Frank Terletzki (born 5 August 1950) is a German

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coach and former player of BFC Dynamo.

Early life

Frank Terletzki grew up in East Berlin. He came to football relatively lately, after his father Karlheinz had brough him to local side SG Prenlauer Berg at the age of ten. Terletzki was then allowed to join the

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of BFC Dynamo in 1966. His father had wanted to see him at

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, but Terletzki went to BFC Dynamo, as that meant a shorter distance to training. His first coach at BFC Dynamo was

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. Schoen was described as a "tough dog" by Terletzki. Terletzki claims he learned important virtues such as discipline and toughness towards oneself from Schoen. Terletzki said: "It didn't matter to us whether it was pouring rain or snowing, we always trained."

Playing career

Club career

Terletzki made his first appearance with the first team of BFC Dynamo in the first leg of the round of 16 of the 1969-70 FDGB-Pokal against

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on 29 November 1969. He then made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the

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away against

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in the 15th mach day of the 1969-70 DDR-Oberliga on 27 March 1970. Terletzi retired from his professional career after the 1985–86 season. Altogether, he made 373 appearances in the

and scored 91 goals in the league for BFC Dynamo. He is one of the most capped player for BFC Dynamo. Terletzki served as

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for many years and celebrated eight league titles in a row with BFC Dynamo. Terletzki is today an honorary captain at BFC Dynamo.

International career

Terletzki made four appearances and scored one goal for the East German national football team. He was selected to the East German Olympic team than won the silver medal in the

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. He played all six matches in the tournament and scored three goals. Together with his teammates, he was awarded the

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in bronze the same year.

Retiring from football

BFC Dynamo was affiliated to SV Dynamo. The players of BFC Dynamo nominally employees of the

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or the

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. Terletzki was a member of the Volkspolizei, but released for football. After retiring as a fotball player, he decided to pursue a career in the police. The Volkspolizei sent him on patrol duty in Section 43 in

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. Terletzki then decided to begin education to become a real police officer. In order become a police officer, he first had to attend the police academy in

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for three years. Terletzki eventually began his career as a police officer after

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. Terlezki had completeted appenticeship as a

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at the VEB Machine Tool Building Combine "7 Oktober" (german: VEB Großdrehmaschinenbau "7.Oktober") in East Berlin. As a police office, he has worked as a clerk for weapons and equipment at the police armoury in Section 42 in

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Coaching career

Terletzi eventually returned to football as a coach. He joined SV Germania 90 Schöneiche as a coach in 1996. His time at SV Germania 90 Schöneiche was successful. SV Germania 90 Schöneiche achieved promotion from the

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to the

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in the 1999-00 season. Terletzki left SV Germania 90 Schöneiche for FSV Wacker Fürstenwalde in 2000. He then took over MSV 19 Rüdersdorf in 2001, together with the former 1. FC Union Berlin player Günter "Jimmy" Hoge. Under Terletzki and Hoge, MSV 19 Rüdersdorf achieved promotion from the

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to the

in the 2001-02 season. Terletzki left MSV 19 Rüdersdorf in 2007. He then became coach of TSG Rot-Weiß Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf in the Kreisliga Märkisch-Oderland. He eventally left TSG Rot-Weiß Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf to become the coach of the reserve team of the FSV Bernau in the Kreisliga Barnim at the beginning of 2013. Terletzki then coached TSG Rot-Weiß Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf a second time in the 2019-20 season.

Personal life

Terletzki lives in

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and still plays football. He now plays football for the

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Gallery

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at the Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum on 19 October 1974.

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