Lutz Lindemann

Lutz Lindemann played in his youth at Aufbau/Empor Halberstadt and the 1. FC Magdeburg. In 1967, after a move from Magdeburg to BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt was not permitted, he went back to his hometown and there to BSG Lokomotiv Halberstadt. In 1970, he moved to Motor Nordhausen and finally came to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 1971. There he played until 1977, until he moved to the Thuringian rival FC Carl Zeiss Jena, where he played until his career in 1981 and celebrated his greatest successes. Among them was the FDGB Cup victory in 1980 in the final against his old club from Erfurt. In the DDR Oberliga, Lindemann played 205 games, scoring 42 goals. With Carl Zeiss, he reached the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where the Thuringian team lost in the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf with 1–2 against Dinamo Tbilisi. He scored 23 times in 50 games in the GDR league and 7 times in 21 games in the European Cup.

On 7 September 1977, he made his debut in the football national team of the GDR at the 1–0 defeat against Scotland in Berlin. Three years later he finished his last international match against Spain with draw (0-0). In total, he won 21 for East Germany and scored two goals.

International

Scores and results list East Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lindemann goal.

Positions as coach and manager

After his playing career, Lutz Lindemann began a coaching career. His first stop was in 1982/83 with the GDR league promoted Motor Hermsdorf. There he did not manage to stay up and switched to the 1983/84 season for the GDR league newcomer progress Weida. Lindemann was also immediately relegated with Weida, but was able to continue working with the team and led them back into the GDR league in 1987. In July 1989 he went back to Jena, where he took over the position of team manager. From 1992 to 1995, Lindemann was a coach at FC Erzgebirge Aue and then manager at the Violets. After Ralf Minge was kicked out, he also took over the coaching post in Aue again from April 1996 to June 1998. From July 1998 to 2003, Lindemann was almost exclusively active as a manager - briefly accompanied by a position as assistant coach under Holger Erler in spring 1999 - at FC Erzgebirge Aue. From 2004 to 2006, Lindemann was manager at Hallescher FC and was also coach there for a period of seven months. Since 28 January 2007, Lindemann has served as sporting director in Jena. However, he had to give up this post on 22 December 2007, as he was responsible for FC Carl Zeiss' poor table situation at the end of the first half of the 2007/08 season. From January to June 2008, Lindemann worked as chief scout for FC Carl Zeiss Jena. On 1 July 2008, the club separated from him. On 24 September 2009, Lindemann was introduced as a "board member with responsibility for…