Horst Assmy (29 November 1933 – 14 January 1972) was a German
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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* Forward (surname)
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. Assmy played in East Germany for
Einheit Pankow,
Motor Oberschöneweide and
Vorwärts Berlin
1. FC Frankfurt is a German football club based in Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg. The club was founded as the army club SV VP Vorwärts Leipzig in Leipzig in East Germany in 1951. The club won six East German championships as ASK Vorwärts Be ...
, and won 12 caps for the
national team, scoring 4 goals. He defected as a ''
republikflucht'' to West Germany in 1959,
appearing for
Tennis Borussia Berlin,
Schalke 04 and
Hessen Kassel.
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1933 births
1972 deaths
Footballers from Berlin
German men's footballers
East German men's footballers
East Germany men's international footballers
East German defecting sportspeople
Men's association football forwards
VfB Einheit zu Pankow players
1. FC Union Berlin players
1. FC Frankfurt players
Tennis Borussia Berlin players
FC Schalke 04 players
KSV Hessen Kassel players
DDR-Oberliga players
20th-century German people
East German emigrants to West Germany
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