Bernd Bransch

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Bernd Bransch

Bransch at the 1974 World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth	(1944-09-24) 24 September 1944 (age 77)
Place of birth	Halle, Nazi Germany
Position(s)	Sweeper
Youth career
1954–1962	SC Chemie Halle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1973	HFC Chemie
1973–1974	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1974–1977	HFC Chemie
National team
1967–1976	East Germany	64	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Olympic medal record
Men's football
	1976 Montreal	Team
	1972 Munich	Team

Bernd Bransch (born 24 September 1944 in Halle) is a former footballer from East Germany.

Bransch began his sporting career as a youngster at BSG Motor Halle-Süd. The son of a locksmith was then allowed to join sports club SC Chemie Halle in 1954. Bransch played throughout his career for SC Chemie Halle and its successor, Hallescher FC Chemie – except for the 1973/74 season, in which he played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.^[1]

In 1968 and 1974 he was honoured as East German Footballer of the Year.

Bransch participated in the Munich Olympics 1972, in which his East German team secured a bronze medal, and in the gold-medal winning Montreal Olympics 1976 side.^[2] He also played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

In total Bransch played 317 league games, scoring 43 goals.

Bransch (in white) takes a free-kick against the Netherlands at the 1974 World Cup.

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