Gert "Charly" Dörfel (born 18 September 1939) is a German former professional

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who played as a striker or winger.

Playing career

Dörfel won the 1960 West German championship and spent nine seasons in the

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after its introduction with

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, where he appeared in 224 matches and scored 58 goals. In 1972, he went abroad to South Africa to play with

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After one season in the National Professional Soccer League he returned to Germany to play with

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. Within a year he returned to South Africa, and went overseas to Canada in 1976 to play with London City in the

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International career

He represented

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11 times, including at the

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qualifiers against

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(scoring two goals) and

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(scoring one goal), the

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qualifier against

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, and eight friendlies.

Personal life

His brother

Bernd Dörfel Bernd Dörfel (born 18 December 1944) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Dörfel was born in Büsum. He spent seven seasons in the Bundesliga with Hamburger SV and Eintracht Braunschweig. Intern ...

also played for Germany (they are among 14 sets of siblings to have played for the national team).Alle Brüderpaare in der National Mannschaft
ll pairs of brothers in the national team Trainer-Baade.de After retiring as a footballer, he worked for many years as a

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with engagements at among others

Circus Krone Circus Krone, based in Munich, is one of the largest circuses in Europe and one of the few in Western Europe (along with Cirque d'hiver de Paris, Cirque d'hiver d'Amiens and Cirque Royal in Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-C ...

Honours

Hamburger SV *

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: 1962–63; runner-up: 1966–67 *

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runner-up: 1967–68

References

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* * * 1939 births German circus performers German clowns Living people Footballers from Hamburg German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's international footballers Bundesliga players Hamburger SV players London City Soccer Club players Canadian National Soccer League players West German expatriate men's footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa West German expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Highlands Park F.C. players West German men's footballers {{germany-footy-forward-1930s-stub