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German footballer

Dieter Erler
Dieter Erler in 1964
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-05-28)28 May 1939
Place of birth Glauchau, Germany
Date of death 10 April 1998(1998-04-10) (aged 58)
Place of death Chemnitz, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1953–1957 BSG Chemie Glauchau
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 BSG Wismut Gera 0 (0)
1959–1965 SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 112 (36)
1965–1972 SC Karl-Marx-Stadt 179 (18)
Total 291 (52)
International career
1959–1968 East Germany 47 (12)
Managerial career
1974–1975 FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Erler (28 May 1939 in Glauchau – 10 April 1998 in Chemnitz) was a German footballer.

He began his footballing career with BSG Chemie Glauchau in 1953. He was transferred to BSG Wismut Gera for the 1957 season and then after two seasons moved to sports club SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in January 1959. Erler was both a playmaker and a goalscoring midfielder.

In 1963, Erler moved to SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, where he played alongside the player described by Pelé as the best left-winger in the world at the time: Eberhard Vogel. In 1966–67 the team was crowned DDR-Oberliga champion.

Between 1959 and 1972 he played for SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and then FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. During his career he gained between 1959 and 1968 47 international caps and scored 12 goals for East Germany.

He was voted GDR footballer of the year in 1967.

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 May 1972
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
BSG Wismut Gera 1958 DDR-Oberliga – 2 0 – 2 0
Total – 2 0 – 2 0
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 1959 DDR-Oberliga 26 7 6 1 3 0 35 8
1960 22 5 3 1 3 0 31 6
1961–62 39 16 2 1 – 41 17
1962–63 25 8 3 1 – 28 9
Total 112 36 14 4 6 0 132 40
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1963–64 DDR-Oberliga 26 4 1 0 – 27 4
1964–65 23 3 1 0 – 24 3
1965–66 26 2 3 0 – 29 2
1966–67 21 5 2 0 – 23 15
1967–68 18 0 1 0 2 0 21 0
1968–69 17 3 3 0 – 20 3
1969–70 23 0 4 1 – 27 1
1970–71 – 1 0 – 1 0
1971–72 25 1 4 0 – 29 1
Total 179 18 20 1 2 0 201 19
Career total 291 54 34 5 8 0 333 59
  1. Includes FDGB-Pokal
  2. Includes European Cup

International

As of 6 November 2015
East Germany national team
Year Apps Goals
1959 2 0
1960 6 1
1961 7 3
1962 8 4
1963 4 1
1964 1 0
1965 6 0
1966 6 3
1967 6 0
1968 1 0
Total 47 12

International goals

Scores and results list East Germany's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 October 1960 Ostseestadion, Rostock, East Germany  Finland 2–0 5–1 Exhibition game
2. 14 May 1961 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany  Netherlands 1–1 1–1 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 10 September 1961 Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin, East Germany  Hungary 1–1 2–3 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 22 October 1961 Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland  Poland 1–1 1–3 Exhibition game
5. 3 May 1962 Lenin, Moscow, Soviet Union  Soviet Union 1–2 1–2 Exhibition game
6. 9 December 1962 Stade Mamadou Konaté, Bamako, Mali  Mali 1–0 1–2 Exhibition game
7. 2–0
8. 21 November 1962 Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, East Berlin, East Germany  Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–1 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
9. 3 November 1963 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 3–3 3–3 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifying
10. 4 September 1966 Dr.-Kurt-Fischer-Stadion, Chemnitz, East Germany  Egypt 2–0 6–0 Exhibition game
11. 3–0
12. 11 September 1966 Georgi-Dimitroff-Stadion, Erfurt, East Germany  Poland 1–0 2–0 Exhibition game

Honours

Club

SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt

Individual

References

  1. "Dieter Erler". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  2. Arnhold, Matthias (26 July 2012). "Dieter Erler - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. Arnhold, Matthias (26 July 2012). "Dieter Erler - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. "Spielerinfo Erler" (in German). German Football Association. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  5. "Dieter Erler » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Dieter Erler » Internationals". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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