Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin (also spelled Hans-Ullrich Grapenthin, born 2 September 1943) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Obe ...
in 308
Oberliga matches. He was an
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
international between 1975 and 1981,
winning 21 caps, and was part of the gold-medal winning squad at the
1976 Olympics. He was
East German Footballer of the Year
The title Footballer of the Year (German: ''Fußballer des Jahres'') has been awarded in Germany since 1960. Eligible are German players as well as non-German players playing in Germany. In 1996, the title Women's Footballer of the Year (German ...
in 1980 and 1981.
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1943 births
Living people
People from Wolgast
People from the Province of Pomerania
German footballers
East German footballers
Footballers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
East Germany international footballers
Association football goalkeepers
FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
DDR-Oberliga players
Olympic footballers of East Germany
Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
People from Bezirk Rostock
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