Dieter Bast

Dieter Bast

Personal information
Full name	Dieter Bast
Date of birth	(1951-08-28) 28 August 1951
Place of birth	Oberhausen, West Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
0000–1970	SpVgg Sterkrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1977	Rot-Weiss Essen	213	(58)
1977–1983	VfL Bochum	192	(24)
1983–1986	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	71	(2)
1986–1989	Rot-Weiss Essen	102	(2)
Total		578	(86)
International career
1973	West Germany U-23	2	(0)
1976–1977	West Germany B	4	(0)
1982–1984	West Germany Olympic	14	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Bast (born 28 August 1951) is a former German footballer.

Career

In total Bast played 412 Bundesliga games and scored 54 goals. His Bundesliga debut took place on his 19th birthday for Rot-Weiss Essen. He quickly established himself amongst the squad, however, in search of title-chasing football, he went to VfL Bochum where he played 192 games, and from 1983 until 1986, he played for Bayer Leverkusen. In 1986, he returned to Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2. Bundesliga where he played until his retirement in 1989.

Bast played in the Under-23 national team in 1973, and in the National second team between 1976–77. Even though he played Bundesliga football for fifteen steady years, he failed to win a trophy for any team in which he played.

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		Other1		Total
1970–71	Rot-Weiss Essen	Bundesliga	22	3	0	0	—		—		22	3
1971–72		Regionalliga West	32	8	—		—		5	0	37	8
1972–73			32	22	2	1			8	3
1973–74		Bundesliga	34	10	1	1	—		—		35	10
1974–75			32	5	5	0	—		—		37	5
1975–76			33	6	1	0	—		—		34	6
1976–77			28	4	5	1	—		—		33	5
1977–78	VfL Bochum		28	9	4	3	—		—		32	12
1978–79			33	6	5	2	—		—		38	8
1979–80			29	1	4	1	—		—		33	2
1980–81			34	5	3	1	—		—		37	6
1981–82			34	2	7	0	—		—		41	2
1982–83			34	1	5	1	—		—		39	2
1983–84	Bayer Leverkusen		33	1	1	0	—		—		34	1
1984–85			31	1	4	0	—		—		35	1
1985–86			7	0	3	0	—		—		10	0
1986–87	Rot-Weiss Essen	2. Bundesliga	33	1	—		—		—		33	1
1987–88			37	1	1	0	—		—		38	1
1988–89			32	0	3	0	—		—		35	0
Total	West Germany		578	86	54	11			13	3
Career total			578	86	54	11			13	3

¹ Includes Regionalliga Promotion Playoffs.

External links

• Dieter Bast at fussballdaten.de (in German)