Ralf Christoph Bernard Zumdick (born 10 May 1958) is a German former 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 ...

who played as a

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. After his career (21

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, 282

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games; one goal) Zumdick was assistant coach at

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundesli ...

from 1995 until 1999. Zumdick is often cited as the player who pioneered the practice of the penalty-taking-goalkeeper when he scored against

Andreas Köpke Andreas "Andy" Köpke (, born 12 March 1962) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After being selected for the Germany national team squads that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the ...

in 1988. He was most recently manager

Thomas Doll Thomas Jens Uwe Doll (born 9 April 1966) is a German professional football manager and a former football player who is the current Manager of Persija Jakarta. He played as an attacking midfielder for F.C. Hansa Rostock, BFC Dynamo, Hamburger S ...

's assistant coach at

APOEL APOEL FC ( el, ΑΠΟΕΛ; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', literally "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zumdick, Ralf 1958 births Living people Footballers from Münster German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players SC Preußen Münster players German football managers VfL Bochum managers VfL Bochum players Gençlerbirliği S.K. managers Bundesliga managers Persepolis F.C. non-playing staff Germany men's B international footballers Süper Lig managers Ghana national football team managers German expatriate football managers German expatriate sportspeople in Ghana Expatriate football managers in Ghana German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate football managers in Turkey