Dirk Kurtenbach (born 2 August 1964) is a German former

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who played as a

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. Kurtenbach started his career at

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side

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in 1983 before signing for

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. History In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...

three years later. He was part of the Stuttgarter Kickers side that reached the

1987 DFB-Pokal Final The 1987 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1986–87 DFB-Pokal, the 44th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 20 June 1987 at the Olympiastadion in West Berlin. Hamburger SV won the match 3–1 ag ...

, scoring their only goal of a 3–1 defeat to

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. He was the DFB-Pokal top scorer for the 1986–87 season, having scored 8 goals. He transferred to

Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of over ...

of the

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in summer 1988 before moving to

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

of the 2. Bundesliga later that year. He returned to Fortuna Köln in summer 1990, where he ended his career.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurtenbach, Dirk Living people 1964 births German men's footballers Footballers from Bochum Men's association football forwards SC Fortuna Köln players Stuttgarter Kickers players SV Waldhof Mannheim players Hertha BSC players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players West German men's footballers