Winfried Berkemeier (born 22 January 1953 in Gronau (Westf.)) is a former

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. This midfielder and forward played six seasons in the Bundesliga for four teams. Though he was unable to break through with 1. FC Köln, he played with

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and through the whole of his first season only missed one game. Berkemeier had little luck, however, since with four of the teams he joined, they were to immediately be demoted from the 1. Bundesliga, amongst these occasions being in 1977 with Tennis Borussia Berlin, in 1979 with 1. FC Nürnberg and in 1981 with

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. Berkemeier then moved to Switzerland and played for Young Boys and then for

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before he became a manager in 1984. He joined Basel's first team for their 1982–83 season under trainer

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. After three test matches and four matches in the

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, Berkemeier played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at the

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on 14 August 1982 as Basel were defeated 0–1 by the Young Boys. He scored his first goal for his club on 18 September in the away game against Xamax, but this could not save the team from a 2–3 defeat. During his time with Basel, Berkemeier played a total of 41 games for Basel scoring a total of eight goals. 22 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, three in the

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, four in the

and 12 were friendly games. He scored two goals in the domestic league, two in the cup and the other four were scored during the test games. After his time in Basel Berkemeier moved to FC Raron and became

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* * 1953 births Living people People from Borken (district) Sportspeople from Münster (region) German footballers Association football midfielders Association football forwards Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 1. FC Köln players Tennis Borussia Berlin players 1. FC Nürnberg players FC Schalke 04 players BSC Young Boys players FC Basel players German football managers Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia People from Gronau, North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub