Gerd Weber

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Gerd Weber
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Weber in 1975
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-05-31) 31 May 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Dresden, East Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Right midfielder, right-back
Youth career
Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1975 Dynamo Dresden II
1973–1981 Dynamo Dresden
International career
1975–1980 East Germany 33 (5)
Medal record
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Men's Football
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1976 Montreal Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerd Weber (born 31 May 1956) is a German former footballer who played as a right midfielder or right-back for Dynamo Dresden. [1]

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Career

Born in Dresden, Weber began his career in 1973 with Dynamo Dresden in the DDR-Oberliga. [2] Between 1975 and 1980 he played 33 times as a midfielder for the East Germany national team, scoring 5 goals. [3] He won the gold medal at the football tournament of the 1976 Summer Olympics with the East Germany Olympic team. He was a Stasi informer from 1975 onward. [4]

In 1981, he along with two teammates (Peter Kotte and Matthias Müller), were arrested by the Stasi, just as they were to travel to Argentina for an international match. [5] Weber had contacts to West German side 1. FC Köln, and had solicited escape plans, intending to flee to the West. Weber was sentenced to seven years and seven months' imprisonment. After eleven months he was released. However, he was banned from returning to professional football. [5] In the summer of 1989 he fled to the West before the fall of the Berlin Wall with his family.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gerd Weber at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (4 January 2018). "Gerd Weber - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". RSSSF . Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (4 January 2018). "Gerd Weber - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF . Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Ingolf Pleil: Mielke, Macht und Meisterschaft: Die „Bearbeitung“ der Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden durch das MfS 1978 - 1989. Ch.Links Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN   3-86153-235-2, page 67
  5. 1 2 Petrossian, Shahan. "Tales of Defection: The Cold War's Impact on the Game". theantiquefootball.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.


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