Werner Voigt (born 26 June 1947) is a German

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coach and former player. Voigt joined the youth department of BFC Dynamo in 1964. One if his coaches was former East German national

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. Voigt eventually made his first appearance with the first team of BFC Dynamo in the second round of the 1967-68 FDGB-Pokal against HFC Chemie on 26 December 1967. He then made 10 appearances for BFC Dynamo in the 1967-68 DDR-Liga Nord. Voigt made his debut for BFC Dynamo in the

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against

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in the fourth matchday of the 1968-69 DDR-Oberliga on 7 September 1968. He would make a number of appearances for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga in the following seasons. Voigt was then transferred to sports community FSG Dynamo Frankfurt in 1969. FSG Dynamo Frankfurt played in the third tier Bezirksliga at the time. Voigt returned to BFC Dynamo in 1970, where he joined the reserve team BFC Dynamo II in the second tier

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. He would also make a number of appearances with the first team in the 1970-71 DDR-Oberliga. Voigt was then registered in squad of the first team in 1971, but would only make two appearances in the 1971-72 DDR-Oberliga. He was transferred back to the reserve team BFC Dynamo II in 1972. However, he would again make a number of appearances with the first team in the 1972-73 DDR-Oberliga. Voigt was eventually transferred to

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in 1973. 1. FC Union Berlin played in the second tier DDR-Liga at the time. Voigt played 61 league- and cupmatches for 1. FC Union Berlin, before he was transferred to SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde in 1975. Voigt played for SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde in the second tier DDR-Liga, before he again returned to BFC Dynamo in 1976. He eventually retired as a player in 1977. Voigt had played numerous matches for the reserve team BFC Dynamo II during his career, but he had also played a total of 25 matches and scored 2 goals for BFC Dynamo in the first tier

. After retiring as a player he became a certified sports teacher and worked as a youth coch at BFC Dynamo. He was one of the coaches responsible for the training of the future star

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. Voigt then successfully led the reserve team for six years. BFC Dynamo II became a top team in the second tier

under Voigt. Voigt then became the coach of F.C. Hansa Rostock in 1986. Voigt led F.C. Hansa Rostock back to the

in 1987, a final in the

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and participation in the

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. He was replaced by Uwe Reinders in 1990. The club wanted a coach from

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. Reinders continued to build on Voigt's work. F.C. Hansa Rostock eventually became East German champions in 1990. His 70th birthday in 2017 was celebrated by both BFC Dynamo and 1. FC Union Berlin. Voigt spent a total of 22 years at BFC Dynamo.

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