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Wolfgang Fahrian (31 May 1941 – 13 April 2022) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1]

Wolfgang Fahrian

Personal information
Date of birth	(1941-05-31)31 May 1941
Place of birth	Klingenstein (now Blaustein), Württemberg, Germany
Date of death	13 April 2022(2022-04-13) (aged 80)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	TuS Klingenstein
	TSG Ulm 1846
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1964	TSG Ulm 1846 (at times OL Süd)
1964–1966	Hertha BSC	25	(0)
1966–1967	1860 Munich	8	(0)
1967–1969	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1969–1976	Fortuna Köln	85	(0)
National team
1962–1964	West Germany	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Having been a defender initially, Fahrian was trained as a goalkeeper following a goalkeeper shortage at TSG Ulm 1846 in the early 1960s. Although impressive in his new role, his call-up by Sepp Herberger for the West Germany national team clash against Uruguay in April 1962 caused a great stir due to the fact he was not a top-division player at that time. In the fixture he kept a clean sheet, something that saw him brought into West Germany's 1962 FIFA World Cup squad. Despite his first cap seeing an impressive performance, it was expected that Hans Tilkowski would be the undoubted first choice for Herberger's West Germany side and Fahrian would just be taken as a reserve goalkeeper. However, Fahrian shocked Germany as he was chosen to be the starting goalkeeper for all the matches in this World Cup.

However, the 1962 FIFA World Cup brought disappointing results for West Germany, reaching the Quarter-final stage, which coincided with Fahrian's faltering career from then on. Several moves later, he retired after just 67 appearances in the Bundesliga. He played for the West Germany national team until 1964, earning ten caps.[2]

Career as a sports agent

Fahrian became a sports agent at the end of his career, finding great success in that area. In 2006, he worked as executive for ROGON Sportmanagement, one of the leading agencies in German football with clients such as Kevin Kurányi, Marcelo Bordon, Fabian Ernst, Halil Altıntop, Tim Wiese, Roque Junior and others.

Death

Fahrian died from pneumonia on 13 April 2022, aged 80.[3]

Honours

TSV 1860 Munich

• Bundesliga runner-up: 1966–67

References

External links

• Wolfgang Fahrian at WorldFootball.net
• Wolfgang Fahrian at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Wolfgang Fahrian at National-Football-Teams.com
• ROGON Sportmanagement

На других языках

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[de] Wolfgang Fahrian

Wolfgang Fahrian (* 31. Mai 1941 in Klingenstein, heute zu Blaustein; † 12. April 2022[2]) war ein deutscher Fußballspieler und Spielervermittler. Bundestrainer Sepp Herberger setzte den damaligen Torwart der TSG Ulm 1846 bei der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1962 in Chile in allen vier Partien der deutschen Mannschaft ein. Insgesamt spielte Fahrian von 1962 bis 1964 zehnmal für die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft.

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- [en] Wolfgang Fahrian

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[es] Wolfgang Fahrian

Wolfgang Fahrian (Klingenstein, 31 de mayo de 1941 - Blaustein, 13 de abril de 2022)[1] fue un futbolista alemán, que jugaba de portero y militó en diversos clubes de Alemania.

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[it] Wolfgang Fahrian

Wolfgang Fahrian (Blaustein, 31 maggio 1941 – 13 aprile 2022) è stato un calciatore tedesco occidentale, di ruolo portiere.

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