Manfred Zapf

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Manfred Zapf
Personal information
Date of birth	August 24, 1946 (1946-08-24) (age 61)
Place of birth	Stapelburg, Germany
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1966–1979	1. FC Magdeburg	328 (28)
National team
1969–1975	East Germany	016 0(0)
Teams managed
1988–1989	East Germany
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  East Germany
Men’s Football
Bronze	Munich 1972	Team Competition

Manfred Zapf (born August 24, 1946 in Stapelburg) is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes - three DDR championships, four cups, and the Cup Winners' Cup of 1974. He won sixteen caps for East Germany, and was part of the team that won the Bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics. Following his retirement, Zapf joined the backroom staff at FC Magdeburg, and had a three-month spell as manager of the East German national team in 1988–89.

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

v • d • e East Germany national football team – Managers Oelgardt (1952–53) • Siegert (1954) • Gyamarti (1955–57) • Gödicke (1958–59) • Krügel (1959–61) • Soós (1961–67) • Seeger (1967–69) • Buschner (1970–81) • Krause (1982–83) • Stange (1983–88) • Zapf (1988–89) • Geyer (1989–90)