Personal information | |||
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Full name | Norbert Nachtweih | ||
Date of birth | 4 June 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Sangerhausen, East Germany | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1963–1967 | Motor Sangerhausen | ||
1967–1969 | Traktor Polleben | ||
1969–1971 | MK Eisleben | ||
1971–1974 | Chemie Halle | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1976 | Chemie Halle | 35 | (2) |
1976–1982 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 120 | (26) |
1982–1989 | Bayern Munich | 202 | (20) |
1989–1991 | Cannes | 43 | (2) |
1991 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | (0) |
1991–1995 | Waldhof Mannheim | 127 | (11) |
1997 | SV Bernbach | ||
1998–1999 | FC Schwalbach | ||
National team | |||
East Germany U21 | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Norbert Nachtweih (born 4 June 1957) is a retired German professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played in 325 Bundesliga games over the course of 13 seasons (46 goals), playing for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich and winning eight major titles combined, including four national championships with the latter.
Born in Sangerhausen, East Germany, Nachtweih moved to West Germany in 1976, signing with Eintracht Frankfurt, for which he appeared as a midfielder over the course of five Bundesliga seasons, scoring 25 goals in his last three years combined and winning the 1979–80 UEFA Cup (11 appearances, one goal) against fellow league side Borussia Mönchengladbach.
In the 1982 summer, Nachtweih joined FC Bayern Munich, contributing with 85 games and ten goals as the Bavarians won three consecutive national championships from 1985–87 (of the four he conquered with the team during his spell), and also being regularly played as a defender. In 1989, the 32-year-old moved to France and signed for AS Cannes, partnering a young Zinedine Zidane in two Ligue 1 seasons, and helping the club qualify to the UEFA Cup in his first.