Josef Pöttinger

Josef Pöttinger
Personal information
Date of birth (1903-04-16)16 April 1903
Place of birth Germany
Date of death 9 September 1970(1970-09-09) (aged 67)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1931 FC Bayern Munich
National team
1926–1930 Germany 14 (9)
Teams managed
1934–1938 1. SV Jena
1939 VfB Stuttgart
1946–1947 FC Bayern Munich
1949–1951 BC Augsburg

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Josef Pöttinger (16 April 1903 – 9 September 1970) was a German football player. His nicknames were Sepp and Pötschge. During his career he played for Bayern Munich and had 14 appearances for Germany.[1]

Club career

Pöttinger debuted with 16 years in the first team of Bayern Munich. He was a striker, renowned for his technical excellence. His opponents' difficulties to stop him often resulted in brutal fouls, which led to constant injuries for Pöttinger and eventually to an early end of his career.

When Bayern Munich won the southgerman championship 1925–26 he had scored 57 times during the season. 1928 was the year of his greatest success with the club, when they reached the semifinals of the German championship. He had to end his career in 1930 due to knee-injury.

National team

His first game for the German national team was on 18 April 1926 in Düsseldorf against the Netherlands.[2] In the 4:2 win he scored three times. He participated with his team in the Olympic Games 1928.

Coach

Pöttinger coached the VfB Pankow, 1. SV Jena, Teutonia Munich, VfB Stuttgart, FC Bayern Munich, 1. FC Lichtenfels, and BC Augsburg.

References

  1. Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich (2003). Die Bayern. Die Geschichte des deutschen Rekordmeisters (in German). Die Werkstatt. p. 637. ISBN 3-89533-426-X.
  2. Arnhold, Matthias (22 September 2016). "Josef Pöttinger - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 September 2016.


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