Günter Schröter (May 3, 1927 – February 10, 2016), often nicknamed Moppel, was a German

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player and coach who appeared in 39 matches for

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Career

Early years

He began playing football at young age. He played his first football matches for the youth teams of Brandenburger BC. Schröter was drafted into the

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before his 17th birthday. He was sent to participate in

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as part the last contingent supposed to defend Germany. Schröter was captured by Allied forces in 1945 and sent to work in an underground Polish coal mine.

Playing career

Schröter was released from captivity in 1948. He then returned to football. Schröter played for BSG Konsum Brandenburg before he joined

SG Volkspolizei Potsdam SG Volkspolizei Potsdam, also known as SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Potsdam was an East German sports community based in Potsdam, Bezirk Potsdam (present day Brandenburg). The club was founded in 1948 and its football department existed until 1952. Lik ...

in 1949. Schröter was then delegated to SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden in 1950. He played as a

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for

SG Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, are a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

from 1950 to 1954 and then for

SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was disbanded after German reunification and even ...

from 1954 to 1963. He won the

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in the 1952-53 season with SG Dynamo Dresden and the

1959 FDGB-Pokal The 1959 FDGB-Pokal was the eleventh edition of the FDGB-Pokal. The competition started with a qualifying round comprising the 30 finalists of the 15 regional district cups (german: Bezirkspokal), 54 teams from the third tier II. DDR-Liga and 14 ...

with SC Dynamo Berlin.

Later career

After retiring from his playing career, Schröter continued as assistant coach for SC Dynamo Berlin from 1963 to 1965. He then became the assistant coach for

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in 1969. He was promoted to coach in 1972. He served as coach for one year. Schröter then served as assistant coach of the reserve team BFC Dynamo II. He was also a trainer in the youth academy of BFC Dynamo. Schröter was one of the trainers responsible for shaping stars like

Andreas Thom Andreas Thom (born 7 September 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward for BFC Dynamo, Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic and Hertha BSC. He played 51 times for East Germany throughout the 1980s and played ten times for ...

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