Gerhard Körner
German football player and manager (1941–2025)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gerhard Körner (20 September 1941 – July 2025) was a German football player and manager.
![]() | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 September 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zwickau, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | July 2025 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1971 | Vorwärts Berlin | 276 | (50) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 276 | (50) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1969 | East Germany | 33 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 1. FC Union Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
He played 276 matches in the Oberliga and scored 50 goals for Vorwärts Berlin and FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder respectively.[1]
Gerhard Körner won 33 caps for East Germany.[2] He died in July 2025, at the age of 83.[3]
