Klaus Fichtel

Klaus Fichtel

Fichtel at the1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-11-19)19 November 1944
Place of birth	Castrop-Rauxel,Germany
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender,sweeper
Youth career
0000–1965	Arminia Ickern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1980	Schalke 04	437	(14)
1980–1984	Werder Bremen	117	(0)
1984–1988	Schalke 04	40	(0)
Total		594	(14)
International career
1967–1971	West Germany	23	(1)
Medal record Men'sfootball RepresentingWest Germany FIFA World Cup 1970 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klaus Fichtel(born 19 November 1944) is a German former professionalfootballerwho played as adefenderforSchalke 04andWerder Bremen.He made 23 appearances for theWest Germany national team.

Career

Fichtel was born inCastrop-Rauxel,Province of WestphaliaHe began his career withFC Schalke 04and after four years withSV Werder Bremenhe returned to Schalke. In total he played 552 games (14 goals) in theBundesliga.In addition, he played 42 times in the2. Bundesligain one of his four years with SV Werder Bremen.

Fichtel is theoldest player to appear in the Bundesliga,playing his last match at the age of 43 and a half years in May 1988. His 477 Bundesliga matches for Schalke 04 remain aclub record.

Fichtel won 23 capsin four years withWest Germanyin between 1967 and 1971, scoring one goal againstScotlandin 1969. He was part of the West German squad at the1970 FIFA World Cup,playing in five matches during the tournament.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		DFL-Ligapokal		Total
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Schalke 04	1965–66	Bundesliga	34	0	2	0	—		—		36	0
	1966–67		34	0	3	0	—		—		37	0
	1967–68		34	0	2	0	—		—		36	0
	1968–69		29	0	5	0	—		—		34	0
	1969–70		32	1	3	0	8	1	—		43	2
	1970–71		29	1	5	0	—		—		34	1
	1971–72		33	3	7	0	—		—		40	3
	1972–73		18	1	3	0	6	0	7	0	34	1
	1973–74		14	1	0	0	—		—		14	1
	1974–75		29	1	2	0	—		—		31	1
	1975–76		32	4	3	0	—		—		35	4
	1976–77		34	0	5	1	6	1	—		45	2
	1977–78		22	0	4	0	0	0	—		26	0
	1978–79		34	2	3	0	—		—		37	2
	1979–80		29	0	5	0	—		—		34	0
	Total		437	14	52	1	20	2	7	0	516	17
Werder Bremen	1980–81	2. Bundesliga	42	0	5	1	—		—		47	1
	1981–82	Bundesliga	34	0	5	0	—		—		39	0
	1982–83		33	0	2	0	6	0	—		41	0
	1983–84		8	0	2	0	0	0	—		10	0
	Total		117	0	14	1	6	0	—		137	1
Schalke 04	1984–85	Bundesliga	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
	1985–86		13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
	1986–87		3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	1987–88		11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	Total		40	0	0	0	—		—		40	0
Career total			594	14	66	2	26	2	7	0	693	18

External links

• Klaus Fichtelatfussballdaten.de(in German)
• Klaus Fichtelat WorldFootball.net
• Klaus Fichtelat National-Football-Teams.com