Max Lorenz (footballer)
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 Lorenz in 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 August 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bremen, Gau Weser-Ems, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 24 October 2025 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bremen, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SV Hemelingen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| –1960 | SV Hemelingen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1969 | Werder Bremen | 250 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1972 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 71 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 321 | (28) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1970 | West Germany | 19 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Max Lorenz (19 August 1939 – 24 October 2025) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career with Werder Bremen, making 250 league appearances in nine years at the club and winning the Bundesliga in the 1964–65 season. He spent three years at Eintracht Braunschweig. At international level, he made 19 appearances scoring one goal for the West Germany national team.[1]
Lorenz was born in Bremen. He played 250 West German top-flight matches.[2]
International career
Lorenz represented West Germany at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was also an unused squad member of the DFB team at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Between 1965 and 1970, he won 19 caps for West Germany.[3]
Death
Lorenz died on 24 October 2025, at the age of 86.[4]
