Werner Friese (30 March 1946 – 28 September 2016) was a German football player. He was part of the East German team for its only World Cup appearance in West Germany 1974, as a backup

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 ...

. However, he did not earn any caps for East Germany. He also played for

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig, Saxony. The club may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Lei ...

.Torwartlegende Werner Friese gestorben

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1946 births 2016 deaths German men's footballers East German men's footballers East Germany men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 1974 FIFA World Cup players 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players Dresdner SC players FC Sachsen Leipzig players DDR-Oberliga players German expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Footballers from Dresden FC Shakhtar Donetsk non-playing staff {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub