Wolfgang Breuer

German association football player

Wolfgang Breuer (24 May 1944) is a former German football player. He played as striker. During his time in Innsbruck he won the championship and the cup 1972-73. He also was top scorer with 22 goals. From 1965 to 1980 he scored 247 goals for FC Bayern Hof, Wacker Innsbruck and SpVgg Bayreuth [1]

Wolfgang Breuer
Personal information
Full name Wolfgang Breuer
Date of birth (1944-05-24) 24 May 1944 (age 79)
Position(s) forward (retiered)
Youth career
1962 -1965 Tuspo Bayreuth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965-1972 FC Bayern Hof
1972-1974 SpG Swarovski Wattens-Wacker Innsbruck
1974–1983 SpVgg Bayreuth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career change

Wolfgang Breuer went through all age groups of Tuspo Bayreuth's youth department. In the 1965/66 season Breuer moved from B league team Tuspo Bayreuth to FC Bayern Hof in the Regionalliga Süd. After refusing offers from Bayern Munich, 1. FC Cologne, VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Kaiserslautern he moved to Austria to Wacker Innsbruck. In the 1972/73 season he became champion and cup winner in Austria. With 22 goals he was also top scorer of the league. 1974 he moved to SpVgg Bayreuth. Breuer played his last game on 29 May 1982 in the home game against SC Freiburg.

Professionally, Wolfgang Breuer worked for the Bayreuth city administration for 29 years. Even during his football career he was always working. It was not possible to make a living through football alone at Bayern Hof or at SpVgg Bayreuth.

References change

  1. Walter Grüber: Fußball-Torjägerstatistik Deutschland. Books on Demand. Norderstedt 2011. ISBN 978-3-8448-6248-5. S. 204/205