Wilfried Gröbner (born 18 December 1949) is a German former footballer and coach who was part of

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

's gold medal-winning team at the 1976 Olympics.

Club career

The defender played 230 East German top-flight matches for Lokomotive Leipzig.

International career

Between 1976 and 1979 he was part of the East Germany national team. His only appearance for the East Germany Olympic team, during this era still counted as a full international when it was played against another A squad (in this case

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), was in 1976 the Gold Medal match at the Montreal Olympics. East German won this encounter against

3-1 and became Olympic champion.

Coaching career

Gröbner later was at the coaching helm for Rot-Weiß Erfurt and

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* 1949 births Living people People from Eilenburg German men's footballers East German men's footballers East Germany men's international footballers Footballers from Saxony Men's association football defenders 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players East German football managers German football managers FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt managers DDR-Oberliga players Olympic footballers for East Germany Olympic medalists in football Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze {{Germany-footy-defender-1940s-stub