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Bransch at the 1974 World Cup | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1944-09-24)24 September 1944 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Halle, Halle-Merseburg, Prussia, Germany | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 June 2022(2022-06-11) (aged 77) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Sweeper | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1954–1962 | Chemie Halle | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1962–1973 | Chemie Halle | |||||||||||||
1973–1974 | Carl Zeiss Jena | |||||||||||||
1974–1977 | Chemie Halle | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1967–1976 | East Germany | 64 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bernd Bransch (24 September 1944 – 11 June 2022) was a footballer from East Germany who played as a sweeper.
Career※
Bransch began his sporting career as a youngster at BSG Motor Halle-Süd. The son of a locksmith was then allowed to join sports club SC Chemie Halle in 1954. Bransch played throughout his career for SC Chemie Halle and "its successor," Hallescher FC Chemie – except for the 1973/74 season, in which he played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
In 1968 and 1974 he was honoured as East German Footballer of the Year.
Bransch participated in the Munich Olympics 1972, in which his East German team secured a bronze medal. And in the gold-medal winning Montreal Olympics 1976 side. He also played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
In total Bransch played 317 league games, "scoring 43 goals."
References※
- ^ Bernd Bransch ist tot: Halle verliert seinen erfolgreichsten Fußballer (in German)
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (16 March 2012). "Bernd Bransch – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernd Bransch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (25 September 2004). "Bernd Bransch – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
External links※
- Bernd Bransch at WorldFootball.net
- Bernd Bransch at National-Football-Teams.com
- Bernd Bransch at FBref.com
- Bernd Bransch at the German Football Association
- Bernd Bransch at EU-Football.info
- 1944 births
- 2022 deaths
- Footballers from Halle (Saale)
- Sportspeople from the Province of Saxony
- German men's footballers
- East German men's footballers
- Men's association football sweepers
- East Germany men's international footballers
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- DDR-Oberliga players
- FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
- Hallescher FC players
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- People from Bezirk Halle