Frank Ordenewitz

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Frank Ordenewitz
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-03-25) 25 March 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth Dorfmark, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1979–1981 TSV Dorfmark
1981–1983 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1985 Werder Bremen (A) 61 (51)
1983–1989 Werder Bremen 125 (37)
1989–1993 1. FC Köln 126 (30)
1993–1994 JEF United Ichihara 55 (37)
1995 Hamburger SV 21 (1)
1996 Brummell Sendai 28 (20)
1997–1998 VfB Oldenburg 28 (3)
Total426(178)
International career
1987 West Germany 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Ordenewitz (born 25 March 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.

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Club career

Ordenewitz scored 68 goals in 272 Bundesliga matches. [1]

In a league match against 1. FC Köln on 7 May 1988 the Werder Bremen player admitted to a handball in the penalty area to the referee. Köln went on to win the match 2–0. For his sportsmanship he won the FIFA Fair Play Award that season.

Three seasons later, now playing for 1. FC Köln, Ordenewitz received a yellow card against MSV Duisburg in the DFB-Pokal semi-final on 6 May 1991 (final score: 3–0 for Köln). That would have blocked him from playing in the final against his former club, Werder Bremen, and so his coach, Erich Rutemöller, advised him to get himself sent off, since this would allow him to instead serve his suspension in their next Bundesliga game. As asked, Ordenewitz intentionally knocked the ball away and was sent off. [2] [3] In an interview after the game, Rutemöller admitted the plan, saying: "Otze came to me, and I think you shouldn't take the chance away from him, and so I said: 'Do it!'". This request, in various modifications, later became the dictum “Mach et, Otze!”. [4] In response, the DFB changed the rule and banned Ordenewitz from playing in the final anyway, which FC Köln went on to lose on penalties.

International career

Ordenewitz was capped twice for the West Germany national team in 1987. [5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [6] [7] [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Werder Bremen 1983–84 Bundesliga 50100060
1984–8591100091
1985–862471000257
1986–8730832003310
1987–88301516303618
1988–892766000336
Total125371850014342
1. FC Köln 1989–90Bundesliga3033100334
1990–9131763003710
1991–92351120003711
1992–9330922003211
Total126301360013936
JEF United Ichihara 1993 J1 League 15730632410
1994 403020104330
Total553750736740
Hamburger SV 1994–95Bundesliga150150
1995–966161
Total2110000211
Brummell Sendai 1996 Football League 282035003125
VfB Oldenburg 1997–98 Regionalliga 283283
Career total383128391673429147

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
West Germany 198720
Total20

Honors

Werder Bremen

Individual

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References

  1. Arnhold, Matthias (18 April 2019). "Frank Ordenewitz - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com . Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. „Mach et, Otze!“ in 11 Freunde, 2 March 2007
  3. Fußball: Mach et Otze in Der Spiegel, 13 May 1991
  4. Wie der Kultspruch „Mach et, Otze!“ entstand in General-Anzeiger, 1st May 2021
  5. Arnhold, Matthias (18 April 2019). "Frank Ordenewitz - International Appearances". RSSSF.com . Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Frank Ordenewitz". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. "Germany - Player Data - SV Werder Bremen". RSSSF.com . Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. "Germany - Player Data - 1. FC Köln". RSSSF.com . Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. "Deutscher Supercup, 1988, Finale". dfb.de. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
Preceded by FIFA Fair Play Award Winner
1988
Succeeded by