Heinz Kwiatkowski
Heinrich "Heinz" Kwiatkowski (16 July 1926 – 23 May 2008) was a German football goalkeeper. He was born in Gelsenkirchen.
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| Full name | Heinrich Kwiatkowski | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1926 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 May 2008 (aged 81) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Dortmund, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1947–1950 | Schalke 04 | |||||||||||||
| 1950–1952 | Rot-Weiss Essen | |||||||||||||
| 1952–1966 | Borussia Dortmund | 300[2] | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1958 | West Germany | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Borussia Dortmund | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
He was a member of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned four caps for West Germany.[3] During his club career he played for FC Schalke 04, Rot-Weiß Essen and Borussia Dortmund.[4] He won the German football championship with Dortmund in 1956 and 1957. He died in Dortmund.
As a goalkeeper, Kwiatkowski's specialty was to fist the ball away, which earned him the nickname "Heini Fausten".
References
- "Heinrich Kwiatkowski" (in German). dieheldenvonbern.de. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- "(Un-)Vergessene Helden (6) - Heinrich Kwiatkowski und Hans Tilkowski" (in German). Die Kirsche. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- "Heinz Kwiatkowski" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- "Heinz Kwiatkowski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
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