Heinz-Dieter Hasebrink (28 August 1941 – 17 January 2023) was a German professional

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 ...

who played as a

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Career

Born in

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

, Hasebrink played youth football at

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 ...

before making his first-team debut in 1961. He scored 18 goals in the 1965–66 season at the end of which Rot-Weiss Essen was promoted to the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

. He scored the first two Bundesliga goals in the club's history on 27 August 1966. Hasebrink moved to

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern (), K'lautern or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to Association football, football ...

in 1967 before playing for

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

from 1969 to 1973. He played in the Bundesliga for both clubs, making 114 appearances and scoring 16 goals for Werder Bremen. Hasebrink joined

Atlas Delmenhorst Atlas Delmenhorst is a German association football club from the city of Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, playing in the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen. The club, originally formed with a merger in 1973, discontinued in 2002 after declaring insolv ...

in 1974 and became a fan favourite, helping the club achieve two consecutive promotions: to the

Landesliga The Landesliga () is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the sixth tier. The r ...

in 1975 and to the Oberliga, the German third tier at the time, in 1976. In the 1975–76 season he scored 27 goals. He amassed a total of 67 goals in 109 appearances for Atlas Delmenhorst.

Personal life and death

Following his retirement from playing In 1978, Hasebrink coached local clubs in the area while working at an insurance agency in

Delmenhorst Delmenhorst (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Demost'') is an urban district (''List of German urban districts, Kreisfreie Stadt'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of 74,500 and is located west of downtown Bremen (city), Bremen with which ...

. Hasebrink died on 17 January 2023, at the age of 81.

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* 1941 births 2023 deaths Footballers from Essen German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Bundesliga players SV Werder Bremen players Rot-Weiss Essen players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Atlas Delmenhorst players West German men's footballers {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub