Edgar Schmitt

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Edgar Schmitt
Personal information
Full name Edgar Schmitt
Date of birth (1963-04-29) 29 April 1963 (age 58)
Place of birth Rittersdorf, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 Salmrohr 31 (4)
1987–1988 1. FC Saarbrücken 22 (0)
1988–1991 Eintracht Trier ? (?)
1991–1993 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 (10)
1993–1997 Karlsruher SC 72 (21)
1997–1998 Fortuna Köln 25 (8)
Total 180 (43)
Teams managed
2007–2008 VfR Aalen
2008–2009 Stuttgarter Kickers
2010 Uerdingen 05
2011–2012
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Edgar Schmitt (born 29 April 1963) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He notably scored four goals in Karlsruher SC's 7–0 win against Valencia CF in the second round of the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, a win which came to be known as the "Wunder vom Wildpark".[1][2] That season he also became the competition's top scorer with 8 goals, alongside Dennis Bergkamp.[3] Following his retirement as a player, he went into coaching and was most recently manager of .[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "25 Jahre nach dem "Wunder vom Wildpark"". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Uefa-Cup-Historie: Die Geburt des Euro-Eddy". Der Spiegel (in German). 28 December 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ Feichtner, Andreas (2 November 2018). "Vier Loopings, vier Tore, eine Legende". Volksfreund (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Edgar Schmitt". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2014.


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