Wolfgang Blochwitz

German footballer (1941–2005)

Wolfgang Blochwitz
Personal information
Blochwitz in 1970
Full name	Wolfgang Blochwitz
Date of birth	(1941-02-08)8 February 1941
Place of birth	Geringswalde, Germany
Date of death	8 May 2005(2005-05-08) (aged 64)
Place of death	Bad Berka, Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1966	1. FC Magdeburg
1966–1976	Carl Zeiss Jena
International career
1966–1974	East Germany	17	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wolfgang Blochwitz (8 February 1941 – 8 May 2005) was a football goalkeeper from East Germany.

Playing career

During his club career he played for 1. FC Magdeburg (1960–1966) and FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1966–1976). He made 275 appearances in the East German top flight.^[1]

He played 17 matches (19 if Olympic matches were also counted) for the East Germany national football team^[2] and was a backup keeper at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Career after football

He was chairman at Carl Zeiss Jena between 1988 and 1990.^[3]^[4]

External links

Wolfgang Blochwitz at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Wolfgang Blochwitz at WorldFootball.net

References

^ Matthias Arnhold (7 August 2014). "Wolfgang Blochwitz - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ Matthias Arnhold (9 October 2004). "Wolfgang Blochwitz - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^ "Wolfgang Blochwitz". Der Spiegel (in German). 14 May 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
^ Pietzsch, Henning. "Chronologie der Ereignisse in Jena und in der DDR im Jahr 1990" (PDF) (in German). Geschichtswerkstatt Jena e.V. Retrieved 17 April 2012.