Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 August 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Ensdorf, Saarland, Germany | ||
Date of death | 29 September 2016 | (aged 91)||
Place of death | Ensdorf, Germany | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1949–1950 | FC Ensdorf | ||
1950–1961 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 254 | (197) |
National team | |||
1950–1956 | Saarland | 17 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Herbert Martin (29 August 1925 – 29 September 2016) was a Saarland and German footballer.
The striker spent the majority of his career with 1. FC Saarbrücken. He was the leading goal scorer for the Saarland national football team (tied with Herbert Binkert), with six goals, while the team existed between 1950 and 1956. He won 17 caps for the Saar federation which was later was included into the West German Football Association. He died in 2016.