Ulrich Biesinger

Ulrich "Uli" Biesinger (6 August 1933 – 18 June 2011)[1] was a German footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a forward.

Ulrich Biesinger
Personal information
Full name Ulrich Biesinger
Date of birth (1933-08-06)6 August 1933
Place of birth Augsburg-Oberhausen, Germany
Date of death 18 June 2011(2011-06-18) (aged 77)
Place of death Augsburg, Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1960 BC Augsburg
1960–1963 SSV Reutlingen 78 (44)
1963–1965 BC Augsburg
1965–1966 Schwaben Augsburg
National team
1953–1959 West Germany B 7 (3)
1954–1959 West Germany 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Augsburg-Oberhausen, Biesinger was an attacker for BC Augsburg.[2] Between 1954 and 1958, he played in seven matches for the German national football team and scored two goals.[3] He was the youngest player of the German team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[4]

Biesinger played the position of center forward. He scored 105 goals in 187 games in the Oberliga Süd between his debut in 1952 and 1959, when BC Augsburg were relegated.

References
  1. "FCA trauert um Biesinger" (in German). FC Augsburg. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. "Ulrich Biesinger". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  3. "Ulrich Biesinger" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  4. "Ulrich Biesinger ist tot" (in German). Spiegel Online. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.


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