Heinrich "Heinz" Kwiatkowski (16 July 1926 – 23 May 2008) was a German football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He was born in Gelsenkirchen. He was a member of the

West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

team that won the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzer ...

. He also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned four caps for West Germany. During his club career he played for FC Schalke 04, Rot-Weiß Essen and

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...

. He won the

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with Dortmund in 1956 and 1957. He died in Dortmund. As a

, Kwiatkowski's specialty was to fist the ball away, which earned him the nickname "Heini Fausten".

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