Joachim Streich (13 April 1951 – 16 April 2022) was a German professional footballer who won the bronze medal with

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at the

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Playing career

Born in

Wismar Wismar (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar () is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg after Rostock, Schwerin and ...

, Streich played as a striker for Aufbau Wismar from 1957 to 1963, TSG Wismar from 1963 to 1967, Hansa Rostock from 1967 to 1975, and 1. FC Magdeburg from 1975 to 1985. Between 1969 and 1984 he was capped 102 times for East Germany, scoring 55 goals. For a long time he was considered a member of the

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, but when FIFA changed regulations to no longer include games at the

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, four of his matches were deleted from his official FIFA record and he dropped out. The

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still lists Streich with 102 caps on their website. Streich is regarded as one of the best players for

and holds both the records for most appearances and goals scored for the national team. Streich took part in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, scoring 2 goals in 4 matches. During his career, Streich played 378 games in the DDR-Oberliga for F.C. Hansa Rostock and 1. FC Magdeburg, scoring a record 229 goals. This tally earned him the top scorer award four times. He also scored 17 goals in 42 European matches for Rostock (4/0) and Magdeburg (38/17). In 1979 and 1983 he won the East German Footballer of the Year award. He also set the all-time DDR-Oberliga record for most goals scored in a game when he netted six in 1. FC Magdeburg's 10–2 defeat of BSG Chemie Böhlen in August 1977.DDR » Oberliga » Statistik » Die meisten Tore eines Spielers pro Spiel
Weltfussball.de – Austria – The most goals by a player in a game. Retrieved 18 August 2012

Coaching career

Following the end of his playing career, Streich managed 1. FC Magdeburg, Eintracht Braunschweig and FSV Zwickau.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list East Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Streich goal''.

Honours

* FDGB-Pokal:

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and

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* Olympic football tournament: Bronze medal

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* East German Footballer of the Year: 1979, 1983

References

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