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Norbert Nigbur
German footballer (born 1948)
Norbert Nigbur (born 8 May 1948) 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.
.png) Nigbur in 1974 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1948-05-08) 8 May 1948 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| SV Gelsenkirchen 06 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1976 | Schalke 04 | 289 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | Hertha BSC | 101 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | Schalke 04 | 104 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | VfB Hüls | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1973 | West Germany U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1981 | West Germany B | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1980 | West Germany | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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,[1] 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,[2] and was a member of the West German squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[3]
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | DFL-Ligapokal | Total | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Schalke 04 | 1966–67 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 1968–69 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 1969–70 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| 1970–71 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 1971–72 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 0 | ||||
| 1972–73 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| 1973–74 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 1974–75 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 1975–76 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 289 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 342 | 0 | ||
| Hertha BSC | 1976–77 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | ||||
| 1978–79 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 52 | 0 | |||
| Total | 101 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 132 | 0 | |||
| Schalke 04 | 1979–80 | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1980–81 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 1981–82 | 2. Bundesliga | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| 1982–83 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 104 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — | 113 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 494 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 587 | 0 | ||
- Norbert Nigbur at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Norbert Nigbur at WorldFootball.net
- Norbert Nigbur at National-Football-Teams.com
- Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Norbert Nigbur – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- Arnhold, Matthias (4 June 2015). "Norbert Nigbur – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- "West Germany's World Cup squad 1974". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- "Norbert Nigbur » Club matches". worldfootball.net.