Dieter Bast
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 August 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Oberhausen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder, forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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 Leverkusen | 71 | (2) |
| 1986–1989 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 102 | (2) |
| Total | 578 | (86) | |
| International career | |||
| 1973 | West Germany U23 | 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 German former professional footballer.
In total Bast played 412 Bundesliga games and scored 54 goals.[2] 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.
