Jürgen Nöldner

Jürgen Nöldner (born 22 February 1941) is a German former footballer who was active in East Germany. He is the son of Erwin Nöldner, a resistance fighter killed by the Nazis in 1944.[1]

Jürgen Nöldner
Nöldner (right) in a match in 1962
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-02-22) 22 February 1941
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sparta Lichtenberg
– BEWAG/Turbine Berlin
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1973 ASK Vorwärts Berlin
FC Vorwärts Berlin
FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder		 285 (88)
National team
1960–1969 East Germany 30 (16)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoTeam competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Nöldner began his senior career in 1959 with ASK Vorwärts Berlin. He was to spend his entire career with the club, even staying when it was moved to Frankfurt/Oder in 1971. During this time he was East German champion five times, and won the Cup in 1970. He also played internationally for East Germany, winning 30 caps and scoring 16 goals, including a first-minute goal against Austria which was the fastest in the national team's history. He was part of the all-East German team that represented Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal. In 1966 he was voted East German Footballer of the Year, and such was his reputation that he was nicknamed "the Puskás of the DDR".

Honours

After retirement

Nöldner retired in 1973 and became a sports journalists. He edited the Neue Fußballwoche, an East German football magazine, from 1984 to 1990, and served as Berlin editor of kicker sports magazin from 1990 until his retirement in 2006.

References
  1. Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 412f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.


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