Norbert Nigbur

Norbert Nigbur

Personal information
Date of birth	8 May 1948 (1948-05-08) (age 63)
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	goalkeeper
Youth career
	SV Gelsenkirchen 06
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1966–1976	FC Schalke 04	289	(0)
1976–1979	Hertha BSC	101	(0)
1979–1983	FC Schalke 04	104	(0)
1983–1984	VfB Hüls		(0)
1984–1985	Rot-Weiss Essen	27	(0)
National team
1974–1980	West Germany	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Norbert Nigbur (born 8 May 1948 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany) is a former German international football player.^[1]

The goalkeeper joined Gelsenkirchen's biggest club, FC Schalke 04, from tiny SV Gelsenkirchen 06 in 1966, playing 456 matches in the Bundesliga for Schalke and Hertha BSC in between 1966 and 1983, being the first first-team player from Schalke joining the club from Berlin after the Bundesligaskandal in 1970–1971. His biggest success on club level was the German Cup trophy with hometown side Schalke 04 in 1972. In the 1980s and after the end of his last Schalke contract, Nigbur played for teams as VfB Hüls, Rot-Weiss Essen and FC Luthenberg outside the top two German divisions.

He was capped on six occasions by West Germany,^[2] and was a member of the West German squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Norbert Nigbur" (in German). fussballdaten.de. http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/nigburnorbert/. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
2. ^ "National Football Teams stats". national-football-teams.com. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=18011. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 
3. ^ "West Germany's World Cup squad 1974". Planet World Cup. http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1974/squad_ger74.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 

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Name	Nigbur, Norbert
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Date of birth	8 May 1948
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
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