Waldemar Mühlbächer (25 September 1937 – 3 July 2021)[1] was a German footballer.[2]

Waldemar Mühlbächer
Mühlbächer in 1956
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-09-25)25 September 1937
Place of birth Mediaș, Romania
Date of death 3 July 2021(2021-07-03) (aged 83)
Place of death Berlin, Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1950–1955 BSG Fortschritt Meerane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955-1956 BSG Fortschritt Meerane 26 (3)
1956-1968 BFC Dynamo[a] 243 (34)
International career
1958–1965 East Germany 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Mühlbächer joined SC Dynamo Berlin in 1956, coming from his first DDR-Oberliga and DDR-Liga club BSG Fortschritt Meerane. He made his debut for SC Dynamo Berlin against SC Empor Rostock in the 1956 DDR-Oberliga on 13 June 1956.[3]

Together with Werner Heine and Martin Skaba, he became one of the players that would come to shape the team of SC Dynamo Berlin in the late 1950s and who did not belong to the generation of players transferred from SG Dynamo Dresden. Mülbächer won the 1959 FDGB-Pokal with SC Dynamo Berlin.

Mühlbächer scored a hat-trick for SC Dynamo Berlin in the 3-2 win against SC Lokomotive Leipzig in the final matchday of the 1961-62 DDR-Oberliga on 13 June 1963.[4] He became the best goal scorer of BFC Dynamo in the 1965-66 DDR-Oberliga.[5]

Mühlbächer ended his football career with BFC Dynamo after the 1967-68 season. He played 218 matches and scored 31 goals in total in the DDR-Oberliga for SC Dynamo Berlin and BFC Dynamo between 1956 and 1968.[6]

International career

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Mühlbächer also played in 17 matches for the East Germany national football team from 1958 to 1965.[7][8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Played for SC Dynamo Berlin until 1966. The football department of SC Dynamo Berlin was reorganized as football club BFC Dynamo on 15 January 1966.

References

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  1. ^ "Abschied: Der BFC trauert um Waldemar "Atze" Mühlbächer". BFC. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Waldemar Mühlbächer". EU Football. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ^ Nagel, Lothar (19 June 1056). "Angriffswirbel fast wie früher". Die neue Fußballwoche (in German). Vol. 1956, no. 25. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 4. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. ^ Schlegel, Klaus (19 June 1962). "Zum Schluß um Sieg gebangt" (PDF). Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1962, no. 25. Berlin: DFV der DDR. pp. 8–9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Rangliste der Torjäger" (PDF). Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1966, no. 20. Berlin: DFV der DDR. 17 May 1966. p. 7. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  6. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (13 January 2022). "Waldemar Mühlbächer - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Waldemar Mühlbächer". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (13 January 2022). "Waldemar Mühlbächer - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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