Manfred Schäfer
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Manfred Schäfer (born February 12, 1943)[1] is a former football (soccer) defender. He was born in Kaliningrad and emigrated to Australia aged 14.[2] He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and made his international debut in 1967 and was a fixture in the Australian side till his retirement at the end of the 1974 World Cup finals. Schäfer played for only three clubs in his club football career in Australia, for Blacktown between 1960 and 1963, Budapest between 1963 and 1964 and for St. George-Budapest between 1965 and 1975 before retiring in 1975. After retiring as a player Schäfer went on to have a long distinguished career as a coach in the NSL with St. George-Budapest, Sydney Olympic, Brunswick Juventus, APIA Leichhardt, Sydney Croatia, Marconi Stallions, Adelaide Sharks and Parramatta Power.
Schäfer represented Australia 72 times, scoring 1 goal. He played in all three of Australia's matches in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Schäfer was an inaugural inductee into the Australian Soccer Hall of Fame and also had NSW representative honours.
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Australia squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Reilly | 2 Utjesenovic | 3 Wilson | 4 Schäfer | 5 Curran | 6 Richards | 7 Rooney | 8 Mackay | 9 Warren | 10 Manuel | 11 Abonyi | 12 Alston | 13 Ollerton | 14 Tolson | 15 Williams | 16 Rudic | 17 Harding | 18 Watkiss | 19 Campbell | 20 Buljevic | 21 Milisavljevic | 22 Maher | Coach: Rasic |
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