Wolfgang Seguin
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Full name | Wolfgang Seguin | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 September 1945 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Burg bei Magdeburg, East Germany | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
1953–1963 | Einheit Burg | ||||||||||||
1963–1964 | SC Aufbau Magdeburg | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
1964–1981 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 403 | (48) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1972–1975 | East Germany | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Wolfgang "Paule" Seguin (born 14 September 1945) is a retired East German footballer.
Club career[]
Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in 1953. He spent ten years with Einheit Burg, playing an attacking role. In 1963 he transferred to SC Aufbau Magdeburg, where he would play 380 Oberliga matches until ending his career in 1981. He also played 23 matches in the second-tier DDR-Liga.[1] Seguin does not only hold 1. FC Magdeburg's record for most league appearances at 403, but with 57 European matches and 69 FDGB-Pokal appearances, he is the club's record player there as well. Altogether, Seguin played 529 competitive matches at 1. FC Magdeburg. Seguin holds another record, appearing in 219 Oberliga matches in a row between 1971 and 1979.
In the 1974 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final Seguin decided the match, scoring the game's second goal against holders A.C. Milan and leading 1. FC Magdeburg to the title. Three Oberliga championships and six FDGB-Pokal victories complete his titles with the club side.
International career[]
From 1972 to 1975, Seguin won 19 caps with East Germany and took part in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany.[2] He also played 4 matches at the 1972 Summer Olympics, winning a shared bronze medal.[3]
Honours[]
Club[]
- 1. FC Magdeburg
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1974
- DDR-Oberliga (3): 1972, 1974, 1975
- 'FDGB-Pokal (6): 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1979
International[]
- East Germany
- Olympic Football Tournament Bronze medal (1): 1972
References[]
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (5 February 2015). "Wolfgang Seguin – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Matthias Arnhold (5 February 2015). "Wolfgang Seguin – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Wolfgang Seguin". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
External links[]
- Wolfgang Seguin at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Wolfgang Seguin at WorldFootball.net
- 1945 births
- Living people
- German footballers
- East German footballers
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- East Germany international footballers
- 1. FC Magdeburg players
- Olympic medalists in football
- DDR-Oberliga players
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Association football midfielders