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| Date of birth | (1953-01-06)6 January 1953 (age 72) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ludwigshafen,West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1968 | VfL Neuhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1970 | TuS Altrip | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Hamburger SV | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1989 | Hamburger SV | 568 | (76) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Girondins Bordeaux | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Mulhouse | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Hamburger SV | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 594 | (77) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | West Germany Amateur | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | West Germany U-23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1975 | West Germany B | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1983 | West Germany | 69 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Manfred Kaltz (born 6 January 1953) is a German formerfootball player and manager, who played as aright-back.[1]
Kaltz played in theBundesliga forHamburger SV and 13 times (one goal) forFC Mulhouse inLigue 1 after initially joining Mulhouse league rivalsGirondins de Bordeaux 1989. He returned to Hamburg the season after, the consequence of the relegation ofFC Mulhouse fromLigue 1 at the end of 1989–90. Previously, Kaltz was forced to leave Hamburg, the club for which he had been a professional since the 1971–72 season, after the authorities (i.e.Erich Ribbeck) had decided not to go on with the contract of the long-servingfull-back. Their successors lured him back from France in September 1990 to give him the chance to serve his final year as a player at his old club.
In total he played in 581 Bundesliga games for Hamburger SV (HSV),[2] to this day remaining the second greatest total of an individual in Bundesliga history. An expert in penalties, the Hamburg fan-favourite scored 53 of his 76 goals from the spot, a record in the Bundesliga. Internationally he was part of the squad that won the1980 UEFA European title.
Kaltz was famous for his right-footedcrosses, which he hit with so muchspin that theycurved like a banana. They were affectionately called "Bananenflanken" ("banana crosses").[3] He often used this technique to set up hulking strikerHorst Hrubesch, whose 96 goals with HSV included many from Kaltz crosses that Hrubesch headed into the opposing goal. Hrubesch once described their partnership when he explained one of his goals with the often quoted words "Manni banana, I head, goal".
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