- Bernd Förster
Infobox Football biography
playername = Bernd Förster
fullname = Bernhard Georg Josef Förster
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|5|13
cityofbirth =Mosbach
countryofbirth =West Germany
height = height|m=1.83
position = Defender
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1974-1975
1974-1976
1976-1978
1978-1986
clubs =SV Waldhof Mannheim FC Bayern Munich 1. FC Saarbrücken VfB Stuttgart
caps(goals) = 016 0(0)
0|008 0(0)
061 0(5)
222 (20)
nationalyears = 1979-1984
nationalteam = West Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 0330 (0)Bernhard "Bernd" Georg Josef Förster (born
May 3 ,1956 inMosbach ) is a former Germanfootball (soccer) player.Defender Förster joined Bundesliga's
Bayern München from lower league outfitWaldhof Mannheim in the 1974-1975 season to switch to fellow Bundesliga side1. FC Saarbrücken ahead of the 1976-1977 campaign. A further two years later, and1. FC Saarbrücken 's relegation, he started to wear the colours ofVfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga to join up with his younger brother Karlheinz, also a defender, who had already been playing for that club. Until his retirement, Bernd Förster scored 25 goals in altogether 291 Bundesliga matches. Winning the Bundesliga title with Stuttgart in 1984, Bayern München won the European Cup twice (1975, 1976) in his spell with them.Winning his first cap for Germany in 1979 he was part of the German squad that clinched the
Euro 1980 trophy against Belgium (2-1) onJune 22 ,1980 inRome , Italy. He remained a loyal member of Germany those years, taking part also part in the1982 FIFA World Cup . His participation was notable, since his younger brother Karlheinz was also part of the German squad. In addition, both Försters were starters for Germany in that competition since the second round fixture against England atSantiago Bernabéu Stadium ,Madrid , onJune 29 . Their defending skills helped to reach the final. OnJuly 11 ,1982 , when the West German team playedItaly in the "World Cup Final", Bernd was also playing alongside his brother Karlheinz in the German defence, they became the first brothers in German football history to take part in a World Cup final since Ottmar andFritz Walter 's appearances in the victorious1954 World Cup final . However, Italy won the match (3-1), the Försters were the first brothers in German football history to end defeated on such an occasion.Bernd Förster's final of, altogether, thirty-three caps for his country took place during the 1984 UEFA European Football Championship in France, a second major tournament he shared as reputation with his brother. On
June 20 ,1984 , West Germany was eliminated from the competition by Spain through a last minute goal scored byAntonio Maceda . In this, his final appearance for Germany in his career, he was still accompanied in action by his brother Karlheinz, who joined French club Olympique de Marseille fromVfB Stuttgart just when Bernd retired in 1986.
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