Adolf Friedrich Werner ( German: Adolf Friedrich Werner ; October 19, 1886 , Kiel , German Empire - September 6, 1975 , Kiel, Germany ) - German soccer player and football goalkeeper.
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| Full name | Adolf Friedrich Werner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Adsh ( German: Adsch ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 19, 1886 Kiel , German Empire | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 6, 1975 (88 years old) Kiel , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Club
He spent almost his entire career in the Kiel club Holstein , and in the 1911/12 season he played for Victoria for some time from Hamburg. The most important day of his club career is May 26, 1912 , when in a German championship match his game brought the championship title to his Holstein . As part of the "storks" in 1910, he also became vice-champion of Germany, he won the championship of Northern Germany in 1910, 1911 and 1912. As a player of Holstein , he was declared for 9 games of the German national team, and as Hamburg's Victoria, he was declared for 4 meetings of the national team.
Team
Adolf Werner made his debut on March 16, 1909 in the first official game of the German national team, which was held in the UK. Despite the fact that the Germans were defeated in this match from the Netherlands with a score of 0: 9, the English press spoke well of Werner, and several English clubs even offered him a professional contract.
At the 1912 Olympic football tournament, Werner was included in the German national team application and was noted for participating in two meetings: in the match against the Austrians , which the Germans lost 1: 5, although they were 1-0 after the first half, and in the match against Russia , in which the Germans won the biggest victory in its history with a score of 16: 0. From March 24 to April 14, 1912 Werner was the champion of the national team in the number of games, having held the 10th and 11th meetings by that time. On July 1, he, along with Eugen Kipp and Camillo Ugi, held the 12th game, and with the last he played the 13th and his last game on July 3 .
Personal life
His brother August Werner was also a professional footballer.