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Horst Assmy

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Horst Assmy
Assmy in December 1956
Personal information
Full name Horst Assmy
Date of birth (1933-11-29)29 November 1933
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Date of death 14 January 1972(1972-01-14) (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

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  1. ^ Horst Assmy at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Horst Assmy at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
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