Jürgen Wilhelm (born 2 November 1950) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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for

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

in the

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. He is best known for scoring the Goal of the Year in Germany in 1983, while playing for amateur third division side

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Playing career

Early career

As a player for amateur side SC 09 Oberlahnstein, Wilhelm played one game for the German national amateur football team, a 4–2 loss to Luxembourg on 3 March 1971.

Borussia Dortmund

Wilhelm made his Bundesliga debut on 13 November 1971 in a 4–0 home defeat for Borussia against

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. He scored his first of three Bundesliga goals against

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on 6 May 1972. He scored two more goals against

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in the last game of the season but was unable to prevent Borussia's first relegation from the Bundesliga. In total, he made seven appearances for the club in his sole Bundesliga season, scoring three goals. He stayed for one more season with the club in the tier-two

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, before moving on to

Eintracht Bad Kreuznach Eintracht Bad Kreuznach is a Football in Germany, German association football club from city of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate. They are among the most successful amateur football teams in southwestern Germany but, after a couple of consecu ...

Eintracht Bad Kreuznach

With Eintracht, he won the tier-three

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in 1975 and earned promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga Süd. The club lasted for only one season at this level before having to return to the Amateurliga. It was Jürgen Wilhelm's last appearance in professional football.

BFV Hassia Bingen

In 1982, he joined Oberliga Südwest side Hassia Bingen. On 2 October 1983 he scored a goal for the club against

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that was voted as the Goal of the Month by German television station ARD. This goal then went on to win the Goal of the Year award.

Coaching career

Wilhelm returned to Eintracht Bad Kreuznach as coach in the 1995–96 season. In the 1997–98 season, he coached FC Bavaria Ebernburg, which, despite its name, it not a club from

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but rather one from the former Bavarian Palatinate. He coached the lower-league amateur side FSV Bretzenheim until 2009, when the club was relegated to the Bezirksklasse (VIII) and he was dismissed.

Career statistics

References

External links

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ARD website – Goal of the year 1983
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