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Wolfgang "Maxe" Steinbach (born 21 September 1954) is an East German former footballer and manager who spent most of his career playing for 1. FC Magdeburg in the DDR-Oberliga. In 2006, he was elected Best 1. FC Magdeburg Player of All Times in a telephone vote.

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Wolfgang Steinbach

Steinbach in 1980
Personal information
Full name	Wolfgang Steinbach
Date of birth	(1954-09-21) 21 September 1954 (age 67)
Place of birth	Schönebeck, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1968	BSG Chemie Schönebeck
1968–1972	1. FC Magdeburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1987	1. FC Magdeburg	297	(66)
1987–1989	Motor Schönebeck
1989–1990	1. FC Magdeburg	40	(9)
1990–1994	VfB Oldenburg	104	(10)
Total		441	(85)
National team
1978–1985	East Germany	28	(1)
Teams managed
1993	VfB Oldenburg
1995–1999	BV Cloppenburg
1999–2002	VfB Oldenburg
2002–2007	SV Wilhelmshaven
2007–2008	Preußen Magdeburg
2008–2009	SV Wilhelmshaven (director of sports)
2009–2011	SV Wilhelmshaven
Honours Representing  East Germany Men's Football 1980 Moscow Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Steinbach was born in Schönebeck. He started his top flight career at 1. FC Magdeburg when he played in a single match in the 1971–72 season. He had his breakthrough in the 1974–75 season when he played in 17 matches, scoring 2 goals. He stayed with 1. FC Magdeburg until 1987, when he left for his home town club of Motor Schönebeck where he spent the next one and a half years in the second-tier DDR-Liga. In the winterbreak of the 1988–89 season he returned to the DDR-Oberliga with 1. FC Magdeburg. After German reunification, Steinbach was signed by West German 2. Bundesliga side VfB Oldenburg. He spent the rest of his playing career with them, managing the team for a time in the 1993–94 season. Overall, Steinbach played in 337 DDR-Oberliga matches, scoring 75 goals. In the 2. Bundesliga he played another 104 matches with 10 goals scored.[1]

From 1978 to 1985 he earned 28 caps to the East Germany national team, scoring one goal.[2] He was part of the East Germany squad that won the Silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He played in all matches in the tournament, scoring one goal.[3] He was sent off in the final against Czechoslovakia.[4]

With 1. FC Magdeburg, Steinbach won three East German championships and four FDGB-Pokal titles.

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Steinbach took up managing, starting at VfB Oldenburg in 1993–94. He returned to Oldenburg in 1999, staying at the helm until the 2001–02 season. Later he spent four years with then-Oberliga Nord side SV Wilhelmshaven where he won promotion to third-tier Regionalliga Nord in 2006. Following a lengthy spell of unsuccessful matches, he was sacked on 3 April 2007. From July 2007 to May 2008, he was manager of Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt side Preußen Magdeburg. Since October 2008 he has the role of director of sports at SV Wilhelmshaven, but took over as manager again in the spring of 2009.

Honours

• DDR-Oberliga: 1971–72, 1973–74, 1974–75
• FDGB-Pokal: 1973, 1978, 1979, 1983

References

На других языках

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[de] Wolfgang Steinbach

Wolfgang „Maxe“ Steinbach (* 21. September 1954 in Schönebeck (Elbe)) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Fußballspieler und derzeitiger Fußballtrainer. Er spielte von 1971 bis Juni 1987 und noch einmal in der Saison 1989/90 beim 1. FC Magdeburg im Mittelfeld. Im Jahr 2006 wurde er in einer Telefonabstimmung von den Fans des 1. FC Magdeburg zum „Besten FCM-Spieler aller Zeiten“ gewählt.

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- [en] Wolfgang Steinbach

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[fr] Wolfgang Steinbach

Wolfgang Steinbach (né le 21 septembre 1954 à Schönebeck) est un footballeur international est-allemand. Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1980, remportant la médaille d'argent avec l'Allemagne de l'Est[1].

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[it] Wolfgang Steinbach

Wolfgang Steinbach (Schönebeck, 21 settembre 1954) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore tedesco orientale dal 1990 tedesco, di ruolo centrocampista.

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