Ralf Sträßer (born 20 June 1958) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Career
Born in
Berlin
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, Sträßer began playing football for the BSG Post Berlin at eight years old and joined the
youth department the
BFC Dynamo
Berliner Fussball Club Dynamo e. V., commonly abbreviated to BFC Dynamo () or BFC (), alternatively sometimes called Dynamo Berlin, is a German football club based in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen of the borough of Lichtenberg of Ber ...
two years later. He took the leap into the first team of BFC Dynamo, after making appearance for the second team in the
DDR-Liga
The DDR-Liga (English: GDR League or ''East German League'') was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the second level of football competition in the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik or German Democratic Republic, commonly East Germany), bei ...
. He made his debut for the first team of BFC Dynamo against
FC Vorwärts Frankfurt
1. Fußballclub Frankfurt (Oder) E. V. e. V., commonly known as 1. FC Frankfurt, is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg. The club was founded as the Armeesportvereinigung Vorwärts, army club SV VP V ...
in the 11th match day of the
1976–77 season on 2 December 1976. Sträßer scored his first goal for BFC Dynamo in the DDR-Oberliga on the East German national goalkeeper
Jürgen Croy
Jürgen Croy (born 19 October 1946) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He made 86 appearances for the East Germany national football team, East Germany ...
away against BSG Sachsenring Zwickau in the following matchday.
Sträßer played in the
East German top division for BFC Dynamo,
1. FC Union Berlin and
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena () is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Founded in 1903, it was initially associated with the optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won ...
. In 226 matches he managed to score 68 goals. He became six times
East German football champion in a row with BFC Dynamo.
Sträßer, who was part of the
East German Under 21 team which won the silver medal at the
European Under-21 Championship 1980, won four caps for
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
.
He is the father of
Carsten Sträßer.
References
External links
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Ralf Sträßer – Union Berlin profileat immerunioner.de
1958 births
Living people
German men's footballers
East German men's footballers
East Germany men's international footballers
East Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Berliner FC Dynamo players
1. FC Union Berlin players
FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 players
SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
German football managers
DDR-Oberliga players
Footballers from Berlin
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