Dieter Burdenski (born 26 November 1950) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Early and family life
Born in
Bremen, Germany, Dieter Burdenski is the father of
Fabian Burdenski (1991–) and the son of
Herbert Burdenski
Herbert "Budde" Burdenski (19 May 1922 – 15 September 2001), was a German football player and coach.
Biography
Burdenski began his football career with the Erle 08 in Gelsenkirchen. In 1935 he was discovered playing in the local school champ ...
(1922–2001), who was a German international himself. An outfield player, unlike his son, Herbert Burdenski was capped five times (two goals) by
Sepp Herberger
Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed '' The Mir ...
, playing just two of these five games after
World War II
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. Converting a penalty in
West Germany
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's first post-war international (against
Switzerland on 22 November 1950), Dieter Burdenski's father became the first ever goalscorer for the
Federal Republic of Germany
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.
Club career
Early career
Starting at STV Horst-Emscher, Burdenski joined
Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...
as a teenager to debut for the
Gelsenkirchen outfit in three separate
Bundesliga
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matches in the 1970–1971 season. One of those three, the 1–0 home defeat against
Arminia Bielefeld on 17 April 1971, became later under scrutiny through the
German Football Association in the match fixing ''
Bundesligaskandal''. Although Burdenski conceded the goal Bielefeld had paid Schalke 04 players for, Burdenski was able to satisfy court and the German Football Association that he was not deliberately involved in the fixing of matches. However the scandal had effects on his career. Seeking match practice, he joined scandal-shaken Arminia Bielefeld in 1971, serving as their first choice in goal until Arminia Bielefeld was punished for the clubs involvement in the scandal with relegation from the Bundesliga.
Werder Bremen
Burdenski moved on, signing for
Werder Bremen
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with the trouble to wait one more season behind their first-choice
Günter Bernard for his practice. From 1973 he succeeded Bernard, staying the regular in the goal of the North German outfit until
Otto Rehhagel
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Rehhagel is one of only two people who, as player and manager combined, has participated in over 1,000 Bundesliga matches (the other being Jupp Heynckes). In t ...
preferred young
Oliver Reck
Oliver Reck (born 27 February 1965) is a German football manager and former player.
In a 20-year professional career, he played as a goalkeeper and was best known for his stints with Werder Bremen and Schalke 04, for whom he appeared in more t ...
over the then veteran shot-stopper ahead of the Bundesliga title winning campaign of Werder Bremen in 1987–88.
Making three final appearances for Werder in that season, Burdenski retired from the game in 1988 after 478 Bundesliga matches. His statistics, that also read 35 matches in the
2. Bundesliga Nord (1974–1981) in his Bremen years, feature one goal which Burdenski scored with a penalty in Bremen's 2–3 Bundesliga defeat against
VfB Stuttgart
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in September 1979.
As Dieter Burdenski's father Herbert was also manager in the Bundesliga in the 1960s and 1970s, it came to happen that Werder Bremen brought the two Burdenski's together for the season of 1975–76. Dieter Burdenski played 22 of his 34 Bundesliga matches that season under the management of his father. In February 1976 Bremen, lying in a precarious position in the bottom-half of the Bundesliga then, sacked Herbert Burdenski to replace him with Otto Rehhagel.
Later career
Initially retired,
AIK
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of Sweden and Dutch club
Vitesse Arnhem managed to lure the popular goalkeeper, who was awarded the honorary captaincy of Werder Bremen in 2005, out of retirement. Burdenski played in one match for AIK in
Allsvenskan (he had been in touch with the Swedish club due to him knowing AIK's
Sanny Åslund
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after Åslund had been his teammate at Bremen in the 1975–76) and three games for Vitesse in the Dutch
Eredivisie
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respectively.
On 23 February 2002, the then 51-year-old made a single appearance for SV Werder Bremen II in the
third German division after injuries had seen the
reserves ending up short of goalkeepers. Burdenski conceded three that afternoon with SV Werder Bremen II beaten 3–1 by
league
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rivals
Chemnitzer FC
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The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 19 ...
.
International career
Looking for decent goalkeepers to someday succeed ageing
Sepp Maier
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in the
West Germany
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goal,
Helmut Schön
Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West German national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including ...
turned his attention to the Werder Bremen man in 1977, handing Burdenski his first of altogether 12 caps in a friendly in
Montevideo against
Uruguay
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. He was taken with the squad to Argentina to be a benchwarmer at the
1978 FIFA World Cup, playing three times in the
1980 UEFA European Championship
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qualifiers (but missing out on making the
1980 UEFA European Championship
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squad of the West Germans), and was doing the same job on the substitution bench at the
1984 UEFA European Championship. Before that tournament he enjoyed his final appearance for his country, coming on at half-time in a friendly against
Italy
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in Zürich on 22 May 1984.
Style of play
Not the tallest for a goalkeeper at 1.81 m, Burdenski was exceptionally athletic and a superb shot stopper with amazing reactions. Burdenski was also known for his leadership qualities, he was captain of Werder Bremen many times during his long career.
Coaching career
In 1997, Burdenski was re-signed by Werder Bremen for their coaching staff, working with the goalkeepers of the club until December 2005.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
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1950 births
Living people
Footballers from Bremen (city)
German men's footballers
Germany men's international footballers
Germany men's B international footballers
STV Horst-Emscher players
FC Schalke 04 players
Arminia Bielefeld players
SV Werder Bremen players
SV Werder Bremen II players
AIK Fotboll players
SBV Vitesse players
1978 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 1984 players
Eredivisie players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Allsvenskan players
Men's association football goalkeepers
German expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
German expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
West German men's footballers
West German expatriate men's footballers