Wilfried Gröbner (born 18 December 1949) is a German former footballer and coach who was part of East Germany's gold medal-winning team at the 1976 Olympics.
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![]() Gröbner in 1989 | |||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1949-12-18) 18 December 1949 (age 72) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Eilenburg, East Germany | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | 1. FC Nürnberg (Scout) | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
1959–1967 | BSG Chemie Eilenburg | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1967–1980 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 239 | (21) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1976–1979 | East Germany | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||
1976 | East Germany Olympic | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||||||||||||
1990–1994 | SSV Reutlingen | ||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
The defender played 230 East German top-flight matches for Lokomotive Leipzig.[2]
Between 1976 and 1979 he was part of the East German national football team.[3] His only appearance for the East Germany Olympic team, during this era still counted as a full international when it was played against another A squad (in this case Poland), was in 1976 the Gold Medal match at the Montreal Olympics. East German won this encounter against Poland 3-1 and became Olympic champion.
Gröbner later was at the coaching helm for Rot-Weiß Erfurt and SSV Reutlingen.
East Germany football squad – 1976 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt – managers | |
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