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![]() Dieter Erler in 1964 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 May 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Glauchau, Germany | ||
Date of death | 10 April 1998 | (aged 58)||
Place of death | Chemnitz, Germany | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1953–1957 | BSG Chemie Glauchau | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1957–1958 | BSG Wismut Gera | 0 | (0) |
1959–1965 | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 112 | (36) |
1965–1972 | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 179 | (18) |
Total | 291 | (52) | |
International career | |||
1959–1968 | East Germany | 47 | (12) |
Managerial career | |||
1974–1975 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dieter Erler (28 May 1939 in Glauchau – 10 April 1998 in Chemnitz) was a German footballer.[1]
He began his footballing career with BSG Chemie Glauchau in 1953. He was transferred to BSG Wismut Gera for the 1957 season and then after two seasons[2] moved to sports club SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in January 1959. Erler was both a playmaker and a goalscoring midfielder.
In 1963, Erler moved to SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, where he played alongside the player described by Pelé as the best left-winger in the world at the time: Eberhard Vogel. In 1966–67 the team was crowned DDR-Oberliga champion.
Between 1959 and 1972 he played for SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and then FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. During his career he gained between 1959 and 1968[3] 47 international caps and scored 12 goals for East Germany.[4]
He was voted GDR footballer of the year in 1967.
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental[b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
BSG Wismut Gera | 1958 | DDR-Oberliga | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1959 | DDR-Oberliga | 26 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 8 |
1960 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 6 | ||
1961–62 | 39 | 16 | 2 | 1 | – | 41 | 17 | |||
1962–63 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | – | 28 | 9 | |||
Total | 112 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 132 | 40 | ||
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1963–64 | DDR-Oberliga | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 4 | |
1964–65 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | |||
1965–66 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 29 | 2 | |||
1966–67 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 15 | |||
1967–68 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
1968–69 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 20 | 3 | |||
1969–70 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 27 | 1 | |||
1970–71 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
1971–72 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | |||
Total | 179 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 201 | 19 | ||
Career total | 291 | 54 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 333 | 59 |
East Germany national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1959 | 2 | 0 |
1960 | 6 | 1 |
1961 | 7 | 3 |
1962 | 8 | 4 |
1963 | 4 | 1 |
1964 | 1 | 0 |
1965 | 6 | 0 |
1966 | 6 | 3 |
1967 | 6 | 0 |
1968 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 47 | 12 |