Dieter Erler

Dieter Erler
Personal information
Dieter Erler in 1964
Date of birth	(1939-05-28)28 May 1939
Place of birth	Glauchau, Germany
Date of death	10 April 1998(1998-04-10) (aged 58)
Place of death	Chemnitz, Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1953–1957	Chemie Glauchau
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1958	Wismut Gera
1959–1965	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
1965–1972	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
National team
1959–1968	East Germany	47	(12)
Teams managed
1974–1975	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Dieter Erler (born 28 May 1939 in Glauchau; died 10 April 1998 in Chemnitz) was a German footballer.^[1]

He began his footballing career with Chemie Glauchau in 1953. He transferred to Wismut Gera for the 1957 season and then after two seasons^[2] moved to SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in January 1959. Erler was both a playmaker and a goalscoring midfielder.

In 1963, Erler moved to SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, where he played alongside the player described by Pelé as the best left-winger in the world at the time: Eberhard Vogel. In 1966–67 the team was crowned DDR-Oberliga champion.

Between 1959 and 1972 he played for SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and then FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. During his career he gained between 1959 and 1968^[3] 47 international caps and scored 12 goals for East Germany.^[4]

He was voted GDR footballer of the year in 1967.

References

↑ "Dieter Erler". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
↑ Arnhold, Matthias (26 July 2012). "Dieter Erler - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
↑ Arnhold, Matthias (26 July 2012). "Dieter Erler - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
↑ "Spielerinfo Erler" (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2010.

Chemnitzer FC – managers

Haueisen (1952–53)
Hartmann (1953–55)
Kukowitsch (1955)
Fritzsch (1956–57)
Wittenbecher (1958)
Höfer (1958–60)
Seifert (1960–61)
Heinz Werner I (1961–63)
Scherbaum (1963–68)
B. Müller (1968–70)
Weber (1970–71)
Hofmann (1971–74)
Erler (1974–76)
Naumann (1976)
Kupferschmied (1976–80)
Lienemann (1981–85)
Heinz Werner II (1985–88)
Meyer (1988–93)
Häfner (1993–96)
Franke (1996–2000)
Kuže (2000)
Lienemann (2000)
Karkuth (2000–01)
Schulz (2001–02)
Barsikow (2002)
J. Müller (2002–03)
Rohde (2003–04)
Barsikow (2004–05)
Demuth (2005)
J. Müller (2005–07)
Vogel (2007–08)
Franke (2008)
Schädlich (2008–13)
Heine (2013–16)
Köhler (2016–)

East German Footballer of the Year

1963: Kaiser 1964: Urbanczyk 1965: Weigang 1966: Nöldner 1967: Erler 1968: Bransch 1969: Vogel 1970: R. Ducke 1971: P. Ducke 1972: Croy 1973: Kreische 1974: Bransch 1975: Pommerenke 1976: Croy 1977: Dörner 1978: Croy 1979: Streich 1980: Grapenthin 1981: Grapenthin 1982: Schnuphase 1983: Streich 1984: Dörner 1985: Dörner 1986: Müller 1987: Müller 1988: Thom 1989: Trautmann 1990: Kirsten 1991: Gütschow

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