Herbert Schoen
 Herbert Schoen (centre) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 May 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Luckenwalde, Free State of Prussia, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 8 April 2014 (aged 84) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1948–1950 | SV DVP Potsdam | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1954 | SG Dynamo Dresden | 133 | (2) |
| 1954–1959 | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||
| 1959–1962 | SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | ||
| International career | |||
| 1952–1957 | East Germany | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974-1976 | BFC Dynamo II[nb 1] | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Herbert Schoen (18 May 1929 – 8 April 2014) was a German international footballer.
Playing career
The defender played internationally with the East German national team in the 1950s.[2]
On club level he appeared in 179 Oberliga matches.[3]
Coaching career
Herbert Schoen continued as youth coach at SC Dynamo Berlin and then BFC Dynamo after retiring as a player He trained players such as Werner Voigt. Schoen was a tough-as-nails defender during his playing career. Voigt remembers how Schoen forced the players to throw snowballs at each other, but the players were not allowed to fend them off with their hands, they were only allowed to dodge, to increase the ability to react.[4] Schoen was also the first coach of Frank Terletzki. Teletzki has described Schoen as a "tough dog". He claims that learned virtues such as discipline and hardness towards oneself from Schoen. Terletzki said: "It didn't matter to us whether it was pouring rain or snowing, we always trained."[5]
Later life
Schoen remained involved in BFC Dynamo and an active member of the club into old age. Schoen died in 2014 at the age of 84.[6]
Explanatory notes
- ^ The reserve teams of the 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs were no longer allowed to participate in the DDR-Liga after the 1975-76 season. BFC Dynamo instead joined the new Next Generation Oberliga (German: Nachwuchsoberliga) (de) with a team. The Next Generation Oberliga also replaced the disbanded Junior Oberliga. Schoen continued as coach of the team of BFC Dynamo in the Next Generation Oberliga.[1]
References
- ^ Schlegel, Klaus (11 January 1977). "Das Bewährte wird bewahrt". Neues Deutschland (in German). Berlin: Socialist Unity Party of Germany. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (14 January 2016). "Herbert Schoen - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (14 January 2016). "Herbert Schoen - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ Schulz, Jürgen (4 October 2004). "Der Schleifer von Union". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Berlin: taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Nemschok, Edgar (29 December 2012). "Immer noch große Lust auf Fußball". Märkische Oderzeitung (in German). Frankfurt an der Oder: Märkisches Medienhaus GmbH & Co. KG. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Der BFC Dynamo trauert um Herbert Schoen" (in German). Berliner FC Dynamo. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
External links
- Herbert Schoen at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Herbert Schoen at WorldFootball.net
- Herbert Schoen at National-Football-Teams.com
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