Lothar Kurbjuweit

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Lothar Kurbjuweit
Kurbjuweit in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-11-06) 6 November 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Riesa, East Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1959–1965 BSG Traktor Seerhausen
1965–1968 Stahl Riesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1970 Stahl Riesa 35 (0)
1970–1983 Carl Zeiss Jena 357 (26)
1983–1984 Hallescher FC Chemie 23 (0)
Total 415 (26)
International career
1970–1981 East Germany 66 (4)
Managerial career
1984 Carl Zeiss Jena II (Assistant coach)
1984–1989 Carl Zeiss Jena
1989–1992 Rot-Weiß Erfurt
1992–1996 Carl Zeiss Jena U19
1996–1999 Carl Zeiss Jena (chairman)
2003–2004 VfB Pößneck
2005 VfB Pößneck
2006–2009 1. FC Nürnberg (scout)
2010–2011 Carl Zeiss Jena (Director of Sport)
2011 Carl Zeiss Jena (interim)
2014 Carl Zeiss Jena
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Men's football
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lothar Kurbjuweit (born 6 November 1950 in Riesa) is a former German footballer and football manager.

Club Career

Kurbjuweit played for Stahl Riesa (1965–1970) and Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1983).[1]

International career

On the national level Kurbjuweit played for the East Germany national team (66 matches/four goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Coaching career

Kurbjuweit later began coaching and led several teams, including Carl Zeiss Jena, Rot-Weiß Erfurt and VfB Pößneck. Kurbjuweit was from 1996 between 1999 the club chairman of Carl Zeiss Jena.[3] On 22 April 2010, he signed a contract as Director of Sport with his former club Carl Zeiss Jena.[4]

Personal life

Kurbjuweit is married with the former long jumper Birgit Grimm and has a son with her Tobias who is a professional footballer.[5] In the year 1992 he was named new business executive of Honda Präsent in Jena-Göschwitz and worked for the Carcenter between 2006.[6]

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