Bernhard "Bernd" Georg Josef Förster (born 3 May 1956) is a former German
footballer
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who played as a
defender and
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
His younger brother,
Karlheinz Karlheinz is a German given name, composed of Karl and Heinz. Notable people with that name include:
* Karlheinz Böhm (1928–2014), Austrian actor
* Karlheinz Brandenburg (born 1954), audio engineer
* Karlheinz Deschner (born 1924), German agn ...
, was also a footballer, and a defender. Both played extensively at
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...
, and were crowned
European champions in
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
.
Club career
Förster started playing professionally at
SV Waldhof Mannheim
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, in the
second division
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. In January 1975, he switched to country giants
FC Bayern Munich
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, but his stay there was highly unsuccessful (he did appear twice in the club's
1975–76 European Cup victorious campaign).
After establishing himself in the
top flight
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Background
Bred in Kentucky by the very prominent horseman Harry ...
with
1. FC Saarbrücken, Förster switched to
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...
, after his former club relegated. He became an essential defensive member in the following seasons, partnering sibling
Karlheinz Karlheinz is a German given name, composed of Karl and Heinz. Notable people with that name include:
* Karlheinz Böhm (1928–2014), Austrian actor
* Karlheinz Brandenburg (born 1954), audio engineer
* Karlheinz Deschner (born 1924), German agn ...
in the back-four. Until his retirement, Förster scored 25 goals in 291 overall top-division league matches, being instrumental in Stuttgart's
1984 national league (31 matches, two goals). He retired in 1986, at only 30.
International career
Förster won his first cap for
West Germany
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on 22 May 1979, in a 3–1 friendly win in
Republic of Ireland
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. In
the following year's
UEFA European Football Championship
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, he played twice as the nation was crowned continental champions, alongside brother Karlheinz.
At the
1982 FIFA World Cup
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, Förster only started playing in the second group stage, but from then on played the entire matches ''
en route
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'' to the vice-championship. Hence, the pair became the first brothers in German football history to take part in a
World Cup
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final since
Ottmar and
Fritz Walter
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's appearances in the victorious
1954 edition, and the first to be defeated.
Förster retired from international play after
UEFA Euro 1984
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At the time, only eight countries ...
in France, as Germany were ousted from the group stage after a
last-minute goal
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by
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
's
Antonio Maceda
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Honours
Club
;Bayern Munich
*
European Cup
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:
1974–75,
1975–76
*
Intercontinental Cup:
1976
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;VfB Stuttgart
*
Bundesliga
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:
1983–84
*
DFB-Pokal
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runner-up:
1985–86
International
;West Germany
*
UEFA European Championship
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:
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
*
FIFA World Cup
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runner-up:
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
References
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1956 births
Living people
German footballers
Association football defenders
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
SV Waldhof Mannheim players
FC Bayern Munich footballers
1. FC Saarbrücken players
VfB Stuttgart players
Germany international footballers
Germany B international footballers
Germany youth international footballers
UEFA Euro 1980 players
1982 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1984 players
UEFA European Championship-winning players
West German footballers