Georg Buschner

Georg Buschner
Personal information
Date of birth (1925-12-26)26 December 1925
Place of birth Gera, Weimar Republic
Date of death 12 February 2007(2007-02-12) (aged 81)
Place of death Jena, Germany
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1935–? 1. SpVgg Gera 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1952 BSG Motor Gera
1952–1958 SC Motor Jena
International career
1954–1957 East Germany 6 (0)
Managerial career
1958–1971 SC Motor Jena
1970–1981 East Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georg Buschner (26 December 1925 – 12 February 2007[1]) was an East German football player and manager. He was the manager of East Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also won a bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]

Between 1966 and 1971, he was a Stasi informer under the codename "Georg".[3]

References

  1. "DDR-Trainerlegende Georg Buschner ist tot". Die Welt. 12 February 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. "Trainer-Legende – Kick mit der Staatssicherheit". einestages.spiegel.de. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. Kluge, Reimann: Buschner, Georg.

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