Horst Assmy
Appearance
![]() Assmy in December 1956 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Horst Assmy | ||
Date of birth | 29 November 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||
Date of death | 14 January 1972 | (aged 38)||
Place of death | West Germany | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1953 | Einheit Pankow | ||
1953–1954 | Motor Oberschöneweide | ||
1954–1959 | Vorwärts Berlin | 102 | (27) |
1960–1961 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||
1961–1962 | Schalke 04 | 20 | (9) |
1962–1965 | Hessen Kassel | 51 | (10) |
International career | |||
1954–1959 | East Germany | 12 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Horst Assmy (29 November 1933 – 14 January 1972) was a German footballer who played as a forward. Assmy played in East Germany for Einheit Pankow, Motor Oberschöneweide and Vorwärts Berlin, and won 12 caps for the national team, scoring 4 goals.[1] He defected as a republikflucht to West Germany in 1959,[2] appearing for Tennis Borussia Berlin, Schalke 04 and Hessen Kassel.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Horst Assmy at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ McDougall, Alan (2014). "Football and the Stasi". The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 123–146. ISBN 978-1-107-05203-1.
- ^ Horst Assmy at WorldFootball.net
External links
[edit]- Horst Assmy at DFB (also available in German)
- Horst Assmy at kicker (in German)
- Horst Assmy at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Schalke 04 profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 July 2011)
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 1972 deaths
- Footballers from Berlin
- German men's footballers
- East German men's footballers
- East Germany men's international footballers
- Defecting sportspeople from East Germany
- Men's association football forwards
- VfB Einheit zu Pankow players
- 1. FC Union Berlin players
- 1. FC Frankfurt players
- Tennis Borussia Berlin players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- KSV Hessen Kassel players
- DDR-Oberliga players
- 20th-century German sportspeople
- East German emigrants to West Germany
- German football forward stubs