Norbert Nigbur

Norbert Nigbur

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Nigbur was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He joined Gelsenkirchen's biggest club, Schalke 04, from SV Gelsenkirchen 06 in 1966, playing 456 matches in the Bundesliga for Schalke and Hertha BSC in between 1966 and 1983, being the first first-team player from Schalke joining the club from Berlin after the Bundesligaskandal in 1970–71. His biggest success on club level was the DFB-Pokal trophy with hometown side Schalke 04 in 1972. In the 1980s and after the end of his last Schalke contract, Nigbur played for teams as VfB Hüls, Rot-Weiss Essen and FC Luthenberg outside the top two German divisions. He was capped on six occasions by West Germany, and was a member of the West German squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Club
Hertha BSC (1976–1979)
Club
VfB Hüls (1983–1984)
Club
Rot-Weiss Essen (1984–1985)
Club
Schalke 04 (1966–1976)
Club
Germany men's national association football team (1974–1980)
Club
Schalke 04 (1979–1983)
Club
Germany national under-21 football team (1966–1973)
Club
Germany national football B team (1975–1981)
Club
VfB Hüls (1984–1984)
Club
Germany national amateur football team (1966–1966)
League
Bundesliga
League
2. Bundesliga
National team
Germany

Legacy

Honours

FIFA World Cup: 1974 DFB-Pokal: 1972

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

German footballer

Position

goalkeeper

Extract from Wikipedia

Norbert Nigbur is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Schalke 04. He made six appearances for the West Germany national team.

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