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 lea ...

who played as a

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. After his career (21 2. Bundesliga, 282

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 ...

games; one goal) Zumdick was assistant coach at

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

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 t ...

in 1988. He was most recently manager

Thomas Doll Thomas Jens Uwe Doll (born 9 April 1966) is a German professional Association football, football manager and a former Association football, football player. As a player, he played as an attacking midfielder for F.C. Hansa Rostock, BFC Dynamo, Ha ...

's assistant coach at

APOEL APOEL FC (; short for Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Όμιλος Ελλήνων Λευκωσίας, ''Athletikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias'', "Athletic Football Club of Greeks of Nicosia") is a Cypriot professio ...

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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 2. 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 West German men's footballers Hannover 96 non-playing staff German expatriate sportspeople in Iran German expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Borussia Dortmund non-playing staff Hamburger SV non-playing staff VfL Bochum non-playing staff Gençlerbirliği S.K. non-playing staff Ferencvárosi TC non-playing staff Expatriate football managers in Iran