| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norbert Alban Eder | ||
| Date of birth | (1955-11-07)7 November 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Bibergau,West Germany | ||
| Date of death | 2 November 2019(2019-11-02) (aged 63) | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1963–1973 | VfR Bibergau | ||
| 1973–1974 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1984 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 301 | (27) |
| 1984–1988 | Bayern Munich | 132 | (6) |
| 1988–1989 | FC Zürich | 25 | (2) |
| Total | 458 | (35) | |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1978 | West Germany amateur | 15 | (2) |
| 1980 | West Germany B | 1 | (0) |
| 1986 | West Germany | 9 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992–1994 | DJK Rosenheim | ||
| 1995–1996 | DJK Rosenheim | ||
| 1996–1997 | FC Garmisch-Partenirchen | ||
| 2006–2008 | TSV 1860 Rosenheim | ||
| 2008 | TuS Holzkirchen | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Norbert Alban Eder (7 November 1955 – 2 November 2019[1]) was a Germanfootballer who played mainly as adefender.
In a 14-year professional career, he played in 433 games (33 goals) both majorlevels of German football combined (286/11 in theBundesliga), representing1. FC Nürnberg andBayern Munich.
Eder appeared withWest Germany at the1986 World Cup.
Born in Bibergau,Dettelbach, Eder joined1. FC Nürnberg's youth system at the age of 17. The following year, he was promoted to the first team, going on to appear in four consecutivesecond division seasons, achieving promotion to theBundesliga in1977–78 but beingimmediately relegated back; during his first years, he played mostly as amidfielder.
In the 1984 summer, aged almost 29, Eder signed withFC Bayern Munich, for 150,000Deutsche Mark. During his four-year spell, he never played in less than 32 league games,[2] going on to win three consecutive national championships. In the1986–87 season, he appeared in 44 official games, including nine inthe season'sEuropean Cup – he played the full 90 minutes inthe final 1–2 loss againstF.C. Porto inVienna.
Eder retired in June 1989, after one year inSwitzerland withFC Zürich. In the following decades he worked as a manager, exclusively in amateur football.
Eder made his debut forWest Germany on 11 May 1986, in afriendly game withYugoslavia played inBochum (1–1).[3]
He was picked by managerFranz Beckenbauer forthat year'sFIFA World Cup, playing all the matches and minutes for theMannschaft – save for five minutes in the quarterfinals againstMexico – as it finished runner-up.[4]
1. FC Nürnberg
Bayern Munich
Germany
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