Frank Schulze (born 31 March 1970) is a German former footballer who played as a

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Career

Schulze played as a youth for his hometown club,

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, before joining

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at age 11. He eventually made it through to the first-team, and made three league appearances in the 1989–90 season as third choice 'keeper (behind

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and Ronny Teuber) as Dynamo won the

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. He also played in the East German Cup final, a 3–0 win over

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which completed the double for Dresden. Schulze spent the 1990–91 season on loan at Viktoria Frankfurt (Oder), and made 20 appearances as the side finished bottom of the

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. The league, which had been renamed after

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, was used to decide how East German teams would be placed in the unified league system, and Frankfurt's position saw them remain in the NOFV-Oberliga, which would now be at the third tier. Schulze returned to Dynamo Dresden, who had qualified for the

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, where he spent three years without making an appearance, before retiring in 1994. Internationally, Schulze played for

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at youth level, and was considered for the

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's qualification campaign for the 1992 tournament, before reunification brought an end to it. Following this, he won one cap for the Germany under-21 team in 1990.

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* 1970 births Living people German footballers East German footballers Germany under-21 international footballers Association football goalkeepers Dynamo Dresden players Dynamo Dresden II players 1. FC Frankfurt players {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub