Erich "Ete" Beer (born 9 December 1946) is a German former

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player and

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Career

Beer was born in

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. He started his career at SpVgg Ebing and played until 1968 with VfL Neustadt, until a move to the Bundesliga saw him play for 1. FC Nürnberg,

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 1955. The latt ...

and

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. For these teams he played in Midfield in a total of 342 games, scoring 95 goals. After playing for

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, Beer moved to

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in 1981, where he played until 1982. Between 1975 and 1978 he played in 24 games for the West Germany national team, scoring seven goals. Beer was referred to by reporters as "The Berliner Beer", but was better known by fans as "Ete". Today he lives in

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beer, Erich 1946 births Living people People from Coburg (district) Footballers from Upper Franconia German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 1976 players 1978 FIFA World Cup players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Saudi Pro League players 1. FC Nürnberg players Hertha BSC players Rot-Weiss Essen players TSV 1860 Munich players Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) players German football managers TSV 1860 Munich managers West German expatriate men's footballers West German expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia West German men's footballers