Rüdiger Wenzel

Rüdiger Wenzel

Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-06-03) 3 June 1953
Place of birth	Lübeck, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–1971	VfB Lübeck
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1974	VfB Lübeck	99	(31)
1974–1975	FC St. Pauli	37	(24)
1975–1979	Eintracht Frankfurt	130	(51)
1979–1984	Fortuna Düsseldorf	143	(36)
1984–1990	FC St. Pauli	159	(62)
Total		568	(204)
International career
1977–1979	West Germany B	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rüdiger Wenzel (born 3 June 1953) is a German retired professional footballer, who played as a forward. He scored 91 goals in 300 matches in the Bundesliga.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
VfB Lübeck	1971–72	Regionalliga Nord	33	7	—		—		33	7
	1972–73	Regionalliga Nord	32	16	—		—		32	16
	1973–74	Regionalliga Nord	34	8	—		—		34	8
	Total		99	31	—		—		99	31
FC St. Pauli	1974–75	2. Bundesliga	37	24	3	2	—		40	26
Eintracht Frankfurt	1975–76	Bundesliga	33	13	4	4	8	1	45	18
	1976–77	Bundesliga	34	20	5	3	—		39	23
	1977–78	Bundesliga	34	14	4	2	6	3	44	19
	1978–79	Bundesliga	29	4	5	2	—		34	6
	Total		130	51	18	11	14	4	162	66
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1979–80	Bundesliga	31	11	7	5	2	1	40	17
	1980–81	Bundesliga	34	6	5	0	6	2	45	8
	1981–82	Bundesliga	30	8	2	2	—		32	10
	1982–83	Bundesliga	27	7	2	0	—		29	7
	1983–84	Bundesliga	21	4	1	0	—		22	4
	Total		143	36	17	7	8	3	168	46
FC St. Pauli	1984–85	2. Bundesliga	36	12	—		—		36	12
	1985–86	Oberliga Nord	32	23	2	0	—		34	23
	1986–87	2. Bundesliga	32	7	3	2	—		35	9
	1987–88	2. Bundesliga	32	16	1	0	—		33	16
	1988–89	Bundesliga	15	3	0	0	—		15	3
	1989–90	Bundesliga	12	1	1	0	—		13	1
	Total		159	62	7	2	—		166	64
Career total			568	204	45	22	22	7	635	233

Honours

Fortuna Düsseldorf

• DFB-Pokal: 1979–80

FC St. Pauli

• Oberliga Nord: 1985–86

Individual

• Goal of the Month: March 1989

External links

• Rüdiger Wenzel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Rüdiger Wenzel at DFB (also available in German)