Jürgen Pahl
Jürgen Pahl (born 17 March 1956 in Teuchern, East Germany) is a German former football goalkeeper. He fled together with Norbert Nachtweih from a match of the East Germany under-21 team to West Germany[2] and was subsequently banned for a year. He played from 1978 to 1987 in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt[3] and won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup and 1980–81 DFB-Pokal with them.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jürgen Pahl | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Teuchern, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1976 | Chemie Halle | ||
| 1976–1987 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 152 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Çaykur Rizespor | 60 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Pahl now lives in Paraguay.[4]
See also
- List of Eastern Bloc defectors
References
- "Jürgen Pahl". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Ich bin ein optimistischer Apokalyptiker" (in German). Spiegel Online. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Jürgen Pahl" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- "Der Torwart, der aus der DDR und aus Deutschland floh" [The goalkeeper who fled from GDR and Germany]. Zeit Online (in German). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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