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Heinrich Schmidtgal (Kazakh: Генрих Шмидтгаль; born 20 November 1985) is a Kazakhstani former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Heinrich Schmidtgal

Schmidtgal in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Heinrich Schmidtgal
Date of birth	(1985-11-20) 20 November 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth	Esik, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	FC Hövelriege
0000–2004	SC Verl
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	SC Verl	102	(15)
2007–2009	VfL Bochum	0	(0)
2007–2009	→ VfL Bochum II	61	(8)
2009–2011	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	51	(5)
2011–2013	Greuther Fürth	44	(4)
2013–2015	Fortuna Düsseldorf	18	(0)
2015–2016	FSV Frankfurt	0	(0)
Total		276	(32)
National team
2010–2015	Kazakhstan	14	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Born in Esik, Kazakh SSR, Schmidtgal emigrated with his parents at the age of two from the former Soviet Union and settled in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock in East Westphalia in North Rhine-Westphalia.[1]

Club career

Early career

Schmidtgal started to play football at FC Hövelriege and move from there to the youth of SC Verl.[2] On 27 August 2003, the second matchday of the Oberliga Westfalen, he made his debut for the first team in the 3–2 defeat against FC Gütersloh. In this season, where he was still a youth player, he came to a total of ten appearances. In the next season, he achieved a place in the starting eleven and came to 29 appearances. He showed above average performance and thus aroused the interest from clubs in higher leagues, among those VfL Bochum who signed him.[3] Schmidtgal had previously contributed to Verl's promotion to the Regionalliga, the then third division.

VfL Bochum

In Bochum, he played for the second team and did only train with the first team, which was playing in the Bundesliga.[1]

Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

In summer of 2009, Schmidtgal left VfL Bochum and signed for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen the 2. Bundesliga.

Greuther Fürth

For the 2011–12 season he joined SpVgg Greuther Fürth with a two-year contract.

Fortuna Düsseldorf

In 2013, Schmidtgal moved on to Fortuna Düsseldorf.

FSV Frankfurt

In June 2015 he signed a two-year contract with FSV Frankfurt.

Schmidtgal retired from playing in 2016 due to cartilage damage.[4]

International career

In 2008 Bernd Storck, the newly appointed manager of the Kazakhstan national team, researched German players born in Kazakhstan.[5] This research revealed Sergei Karimov, Juri Judt, Konstantin Engel and Heinrich Schmidtgal.[5] On 3 September 2010, Schmidtgal made his debut for the Kazakhstan national team in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Turkey.[6] Schmidtgal was not entitled by UEFA rules to play for the Kazakhstan national team in second qualifier game against Austria in Vienna, as Schmidtgal had not yet completed obtaining Kazakhstani citizenship and was only in possession of preliminary id (a provisional document not valid outside Kazakhstan).[5] This issue was later resolved by Schmidtgal gaining dual citizenship (German-Kazakhstani).[5]

During his 12th appearance for the Kazakhstan, Schmidtgal scored his first international goal in a 4–1 loss against Germany during the group stage of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.[7] That match took place in Nuremberg, which has become contiguous with Fürth, where he played his club fotball at the time.

International goal

Scores and results list Kazakhstan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Schmidtgal goal.[8]

International goal scored by Heinrich Schmidtgal

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2013	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany	Germany	1–3	1–4	2014 World Cup qualifier

References

External links

• Heinrich Schmidtgal at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Heinrich Schmidtgal at kicker.de (in German)
• Heinrich Schmidtgal – UEFA competition record (archive)

На других языках

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- [en] Heinrich Schmidtgal

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[es] Heinrich Schmidtgal

Heinrich Schmidtgal (Cirílico: Генрих Шмидтгаль, Romanización: Genrikh Shmidtgal; Esik, RSS de Kazajistán, 20 de noviembre de 1985) es un exfutbolista de Kazajistán, de origen alemán, que jugaba de defensa.

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[fr] Heinrich Schmidtgal

Heinrich Schmidtgal (en cyrillique : Шмидтгаль Генрих Нурланович) est un footballeur international kazakhstanais, né le 20 novembre 1985 à Iessik. Il évolue au poste d'arrière gauche.

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[it] Genrïx Şmïdtgal'

Genrïx Şmïdtgal' (in kazako: Генрих Шмидтгаль?; in tedesco Heinrich Schmidtgal; Esik, 20 novembre 1985) è un ex calciatore kazako di origine tedesca, di ruolo centrocampista.

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[ru] Шмидтгаль, Генрих Эдуардович

Ге́нрих Эдуа́рдович Шми́дтгаль (нем. Heinrich Schmidtgal; 20 ноября 1985, гор. Иссык, Алматинская область, Казахская ССР, СССР) — немецко-казахстанский футболист, полузащитник. Выступал в сборной Казахстана.

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