Walter Kelsch (born 3 September 1955) is a German former

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who played as a

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Club career

Kelsch started his career with TSV Büsnau. Then he played for

Stuttgarter Kickers Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers. History In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...

and later on for

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

. In 246 Bundesliga matches he scored 54 goals. In France he played 78 matches (20 goals) for RC Strasbourg. 67 (18) in the Division 1 and eleven (two) in the Division 2.

International career

Kelsch won four caps (1979 and 1980) for the West Germany national team, in which he scored three goals. The matches included

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qualifiers against

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and

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and two friendlies.

Honours

VfB Stuttgart *

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: 1983–84; runner-up: 1978–79

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelsch, Walter 1955 births Living people German men's footballers West German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Stuttgarter Kickers players VfB Stuttgart players RC Strasbourg Alsace players FC 08 Homburg players West German expatriate sportspeople in Greece West German expatriate men's footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Footballers from Stuttgart