Ralf Sträßer (born 20 June 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Ralf Sträßer
Sträßer in 1987
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-06-20) 20 June 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Berlin, East Germany
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
TSV Markt-Bibart (Manager)
Youth career
1966–1968 BSG Post Berlin
1968–1976 BFC Dynamo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1984 BFC Dynamo 144 (39)
1984–1987 Union Berlin 79 (38)
1987–1989 Carl Zeiss Jena 37 (10)
1989–1990 BSG Jenaer Glaswek
1990 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1990–1991 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
1991–1995 TSV 1860 Scheinfeld
1995–1996 TSV Markt-Bibart
1996–1997 ASV Ippesheim
International career
East Germany U-18 9 (0)
East Germany U-21 15 (3)
1982–1986 East Germany 4 (0)
1986 East Germany Olympic 2 (0)
Managerial career
ASV Ippesheim
2008–2009 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
2009–2011 RSV Sugenheim
2012- TSV Markt-Bibart
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Berlin, Sträßer began playing football for the BSG Post Berlin at eight years old and joined the youth department the BFC Dynamo two years later. He took the leap into the first team of BFC Dynamo, after making appearance for the second team in the DDR-Liga. He made his debut for the first team of BFC Dynamo against FC Vorwärts Frankfurt in the 11th match day of the 1976–77 season on 2 December 1976. Sträßer scored his first goal for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga on the East German national goalkeeper Jürgen Croy away against BSG Sachsenring Zwickau in the following matchday.

Sträßer played in the East German top division for BFC Dynamo, 1. FC Union Berlin and FC Carl Zeiss Jena. In 226 matches he managed to score 68 goals.[1] He became six times East German football champion in a row with BFC Dynamo.

Sträßer, who was part of the East German Under 21 team which won the silver medal at the European Under-21 Championship 1980, won four caps for East Germany.[2]

He is the father of Carsten Sträßer.

References

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  1. ^ Matthias Arnhold (19 February 2015). "Ralf Sträßer - Matches in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ^ Matthias Arnhold (26 February 2015). "Ralf Sträßer - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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