Klaus Fischer
Fischer in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-12-27) 27 December 1949
Place of birth Kreuzstraßl, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1958–1961 SC Kreuzstraßl
1961–1968 SC Zwiesel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 1860 Munich 60 (28)
1970–1981 Schalke 04 295 (182)
1981–1984 1. FC Köln 96 (31)
1984–1988 VfL Bochum 84 (27)
Total 535 (268)
International career
1971 West Germany U-23 2 (2)
1977–1982 West Germany 45 (32)
Managerial career
1988–1989 VfL Bochum (assistant)
1989–1992 Schalke 04 (assistant)
1990 → Schalke 04 (interim)
1992 → Schalke 04 (interim)
1992–1995 Schalke 04 II
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949) is a German former professional footballer and coach. He was a key player on the West Germany national team that lost the 1982 World Cup final to Italy. As a forward, he was noted for his bicycle kicks, and scored a spectacular overhead kick equalizer in extra-time of a 1982 World Cup semi-final against France.

Club career

Fischer was born in Kreuzstraßl, near Lindberg (Bayerischer Wald) in the district of Regen.

He moved from SC Zwiesel to TSV 1860 Munich in 1968 and made 535 Bundesliga appearances for 1860 Munich, FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Köln and VfL Bochum. With Schalke 04 he won the German Cup in 1972. Schalke 04 were one of the clubs involved in a bribery scandal in season 1970–71 of the Bundesliga. As one of the players involved, Fischer initially received a ban for life, but this punishment was later reduced to a one-year league ban and a five-year ban from national team eligibility.

In 1976, he was top scorer in the Bundesliga. With 268 goals he ranks third to Gerd Müller and Robert Lewandowski on the list of all-time top Bundesliga goalscorers. In 1988 Fischer's club side VfL Bochum made it to the German Cup final, but Fischer did not feature in the final match. He ended his career in 1988.[1]

His 182 league goals for Schalke 04 remain a club record.[2]

International career

Fischer made 45 appearances for the West Germany national team from 1977 to 1982, scoring 32 goals (eight headers and 24 with his feet, including two bicycle kicks). He appeared in two World Cups and was a World Cup runner-up in Spain in 1982.[3]

Fischer was known particularly for his bicycle kicks, often set up for him by Rüdiger Abramczik. His goal from a bicycle kick in a 4–1 win in a 1977 international match against Switzerland was selected as the Goal of the Year by German television viewers. It would later be voted Goal of the Decade and Goal of the Century. He also scored a famous bicycle kick equalizer in extra time in a 1982 World Cup semi-final against France, which West Germany went on to win on penalties.

Coaching career

Fischer runs a football training school.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeLeague CupTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1860 Munich1968–69Bundesliga2691020—299
1969–7034190022—3621
Total60281042—6530
Schalke 041969–70Bundesliga0020——20
1970–71341551——3916
1971–72292297——3829
1972–730000116374
1973–74252111——2622
1974–75331733——3620
1975–76342933——3732
1976–7731243456—3934
1977–7832206730—4127
1978–79342134——3725
1979–8026744——3011
1980–8117600——176
Total29518239349763349226
1. FC Köln1981–82Bundesliga31710——327
1982–8332126553—4320
1983–8433123542—4019
Total9631101095—11546
VfL Bochum1984–85Bundesliga341630——3716
1985–8627840——318
1986–8711300——113
1987–8812032——152
Total8427102——9429
Career total5352686046221463623331

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
West Germany 1977911
1978111
197965
198012
198189
1982104
Total4532

Honours

Schalke 04

1. FC Köln

West Germany

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Klaus Fischer: "Mr. Fallrückzieher" wird 60" [Klaus Fischer: "Mr. Bicycle Kick" is 60] (in German). reviersport.de. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  2. ↑ "Klaus Fischer turns 70 – "Mr. Bicycle Kick still knows where the goal is"". Schalke 04. 27 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Klaus Fischer – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. ↑ "Fußball: Klaus Fischer und kleine Kicker-Träume" (in German). derwesten.de.de. 25 December 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "Klaus Fischer » Club matches". WorldFootball.
  6. ↑ "Klaus Fischer - Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  7. 1 2 3 "November 1977 - Fischer" (in German). Sportschau. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 1984/85" (in German). kicker.
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