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Bernd Hölzenbein

1946 - 2024

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Bernd Hölzenbein (9 March 1946 – 15 April 2024) was a German professional footballer who played as a striker or winger. He played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1967 to 1981 and is the club's all-time Bundesliga top scorer, having tallied 160 goals in 420 league matches. At the international level, Hölzenbein was a member of the West German team that won the World Cup in 1974. He was fouled in the final against the Netherlands, which led to the Germans' equalizing penalty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernd Hölzenbein is the 633rd most popular soccer player (down from 630th in 2019), the 1,916th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,057th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Bernd Hölzenbein ranks 633 out of 21,273. Before him are Hidetoshi Nakata, Tofiq Bahramov, Víctor Valdés, Werner Leimgruber, Mark van Bommel, and John Connelly. After him are Erwin Koeman, Rabah Madjer, Emmanuel Petit, Agne Simonsson, Ian Rush, and Hugo Meisl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Bernd Hölzenbein ranks 185. Before him are Dan White, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Ichiro Hosotani, Alun Armstrong, Malcolm McLaren, and Tina Aumont. After him are Rebiya Kadeer, Grigory Margulis, Ralf Hütter, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Héctor Babenco, and Mario Zenari. Among people deceased in 2024, Bernd Hölzenbein ranks 130. Before him are William Russell, Neale Fraser, James Sikking, Leif Segerstam, Sergei Novikov, and Norman Jewison. After him are William Labov, Antonio Skármeta, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Gediminas Kirkilas, Aleksandr Medved, and Josef Jelínek.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernd Hölzenbein ranks 1,916 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), Wolf Biermann (1936), Max Immelmann (1890), Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1664), and Rachel Félix (1821). After him are Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1489), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1588), Judith of Swabia (1054), Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (1527), and Ralf Hütter (1946).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Bernd Hölzenbein ranks 45. Before him are Horst Hrubesch (1951), Oliver Bierhoff (1968), Klaus Fischer (1949), Ottmar Walter (1924), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), and Philipp Lahm (1983). After him are Rainer Bonhof (1952), Manfred Kaltz (1953), Joachim Streich (1951), Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), Klaus Augenthaler (1957), and Bodo Illgner (1967).

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