Hans-Jürgen Dörner

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

Personal information
Full name	Hans-Jürgen Dörner
Date of birth	25 January 1951 (1951-01-25) (age 60)
Place of birth	Görlitz, East Germany
Playing position	Full-back / Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Dynamo Dresden (Scout)
Youth career
1960–1967	Motor WAMA Görlitz
1967–1968	Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1968–1985	Dynamo Dresden	400	(70)
National team
1969–1985	East Germany	100	(9)
Teams managed
1985–1990	East Germany Under-23
1996–1997	SV Werder Bremen
1998–1999	FSV Zwickau
2000–2001	Al-Ahly
2001–2003	VfB Leipzig
2006–2010	Radebeuler BC 08
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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Hans-Jürgen „Dixie“ Dörner (born 25 January 1951 in Görlitz, East Germany) is a former German football player and who now coaches. He distinguished himself during his career by being named East Germany's player of the year three times (1977, 1984 and 1985) - the only East German player to do this besides goalkeeper Jürgen Croy.

Dörner's playing career began in 1960 with amateur club BSG Energie WAMA Görlitz and he joined Dynamo Dresden in 1968 where he won 5 first division DDR-Oberliga titles and 5 FDGB Cups (East German Cup), twice winning the DDR-Oberliga and FDGB Pokal double. He captained Dynamo Dresden from 1977 to his retirement, and is the clubs most decorated captain and he was voted the teams greatest ever player in 1999.

During his time at Dynamo Dresden the club only finished outside the top 3 in the DDR-Oberliga once which was in the season 1982-83 when they finished 7th.

He captained the team to their best European seasons, twice reaching the Quarter finals of the European Clubs' Champions Cup in 1977 & 1979. He also guided his team to Quarter finals in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup and both the 1984/85 & the 1985/86 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. This was seen as a big success against teams from europes big leagues. Dörner scored an amazing 70 goals in 400 games for Dynamo Dresden which is a record for a defender in the DDR-Oberliga.

He was capped 100 times for East Germany, winning a gold medal as part of that country's team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

His time as a player ended in summer 1985 and he first took on the role of trainer for the East German Olympic squad in 1990. After German re-unification he coached the Olympic youth side of the united country. From 6 January 1996 until 20 August 1997 he was the trainer for Bundesliga club SV Werder Bremen. From 2006 to 2010 he coached Radebeuler BC 08 in the city league known as the Bezirksliga Dresden.

Honours

Olympic medal record Competitor for  East Germany Men’s Football Gold Montreal 1976 Team Competition

• East German champions DDR-Oberliga winners (5): 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978.
• East German vice-champions DDR-Oberliga (5): 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985.
• East German Cup FDGB Pokal winners (5): 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985.

External links

• Olympic matches at fifa.com
• International Appearance record at www.rsssf.com
• 2nd most capped Player
• 3 times Player of the year

Persondata
Name	Dörner, Hans-Jürgen
Alternative names
Short description	German football player and coach
Date of birth	25 January 1951
Place of birth	Görlitz, GDR
Date of death
Place of death