Ulrich Biesinger
German footballer
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Ulrich "Uli" Biesinger (6 August 1933 – 18 June 2011)[1] was a German footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a forward.
Full name
Ulrich Biesinger
Date of birth
6 August 1933
Place of birth
Augsburg-Oberhausen, Germany
Date of death
18 June 2011 (aged 77)
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ulrich Biesinger | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1933 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Augsburg-Oberhausen, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 18 June 2011 (aged 77) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Augsburg, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1952–1960 | BC Augsburg | |||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | SSV Reutlingen | 78 | (44) | |||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | BC Augsburg | |||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Schwaben Augsburg | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1959 | West Germany B | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1954–1959 | West Germany | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Career
Born in Augsburg-Oberhausen, Biesinger was an attacker for BC Augsburg.[2] Between 1954 and 1958, he played in seven matches for the Germany national team and scored two goals.[3] He was the youngest player of the German team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[4]
Biesinger played the position of center forward. He scored 105 goals in 187 games in the Oberliga Süd between his debut in 1952 and 1959, when BC Augsburg were relegated.[citation needed]