Herbert Pankau
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Date of birth
4 October 1941
Place of birth
Blankwitt, Gau Pomerania, Germany
Date of death
25 July 2025 (aged 83)
Position
Midfielder
.jpg) Pankau in 1964 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 October 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Blankwitt, Gau Pomerania, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 July 2025 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1960 | BSG Einheit Grevesmühlen | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1971 | Hansa Rostock[nb 1] | 257 | (30) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1975 |
BSG Schiffahrt/ Hafen Rostock | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1967 | East Germany | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Herbert Pankau (4 October 1941 – 25 July 2025) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder for Hansa Rostock. He scored 30 goals in 257 matches for Hansa Rostock in the East German top-flight.[1] He won 25 caps for East Germany between 1962 and 1967.[2] Pankau worked as an engineer after his football career. Pankau died on 25 July 2025, at the age of 83.[3]
