Fred Arbinger (born 6 June 1957) is a former

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. Arbinger was born in

Aldersbach Aldersbach () is a municipality in the district of Passau in Bavaria in Germany. The former Cistercian Aldersbach Abbey, of which the Baroque church remains, is located in the village. There is also a brewery with museum. Aldersbach has around 4, ...

. He began his career playing amateur football in his native

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

, before being signed by

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association foo ...

in 1976. He had the misfortune to make his debut in Bayern's record league defeat, a 7–0 home loss against

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, ...

. He made nine more appearances in his first season, most notably a substitute appearance in the second leg of the Intercontinental Cup. He didn't play at all the following season, though, and left for

Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berlin. History The team was founded in 1902 as ''Berliner Tennis- und Ping-Pong-Gesellschaft Borussia'' taking its name from its origins as a tennis and ...

in 1978. After two seasons in Berlin he returned to the Bavarian amateur leagues, initially as a player and later as a coach. He served as a youth coach with

SV Wacker Burghausen SV Wacker Burghausen is a German football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports. History The club was founded on 13 Novemb ...

from 2003 to 2007, and had a brief spell as the club's caretaker manager.

Honours

* Intercontinental Cup:

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

References

External links

* 1957 births Living people People from Passau (district) Footballers from Lower Bavaria German men's footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Men's association football midfielders FC Bayern Munich footballers FC Bayern Munich II players Tennis Borussia Berlin players German football managers 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub