Manfred Zapf

German former footballer, later a coach (born 1946)

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Manfred Zapf
Personal information
Manfred Zapf in 1973
Date of birth	(1946-08-24) 24 August 1946 (age 77)
Place of birth	Stapelburg, Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1964	SG Dynamo Stapelburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1979	1. FC Magdeburg	327	(29)
International career
1969–1975	East Germany	16	(0)
Managerial career
1988–1989	East Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record
Representing East Germany
Men’s Football
	1972 Munich	Team Competition

Manfred Zapf (born 24 August 1946^[1] in Stapelburg) is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes – three DDR championships, four cups, and the Cup Winners' Cup of 1974. In his time with the club he appeared in 327 league matches in the DDR-Oberliga and played 30 matches in the second-tier DDR-Liga.^[1]

He won sixteen (respectively 12^[2]) caps for East Germany between 1969 and 1975,^[3] and was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics.^[4]

Following his retirement from footballing, Zapf joined the backroom staff at FC Magdeburg, and also had a three-month spell as manager of the East Germany national team in 1988–89.

References

^ ^a ^b Arnhold, Matthias (15 July 2011). "Manfred Zapf – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
^ Matthias Arnhold (1 May 2009). "East Germany – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
^ Matthias Arnhold (11 November 2004). "Manfred Zapf – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
^ "Manfred Zapf Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning captains

v t e East Germany football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists
1 Croy 2 Kurbjuweit 3 Zapf 4 Weise 5 Bransch 6 Irmscher 7 Pommerenke 8 Schulenberg 9 Sparwasser 10 Kreische 11 Streich 12 Häfner 13 Seguin 14 Ducke 15 Vogel 16 Tyll 17 Wätzlich 18 Ganzera 19 Schneider Coach: Buschner

v t e East Germany national football team – managers
Oelgardt (1952–53) Siegert (1954) Gyarmati (1955–57) Gödicke (1958–59) Krügel (1959–61) Sós (1961–67) Seeger (1967–69) Buschner (1970–81) Krause (1982–83) Stange (1983–88) Zapf (1988–89) Geyer (1989–90)
East Germany portal

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany
People	Deutsche Biographie

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