Klaus Fischer

German footballer

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Key facts

1971: West Germany U-23
1990: → Schalke 04 (interim)
1992: → Schalke 04 (interim)
Date of birth: ( 1949-12-27 ) 27 December 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth: Kreuzstraßl, West Germany
Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position: Forward
1958 1961: SC Kreuzstraßl
1961 1968: SC Zwiesel
Years: Team
1968 1970: 1860 Munich
1970 1981: Schalke 04
1981 1984: 1. FC Köln
1984 1988: VfL Bochum
1977 1982: West Germany
1988 1989: VfL Bochum (assistant)
1989 1992: Schalke 04 (assistant)
1992 1995: Schalke 04 II

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Klaus
Family name: Fischer
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Lindberg
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: German
Participant in: 1978 FIFA World Cup
Sport: association football
Member of team: Germany national under-21 football team
Position played: forward
League: Bundesliga
Country for sport: Germany
Mass: 72
Image: Klaus Fischer 2013-06-29.jpg
Height: 178

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date of birth: 1949-12-27
Commons category: Klaus Fischer (footballer)
end of work period: 1988-00-00
start of work period: 1968-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former professional footballer and coach. He was a key player on the West Germany national team that lost the 1982 World Cup final to Italy. As a forward, he was noted for his bicycle kicks, and scored a spectacular overhead kick equalizer in extra-time of a 1982 World Cup semi-final against France.

Club career

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