Eike Immel

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Eike Immel

Immel in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Eike Heinrich Immel[1]
Date of birth	(1960-11-27) 27 November 1960 (age 60)
Place of birth	Stadtallendorf, West Germany
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf (Goalkeeping Coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1986	Borussia Dortmund	247	(0)
1986–1995	VfB Stuttgart	287	(0)
1995–1997	Manchester City	43	(0)
Total		577	(0)
National team
1975–1976	West Germany U-15	4	(0)
1975–1976	West Germany U-16	5	(0)
1977–1978	West Germany U-18	4	(0)
1979–1986	West Germany U-21	14	(0)
1980–1988	West Germany	19	(0)
Teams managed
1998–2001	VfR Heilbronn
2019–	TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf II
show Honours VfB Stuttgart Runner-up UEFA Cup 1989 Winner Bundesliga 1992 Winner DFB-Supercup 1992  West Germany Winner European Championship 1980 Runner-up FIFA World Cup 1982 Runner-up FIFA World Cup 1986
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Eike Heinrich Immel (born 27 November 1960) is a German former professional footballer and goalkeeping coach of TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf, he is also head coach of the clubs second team.

As a player he was a goalkeeper who played from 1975 until 1997 for Borussia Dortmund, Vfb Stuttgart and Manchester City. He was capped at International level for West Germany and was part of his nations squads for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, 1986 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1980 and UEFA Euro 1988. Since retiring from football he spent three years as manager of VfR Heilbronn before working as a goalkeeping coach for Besiktas, FK Austria Wien and Fenerbahçe. Immel currently holds the dubious record for 'most goals conceded by a Bundesliga goalkeeper' with 829 goals conceded in 534 games.

Club career[]

A leading youth international goalkeeper for West Germany in 1978, Eike Immel was still seventeen years of age when he succeeded Horst Bertram as Borussia Dortmund's first-choice. He remained Dortmund's top choice until his two million Deutsche Mark transfer to VfB Stuttgart in 1986, the biggest fee ever paid for a goalkeeper in the history German football at that time. He served nine years as Stuttgart's regular goalkeeper, winning the Bundesliga title in 1992 and the UEFA Cup runner-up medal in 1989 with them. Afterwards he left for Manchester City, where he retired at the end of the 1996–97 season.^[2] He played 534 matches in the German top flight.^[3]

International career[]

His West Germany career lasted for just eight years due to his decision to retire from the West German team following EURO'88. Immel had been the starting goalkeeper since Harald Schumacher's ban from the team in 1987, and his 19th appearance in the semi-final of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship at Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, remained his final cap for his country^[4] and made him miss out on the title winning 1990 FIFA World Cup squad for which Bodo Illgner then served as starting goalkeeper. The mentioned 1988 UEFA European Football Championship was Immel's fifth participation in a big international tournament. He later admitted his decision to retire from the international game at barely 28 just because of the competition from Bodo Illgner for the goalkeeper's jersey, was extremely hasty. He was however part of the squad that won the 1980 UEFA European Championships.

Coaching career[]

Immel joined VfR Heilbronn in 1998 and managed the side until 2001.^[5] He has since worked as a goalkeeping coach most notably under Christoph Daum at Fenerbahçe in 2005, having also worked at Besiktas and FK Austria Wien.

Personal life[]

In January 2008, he was a contestant at Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German edition of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

Honours[]

Club[]

VfB Stuttgart

• Bundesliga: 1991–92
• DFL-Supercup: 1992^[6]
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1988–89

International[]

West Germany

• UEFA European Football Championship: 1980
• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1982 1986

External links[]

• Eike Immel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Eike Immel at WorldFootball.net
• Eike Immel at National-Football-Teams.com
• Eike Immel at Soccerbase

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