Manfred Manglitz (born 8 March 1940) is a German former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

who played as a

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. Outspoken Manglitz was one of a handful of West Germany international footballers (including Klaus Fichtel,

Bernd Patzke Bernd Patzke (born 14 March 1943) is a German former football player and manager. The defender was twice a squad member of the West Germany national team for FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1966 in England and 1970 in Mexico. Altogether he won 2 ...

etc.) involved in the match fixing '' Bundesligaskandal'' in 1971, in consequence receiving a lifetime ban from the ordinary courts of the

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. He had been, beforehand, a member of the West Germany squad at

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, playing four times for his country from 1965 to 1970.

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1940 births Living people German men's footballers Footballers from Cologne Men's association football goalkeepers Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players MSV Duisburg players 1. FC Köln players West German men's footballers {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub