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Eike Immel
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| Eike Immel | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eike Immel | |
| Date of birth | 27 November 1960 | |
| Place of birth | Stadtallendorf, West Germany | |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1978–1986 1986–1995 1995–1997 |
Borussia Dortmund VfB Stuttgart Manchester City |
247 (0) 287 (0) 43 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1980 - 1988 | West Germany | 19 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Eike Immel (born 27 November 1960 in Stadtallendorf) is a former German football player and manager.
A leading youth international goalkeeper for West Germany in 1978, Eike Immel was still seventeen years of age when he succeeded Horst Bertram as Borussia Dortmund's first-choice. He remained Dortmund's top choice until his two million Deutsche Mark transfer to VfB Stuttgart in 1986, the biggest fee ever paid for a goalkeeper in the history German football at that time. He served nine years as Stuttgart's regular goalkeeper, winning the Bundesliga title in 1992 and the UEFA Cup runner-up medal in 1989 with them. Afterwards he left for Manchester City, where he retired a at the end of the 1995-96 season.[1]
His West Germany career lasted for just eight years due to his decision to retire from the West German team following EURO'88. Immel had been the starting goalkeeper since Harald Schumacher's ban from the team in 1987, and his 19th appearance in the semi-final of the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship at Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, remained his final cap for his country and made him miss out on the title winning 1990 FIFA World Cup squad for which Bodo Illgner then served as starting goalkeeper.[2] The mentioned 1988 UEFA European Football Championship was Immel's fifth participation in a big international tournament. The son of a farmer later admitted he decided to retire from the international game at barely 28 just because of getting competition from Bodo Illgner for the starting job, which was taken in wild haste.
Following his retirement from the game after a stay with Manchester City, whom he joined after his Stuttgart manager had preferred a younger goalkeeper in 1995, Eike Immel was working in a coaching role, like the goalkeeper coach he was under Christoph Daum at Fenerbahçe in 2005.
[edit] References
- ^ "Career stats at fussballdaten.de Eike Immel" (in German). Fussballdaten.de (2008). Retrieved on 14 August 2008.
- ^ "Players Info Immel". Deutscher Fußball Bund (2008). Retrieved on 14 August 2008.
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