Rüdiger Schnuphase
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Rüdiger Schnuphase (born 23 January 1954 in Werningshausen
) is a former German
football
player.
Schnuphase played for Rot-Weiss Erfurt (1971-1976), FC Carl Zeiss Jena
(1976-1984) and Rot-Weiss Erfurt (1984-1986).
On the national level he played for East Germany national team
(45 matches/6 goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
.
In 1982 he won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year
.
Werningshausen
Werningshausen is a municipality in the Sömmerda district of Thuringia, Germany....
) is a former German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player.
Schnuphase played for Rot-Weiss Erfurt (1971-1976), FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...
(1976-1984) and Rot-Weiss Erfurt (1984-1986).
On the national level he played for East Germany national team
East Germany national football team
The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....
(45 matches/6 goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
1974 FIFA World Cup
The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...
.
In 1982 he won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year
German Footballer of the Year
The title Footballer of the Year has been awarded in Germany since 1960. In 1996 the title Women's Footballer of the Year was awarded for the first time. Both awards are determined by a poll of German football journalists from the Association of German Sports Journalists and the publication Kicker...
.