Wilhelm "Willi" Giesemann (born 2 September 1937 in Rühme, a district of

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, Germany) is a former German

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player.

Club career

After the introduction of the West German top-flight in 1963 he appeared in 104 Bundesliga matches for Hamburger SV.

International career

Half back Giesemann was part of the

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squad at the

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and played in two West German matches there. He did miss out on participation at the then forthcoming World Cup because of injury, an injury that had an effect on the duration of his ability to play top-level football in the latter stages of his career, but sustained his toughest injury just on the day of his fourteenth and last

appearance. On 6 June 1965, the West Germans played

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and battled hard to withstand the likes of

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, Ademir and

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. Brazil was still in the lead, short before the end of the match when a tackle of

saw marker Giesemann go off with a broken shinbone. And, it happened to be the famous Brazilian striker who netted the decisive second goal shortly after. Overall he won 14 caps.

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* * * * 1937 births Living people Footballers from Braunschweig German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers VfL Wolfsburg players FC Bayern Munich footballers Hamburger SV players Bundesliga players 1962 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football defenders 20th-century German sportspeople West German men's footballers {{Germany-footy-defender-1930s-stub