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Full name | Fritz Walter | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 21 July 1960 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mannheim, West Germany | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1965–1976 | SG Hohensachsen | |||||||||||||
1976–1978 | FV Weinheim | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1978–1981 | FV Weinheim | 87 | (55) | |||||||||||
1981–1987 | Waldhof Mannheim | 196 | (87) | |||||||||||
1987–1994 | VfB Stuttgart | 216 | (102) | |||||||||||
1994–1997 | Arminia Bielefeld | 50 | (25) | |||||||||||
1997–1999 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 9 | (6) | |||||||||||
Total | 558 | (275) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1987–1988 | West Germany Olympic | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fritz Walter (born 21 July 1960) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker, [1] and who was nicknamed "Little Fritz". Born in Mannheim, he is of no relation to German legend of the same name Fritz Walter.
With 22 goals in the 1991–92 Bundesliga season, Fritz Walter was crowned the league's top scorer when he won the German Championship with VfB Stuttgart.
Club | Season | League | ||
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Division | Apps | Goals | ||
Waldhof Mannheim | 1981–82 | 2. Bundesliga | 32 | 11 |
1982–83 | 2. Bundesliga | 35 | 21 | |
1983–84 | Bundesliga | 34 | 16 | |
1984–85 | Bundesliga | 31 | 7 | |
1985–86 | Bundesliga | 31 | 9 | |
1986–87 | Bundesliga | 33 | 23 | |
Total | 196 | 87 | ||
VfB Stuttgart | 1987–88 | Bundesliga | 33 | 16 |
1988–89 | Bundesliga | 33 | 13 | |
1989–90 | Bundesliga | 31 | 13 | |
1990–91 | Bundesliga | 26 | 12 | |
1991–92 | Bundesliga | 38 | 22 | |
1992–93 | Bundesliga | 28 | 13 | |
1993–94 | Bundesliga | 27 | 13 | |
Total | 216 | 102 | ||
Arminia Bielefeld | 1994–95 | Regionalliga | 14 | 4 |
1995–96 | 2. Bundesliga | 33 | 21 | |
1996–97 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 50 | 25 | ||
SSV Ulm | 1997–98 | Regionalliga | 6 | 6 |
1998–99 | 2. Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 6 | ||
Career total | 471 | 220 |
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