Wolfgang Steinbach
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 Steinbach in 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 September 1954 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Schönebeck, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –1968 | BSG Chemie Schönebeck | |||||||||||||
| 1968–1972 | 1. FC Magdeburg | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1971–1987 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 297 | (66) | |||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Motor Schönebeck | |||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 40 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | VfB Oldenburg | 104 | (10) | |||||||||||
| Total | 441 | (85) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1985 | East Germany | 28 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | VfB Oldenburg | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | BV Cloppenburg | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | VfB Oldenburg | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2007 | SV Wilhelmshaven | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Preußen Magdeburg | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | SV Wilhelmshaven (director of sports) | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | SV Wilhelmshaven | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Wolfgang "Maxe" Steinbach (born 21 September 1954) is a German former football player and manager who spent most of his career playing for 1. FC Magdeburg in the DDR-Oberliga. At international level, he made 28 appearances for the East Germany national team scoring one goal. In 2006, he was elected Best 1. FC Magdeburg Player of All Times in a telephone vote.
Steinbach was born in Schönebeck. He started his top flight career at 1. FC Magdeburg when he played in a single match in the 1971–72 season. He had his breakthrough in the 1974–75 season when he played in 17 matches, scoring 2 goals. He stayed with 1. FC Magdeburg until 1987, when he left for his home town club of Motor Schönebeck where he spent the next one and a half years in the second-tier DDR-Liga. In the winterbreak of the 1988–89 season he returned to the DDR-Oberliga with 1. FC Magdeburg. After German reunification, Steinbach was signed by West German 2. Bundesliga side VfB Oldenburg. He spent the rest of his playing career with them, managing the team for a time in the 1993–94 season. Overall, Steinbach played in 337 DDR-Oberliga matches, scoring 75 goals. In the 2. Bundesliga he played another 104 matches with 10 goals scored.[1]
From 1978 to 1985 he earned 28 caps to the East Germany national team, scoring one goal.[2] He was part of the East Germany squad that won the Silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He played in all matches in the tournament, scoring one goal.[3] He was sent off in the final against Czechoslovakia.[4]
With 1. FC Magdeburg, Steinbach won three East German championships and four FDGB-Pokal titles.
