Uwe Bein (born 26 September 1960) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
![Uwe Bein](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Uwe_Bein.jpg)
Although, due to his reserved nature, he was never able to gain large public fame, Bein's fans and experts call him one of the most technically gifted German midfielders of his time. In his heyday Bein was regarded as the best German player to play the deadly pass.
Bein's professional career began in 1978 with
Kickers Offenbach
Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...
, before he moved to
1. FC Köln,
Hamburger SV
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and
Eintracht Frankfurt
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. He played 300 Bundesliga games and scored 91 goals in total. He also helped Köln to the
1986 UEFA Cup Final
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where his goal could not prevent them losing to Real Madrid. In 1994, he moved to Japan and started playing for
Urawa Red Diamonds
, colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...
in 1996. In 1997, he made appearances for VfB Gießen.
The biggest success in Bein's career occurred during the
1990 FIFA World Cup
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, where he played four of seven games before suffering from an injury. He scored one goal in the 5–1 win over the United Arab Emirates. He started all three group matches plus the quarter final against Czechoslovakia but did not play in the final.
He did not take part in the
Euro 92
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Denmark won the 1992 championship, having qualifi ...
. Lacking support from the German head coach
Berti Vogts
Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts (; born 30 December 1946) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga his whole professional club career and won the FIFA World Cup wi ...
, Bein finally retired from the national team in 1993, and thus did not take part in the World Cup 1994.
In total, he played 17 international matches, with three goals to his credit.
After his playing career ended he managed for half a year
Kickers Offenbach
Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs in ...
in 2005.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bein goal.''
Honours
Germany
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FIFA World Cup
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1990
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Individual
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kicker
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Bundesliga
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Team of the Season: 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
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Bundesliga
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top assist provider: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
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1960 births
Living people
People from Hersfeld-Rotenburg
German expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Association football midfielders
German footballers
German expatriate footballers
Kickers Offenbach players
1. FC Köln players
Hamburger SV players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Urawa Red Diamonds players
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Germany international footballers
FIFA World Cup-winning players
Expatriate footballers in Japan
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
J1 League players
Footballers from Hesse
Sportspeople from Kassel (region)