Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

Joachim Streich (13 April 1951 – 16 April 2022) was a German footballer. He won the bronze medal with East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played for the national team from 1969 until 1984, making 98 appearances.

Joachim Streich
Streich in 1972
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-04-13)13 April 1951
Place of birth Wismar, German Democratic Republic
Date of death 16 April 2022(2022-04-16) (aged 71)
Place of death Leipzig, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1957–1963 Aufbau Wismar
1963–1967 TSG Wismar
1967–1969 Hansa Rostock
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1975 Hansa Rostock 141 (58)
1975–1985 1. FC Magdeburg 237 (171)
Total 378 (229)
National team
1969–1984 East Germany 98 (53)
1972 East Germany Olympic 4 (2)
Teams managed
1985–1990 1. FC Magdeburg
1990–1991 Eintracht Braunschweig
1991–1992 1. FC Magdeburg
1996–1997 FSV Zwickau
Honours
Representing  East Germany
Men’s Football
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Streich died on 16 April 2022 in Leipzig, Germany from myelodysplastic syndrome, three days after his 71st birthday.[1]

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