Peter Reichel (born 30 November 1951) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
right-back.
Reichel was born in
Gießen. He signed a professional contract at
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
in 1970. On the first matchday he debuted in the
Bundesliga and became immediately a regular. In
1974
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and
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
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he won the
DFB-Pokal trophy. In 1979, an invalidity stopped him to continue his career at the ''Eagle'' squad and he subsequently could only carry on in the reserve team. Totally he amounted 225 Bundesliga appearances, netting nine times. Bundestrainer
Helmut Schön capped him twice for
Germany. On 20 December 1975, he came in as a substitute for
Bernard Dietz
Bernard Dietz (born 22 March 1948) is a German former football player and manager. He captained the West Germany national team to victory in the UEFA Euro 1980.
Club career
A defender in his professional career, Bernard Dietz played in 495 B ...
in the 74th minute in a friendly against
Turkey. Germany won in
Istanbul 5–0. His second cap came on 24 April 1976 in the quarter-final fixture of the
Euro 76 in
Madrid against
Spain.
Again he came in for Bernard Dietz. The result was 1–1 and Germany advanced to the semi-finals. However, he was not included in the squad for the final tournament (semi finals and final).
Honours
Eintracht Frankfurt
*
DFB-Pokal
** Winner:
1973–74,
1974–75
References
1951 births
German men's footballers
Germany men's international footballers
Germany men's B international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Living people
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Bundesliga players
West German men's footballers
People from Giessen
Footballers from Giessen (region)
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