Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 November 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Benešov nad Ploučnicí, Czechoslovakia | ||
Date of death | 26 June 2005 | (aged 70)||
Place of death | Jena, Germany | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953–1955 | BSG Motor Schönebeck | 25 | (16) |
1955–1971 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 377 | (70) |
National team | |||
1958–1967 | East Germany | 37 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Roland Ducke (19 November 1934, in Benešov nad Ploučnicí (Bensen), Czechoslovakia – 26 June 2005, in Jena, Germany) was a German football player. His younger brother Peter was also a successful footballer.
Ducke played almost whole his career for FC Carl Zeiss Jena (1955–1971).
On the national level he played for East Germany national team (37 matches/5 goals), he played for his national team from 1958 to 1967.
In 1970 he won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year.
Ducke died on 26 June 2005 of prostate cancer.