Rigobert Gruber

Rigobert Gruber
Personal information
Date of birth	14 May 1961 (age 60)
Place of birth	Worms, Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, libero
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rigobert Gruber (born 14 May 1961) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or libero.^[1]

Gruber retired from football at the age of 26 after suffering a serious knee injury.^[1]

Personal life[]

In 2021, Gruber featured in [de], a documentation detailing the experiences of Black players in German professional football.^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]
Club	Season	League			Cup^{[nb 1]}		Europe^{[nb 2]}		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Eintracht Frankfurt	1979–80	Bundesliga	12	0	1	0	1	0	14	0
	1980–81	Bundesliga	9	1	2	0	1	0	12	1
	Total		21	1	3	0	2	0	26	1
Werder Bremen	1981–82	Bundesliga	34	8	5	4	—		39	12
	1982–83		28	3	2	0	5	1	35	4
	1983–84		27	1	4	0	4	0	35	1
	Total		89	12	11	4	9	1	109	17
Career total			110	13	14	4	11	1	135	18

Eintracht Frankfurt

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bock, Andreas (28 December 2011). "Stilleben". 11Freunde (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ Bülau, Maximilian (19 April 2021). "Von Mbom bis Kostedde: Das sind die Protagonisten der Amazon-Dokumentation „Schwarze Adler"". HNA (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
^ "Rigobert Gruber » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-05-14) 14 May 1961 (age 60)
Place of birth	Worms, Germany^[1]
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, libero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1981	Eintracht Frankfurt	21	(1)
1981–1986	Werder Bremen	89	(12)
Total		110	(13)
National team
1979–1982	West Germany U-21	9	(3)
1982	West Germany B	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only