Herbert Waas (born 8 September 1963) is a German former

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who played as a striker, and won 11 caps for

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, scoring once.

Club career

Waas spent the most prolific time of his career with

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, with whom he won the

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. Waas was the club's first German international, and Bild named him in a list of the club's top 50 all-time players. In the

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he scored 74 goals in 247 matches. At the end of Waas' stint with Bayer Leverkusen, new manager

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froze him out of the playing squad as the club put him up for sale in a cost-cutting move.

International career

Waas made his debut for the West Germany national team on 6 July 1983 in a 4–2 friendly home win against

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. He scored his first and final goal in a 2–2 home friendly draw against

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three years later.

Career statistics

:''Score and result list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Waas goal.''

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* * * 1963 births Living people People from Passau Footballers from Lower Bavaria German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's international footballers UEFA Europa League winning players TSV 1860 Munich players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Bologna FC 1909 players Hamburger SV players FC Zürich players Dynamo Dresden players Bundesliga players Serie A players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland West German men's footballers West German expatriate men's footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{germany-footy-forward-1960s-stub