Gert "Charly" Dörfel (born 18 September 1939) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker or
winger.
Playing career
Dörfel won the
1960 West German championship and spent nine seasons in the
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footbal ...
after its introduction with
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of thr ...
, where he appeared in 224 matches and scored 58 goals. In 1972, he went abroad to South Africa to play with
Highlands Park F.C.
Highlands Park Football Club was a South African professional soccer club who played in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. They were founded in 2003 as a phoenix club to the earlier Highlands Park F.C. (1959) and Highlands Park F.C. (1990) The cl ...
After one season in the
National Professional Soccer League he returned to Germany to play with
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the city of Hamburg. The club played as a second and third division side from the early 1960s on into the early 1980s before fading from sight into lower-tier ...
. Within a year he returned to South Africa, and went overseas to Canada in 1976 to play with
London City in the
National Soccer League
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.
International career
He represented
West Germany
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11 times, including at the
1962 FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers against
Northern Ireland
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(scoring two goals) and
Greece
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(scoring one goal), the
1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in ...
qualifier against
Sweden, and eight friendlies.
Personal life
His brother
Bernd Dörfel
Bernd Dörfel (born 18 December 1944) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Dörfel was born in Büsum. He spent seven seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV and Eintracht Braunschweig.
Internat ...
also played for Germany. After retiring as a footballer, he worked for many years as a
clown
A clown is a person who performs comedy and arts in a state of open-mindedness using physical comedy, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.
History
The most ancient clowns have been found in ...
with engagements at among others
Circus Krone
Circus Krone, based in Munich, is one of the largest circuses in Europe and one of the few in Western Europe (along with Cirque d'hiver de Paris, Cirque d'hiver d'Amiens and Cirque Royal in Brussels) to also occupy a building.
History
It was f ...
.
Honours
Hamburger SV
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German football championship
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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:
1960
It is also known as the " Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* J ...
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DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...
:
1962–63; runner-up:
1966–67
*
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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runner-up:
1967–68
References
External links
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1939 births
German circus performers
German clowns
Living people
Footballers from Hamburg
German footballers
Association football forwards
Germany international footballers
Bundesliga players
Hamburger SV players
London City players
Canadian National Soccer League players
West German expatriate footballers
West German expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate soccer players in Canada
Expatriate soccer players in South Africa
West German expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
Highlands Park F.C. players
West German footballers
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