Edgar Schmitt
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 April 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Rittersdorf, West Germany | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1984–1987 | FSV Salmrohr | 31 | (4) |
1987–1988 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 22 | (0) |
1988–1991 | Eintracht Trier | ? | (?) |
1991–1993 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | (10) |
1993–1997 | Karlsruher SC | 72 | (21) |
1997–1998 | Fortuna Köln | 25 | (8) |
Total | 180 | (43) | |
Managerial career | |||
2007–2008 | VfR Aalen | ||
2008–2009 | Stuttgarter Kickers | ||
2010 | Uerdingen 05 | ||
2011–2012 | TSV Essingen | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edgar Schmitt (born 29 April 1963) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He notably scored four goals in Karlsruher SC's 7–0 win against Valencia CF in the second round of the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, a win which came to be known as the "Wunder vom Wildpark".[1][2] That season he also became the competition's top scorer with 8 goals, alongside Dennis Bergkamp.[3] Following his retirement as a player, he went into coaching and was most recently manager of TSV Essingen.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "25 Jahre nach dem "Wunder vom Wildpark"". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Uefa-Cup-Historie: Die Geburt des Euro-Eddy". Der Spiegel (in German). 28 December 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Feichtner, Andreas (2 November 2018). "Vier Loopings, vier Tore, eine Legende". Volksfreund (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Edgar Schmitt". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Bitburg-Prüm
- German men's footballers
- West German men's footballers
- Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate
- Men's association football forwards
- 1. FC Saarbrücken players
- SV Eintracht Trier 05 players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Karlsruher SC players
- SC Fortuna Köln players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- German football managers
- 3. Liga managers
- VfR Aalen managers
- Stuttgarter Kickers managers
- KFC Uerdingen 05 managers
- German football forward, 1960s birth stubs