Reinhard "Stan" Libuda (10 October 1943 – 25 August 1996) was a German

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playing on the

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Career

Libuda was born in Wendlinghausen near

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. His tremendous skill as a dribbler was a major factor in

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's 1966

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championship and the West Germany national team's hard-won qualification and its third-place finish in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1966 he scored the final goal against

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to earn a 2–1 extra time victory for Dortmund. Libuda played for FC Schalke 04 from 1961 until 1976 with two interruptions: from 1965 until 1968 he played for Borussia Dortmund, and 1972–73 for RC Strasbourg. Between 1963 and 1971, Libuda gained 26 caps for the West Germany national team and scored three goals. In the German

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he played 264 games and scored 28 goals for FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund. Later he was involved in the '' Bundesligaskandal'' of 1971. The shy Libuda later suffered from cancer, and died from the complications of a stroke in Gelsenkirchen. Libuda gained his nickname "Stan" after the English player

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who played in the same position and who was widely praised for his dribbling skills. Fans of Schalke used a 1960s slogan of a

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''Nobody is able to evade Jesus'' to expand it with – ''except Stan Libuda''. The slogan is part of a musical made about Schalke.

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Honours

Borussia Dortmund *

: 1965–66 Schalke 04 *

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: 1971–72 West Germany *

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third place:

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* * 1943 births 1996 deaths German footballers West German footballers Germany international footballers Germany under-21 international footballers West German expatriate footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France FC Schalke 04 players Borussia Dortmund players RC Strasbourg Alsace players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players Ligue 1 players Association football forwards Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{germany-footy-forward-1940s-stub