Horst Szymaniak
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 August 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Erkenschwick,Germany | ||
Date of death | 9 October 2009 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Melle,Germany | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1943–1952 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1955 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 50 | (11) |
1955–1959 | Wuppertaler SV | 91 | (12) |
1959–1961 | Karlsruher SC | 53 | (2) |
1961–1963 | Catania | 62 | (8) |
1963–1964 | Internazionale Milano | 6 | (0) |
1964–1965 | Varese | 23 | (0) |
1965–1966 | Tasmania 1900 Berlin | 29 | (1) |
1966 | FC Biel | ||
1967 | Chicago Spurs | 12 | (1) |
International career | |||
1956–1966 | West Germany | 43 | (2) |
1956–1965 | West Germany B | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Horst "Schimmi" Szymaniak(29 August 1934 – 9 October 2009) was a Germanfootballerwho played as amidfielder.
Club career
[edit]Szymaniak was born inOer-Erkenschwick.The clubs he played for include:SpVgg Erkenschwick,Wuppertaler SV,Karlsruher SC,Calcio Catania,F.C. Internazionale Milano,A.S. Varese 1910,andTasmania 1900 Berlin[1]for whom he played in the 1965–66 season, the side's only season in theBundesliga.
Szymaniak was adefensive midfielderwho usually played as a lefthalf backand less frequently as aninside forward.He had very good ball skills, had good vision and was able to make unerringly accurate long passes to a teammate. He was renowned for his slide tackling ability, so much so this became his trademark ability.
He was renowned as one of the best players in German football during the late 1950s and early 1960s, withkicker (sports magazine)rating himworld classfive times between 1957 and 1961 in their biennialRangliste des deutschen Fußballs(ranking list of German football).[2]
International career
[edit]Szymaniak played 43 times and scored two goals for theWest Germany national teambetween 1956 and 1966,[3]and was chosen to play in both the1958and the1962World Cups, but was omitted byHelmut Schönfrom his 1966 squad.
Death
[edit]Szymaniak died after a long illness on 9 October 2009 in a nursing home inMellenearOsnabrück.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Horst Szymaniak"(in German). weltfussball.de.Retrieved9 October2009.
- ^"Rating of German Players [1955 to 2008]".BigSoccer.Retrieved28 November2012.
- ^"Horst Szymaniak"(in German). fussballdaten.de.Retrieved9 October2009.
- ^"DFB trauert um Horst Szymaniak"(in German). dfb.de. 9 October 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 8 September 2009.Retrieved9 October2009.
- 1934 births
- 2009 deaths
- German men's footballers
- West German expatriate men's footballers
- Germany men's international footballers
- Germany men's B international footballers
- Wuppertaler SV players
- Karlsruher SC players
- Bundesliga players
- Catania FC players
- Inter Milan players
- SSD Varese Calcio players
- FC Biel-Bienne players
- Chicago Spurs players
- SpVgg Erkenschwick players
- Serie A players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- West German expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- West German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- West German expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football midfielders
- People from Recklinghausen (district)
- Footballers from Münster (region)
- SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin players
- West German men's footballers