Gert Dörfel
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gert Dörfel | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker, winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1958 | PSV Hamburg | ||
| 1958–1960 | Hamburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960–1972 | Hamburger SV | 347 | (114) |
| 1972–1973 | Highlands Park FC | ||
| 1973–1974 | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 18 | (3) |
| 1974–1975 | Highlands Park FC | ||
| 1976–1977 | London City | ||
| National team | |||
| 1960–1964 | West Germany | 11 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gert "Charly" Dörfel (born 18 September 1939 in Hamburg) is a retired German football player.
Dörfel won the 1960 West German championship and spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga after its introduction with Hamburger SV, where he appeared in 224 matches and scored 58 goals. In 1972, he went abroad to South Africa to play with Highlands Park F.C.. After one season in the National Professional Soccer League he returned to Germany to play with HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst. Within a year he returned to South Africa, and went overseas to Canada in 1976 to play with London City in the National Soccer League.
He represented West Germany 11 times, including at the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland (scoring two goals) and Greece (scoring one goal), the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sweden, and eight friendlies.
His brother Bernd Dörfel also played for Germany. After retiring as a footballer, he worked for many years as a clown with engagements at among others Circus Krone.
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