Erich "Ete" Beer (born 9 December 1946) is a German former football player and

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Beer was born in

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. He started his career at SpVgg Ebing and played until 1968 with VfL Neustadt, until a move to the Bundesliga saw him play for 1. FC Nürnberg,

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and Hertha BSC. For these teams he played in Midfield in a total of 342 games, scoring 95 goals. After playing for

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Jeddah, Beer moved to

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in 1981, where he played until 1982. Between 1975 and 1978 he played in 24 games for the West Germany national team, scoring seven goals. Beer was referred to by reporters as "The Berliner Beer", but was better known by fans as "Ete". Today he lives in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beer, Erich 1946 births Living people People from Coburg (district) Sportspeople from Upper Franconia German footballers Footballers from Bavaria Association football midfielders Germany international footballers Germany B international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 1976 players 1978 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Saudi Professional League players 1. FC Nürnberg players Hertha BSC players Rot-Weiss Essen players TSV 1860 Munich players Ittihad FC players German football managers TSV 1860 Munich managers German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia