Alexander Schur (born 23 July 1971) is a former German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. Schur played for more than ten years for

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

and is a legend for the Eintracht supporters due to his fighting spirit and his club loyalty. Alexander Schur 2008

Arguably his most important goal was the header for the 6–3 against

SSV Reutlingen SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg. History The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was renamed SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1. Schwimmverein 1911 to form the ...

in the 2002–03 season of the Second Bundesliga that assured the promotion of ''the eagles''. On 22 May 2004 he an Eintracht supporters club, named itself after him, the EFC oldSCHURhand. After retiring Schur started the 2007–08 season as assistant manager of the Eintracht Frankfurt Under-19 team. In December 2007 he was appointed assistant manager of the reserve squad,

Eintracht Frankfurt U23 Eintracht Frankfurt II is the reserve team of Eintracht Frankfurt. Formerly known as ''Eintracht Frankfurt Amateure'' (Amateurs) until 2005 the team played as U23 (Under 23) to emphasize the character of the team as a link between youth academy an ...

. After the 2008–09 campaign he was appointed under-17 manager of the Eintracht academy.

Honours

Club

;Rot-Weiß Frankfurt *

Hessenliga The Hessenliga (until 2008 ''Oberliga Hessen'') is the highest football league in the state of Hesse and the Hessian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system. ...

: 1989–90; runner-up 1990–91 *

Hesse Cup The Hesse Cup (German: ''Hessenpokal'') is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup. History The Cup was established in 1945, after the end of the S ...

: 1988–89, 1991–92; runner-up 1993–94 ;Eintracht Frankfurt *

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

: 1997–98 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...

: Runner-up 2005–06

External links

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Fan club website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schur, Alexander 1971 births Living people Footballers from Frankfurt German footballers Rot-Weiss Frankfurt players FSV Frankfurt players Eintracht Frankfurt players Bundesliga players Men's association football midfielders