Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935)

Jürgen Werner (15 August 1935 – 28 May 2002) was a German football player, journalist and official.

Jürgen Werner
Personal information
Full name Jürgen Werner
Date of birth (1935-08-15)15 August 1935
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Date of death 28 May 2002(2002-05-28) (aged 66)
Place of death Hamburg, Germany
Playing position(s) full back
Youth career
Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1963 Hamburger SV 169 (14)
National team
1961–1963 Germany 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Werner, a midfield player, came from the youth of Hamburger SV right into the first team, in a similar path to Uwe Seeler did, and, for his eight years of first-team experience between 1955 and 1963, has the 1960 German Championship title to prove his credentials. He refused to sign a professional contract in 1963, and was to become a teacher, retiring from the game of football. He also played a part-time role as journalist for weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and later became the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the German Football Association, a role he took up in 1986. In the second half of the 1990s, he was a member of HSV's supervisory board.

Werner played four games for the German team, between 1961 and 1963, and was picked for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, however, due to a training injury, did not pick up a World Cup appearance.

He was a technically sound half back and intelligent player, who later became headmaster for lawyer education in Hamburg.[1]

Jürgen Werner died of cancer on 28 May 2002. In honour of Jürgen Werner, the academy of Hamburger SV got named Jürgen Werner Schule.

References

  1. Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 537.


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