Eduard "Edi" Kirschner (born 9 September 1953) is a German former professional
footballer who played as a
striker
Striker or The Strikers may refer to:
People
*A participant in a strike action
*A participant in a hunger strike
*Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assistant
*Striker's Independent Society, the oldest mystic krewe in America
People wi ...
. Active in both Germany and North America between 1975 and 1985, Kirschner made over 250 career league appearances, scoring over 100 goals.
Career
Kirschner played in Germany for
FC Passau
The 1. FC Passau is a German association football club from the city of Passau, Bavaria.
Throughout its existence, the club played on a number of occasions in the tier-three ''Bayernliga''. It also reached the first round of the national Germa ...
,
Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...
,
SpVgg Fürth,
FC Augsburg and
Fortuna Köln, and in the
North American Soccer League for the
Edmonton Drillers and the
Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
In the
1978–79 season of the
2. Bundesliga Süd Kirschner was the top-scorer with 33 goals.
References
External links
NASL career stats*
Living people
1953 births
German men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
FC Bayern Munich footballers
FC Bayern Munich II players
FC Augsburg players
SC Fortuna Köln players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Edmonton Drillers (1979–1982) players
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
German expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
SK Schärding players
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