Dieter Schlindwein

Dieter Schlindwein

Personal information
Full name	Dieter Schlindwein
Date of birth	(1961-02-07) February 7, 1961
Place of birth	Karlsdorf, Germany
Height
Position(s)	Fullback
Youth career
-1977	FC Germania 06 Karlsdorf
1977-1978	Waldhof Mannheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978-1986	Waldhof Mannheim	221	(17)
1986-1987	Werder Bremen	3	(0)
1987-1989	Eintracht Frankfurt	32	(1)
1989-1996	FC St. Pauli	144	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Schlindwein (born February 7, 1961) is a former German football player.

Player

The qualified industrial clerk played on the Fullback position. Due to his rough playing style he earned the nickname Eisen-Dieter - Iron Dieter.

Clubs

In his youth he played for FC Germania 06 Karlsdorf. With SV Waldhof Mannheim, who signed him in 1977, he promoted in 1983-84 to the Bundesliga auf. In 1986 he moved to Werder Bremen but stayed just one season appearing only three times. He joined Eintracht Frankfurt for their 1987-88 campaign and won with SGE DFB-Pokal in 1988. From 1989-90 he played for FC St. Pauli, where he captained the squad. His last professional match took place on March 16, 1996 statt: Against Borussia Mönchengladbach (result 0-2) he bid farewell with a red card.

In total he had taken part in 186 Bundesliga and 214 second tier fixtures.

Caps

Schlindwein was capped five times for the German under-21 and once for the German national amateur team and once in the German olympic team that took part at the Olympic games in Los Angeles).

Controversity

Schlindwein caused a scandal in 1994 when he abused his club fellow Leonardo Manzi from Brazil as "black prick" while being in a training camp with FC St. Pauli.

External links

• Dieter Schlindwein at eintracht-archiv.de