligent player, who later became headmaster for lawyer education in Hamburg.[1]
Jürgen Werner died of cancer on May 28, 2002. In honour of Jürgen Werner, the academy of Hamburger SV got named Jürgen Werner Schule.
References
- ↑ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 537.
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