Dieter Bast

Dieter Bast
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-08-28) 28 August 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Oberhausen, West Germany
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender, midfielder, forward
Youth career
0000–1970 SpVgg Sterkrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1977 Rot-Weiss Essen 213 (58)
1977–1983 VfL Bochum 192 (24)
1983–1986 Bayer Leverkusen 71 (2)
1986–1989 Rot-Weiss Essen 102 (2)
Total 578 (86)
International career
1973 West Germany U23 2 (0)
1976–1977 West Germany B 4 (0)
1982–1984 West Germany Olympic 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Bast (born 28 August 1951) is a German former professional footballer.

Career

In total Bast played 412 Bundesliga games and scored 54 goals.[2] His Bundesliga debut took place on his 19th birthday for Rot-Weiss Essen. He quickly established himself amongst the squad, however, in search of title-chasing football, he went to VfL Bochum where he played 192 games, and from 1983 until 1986, he played for Bayer Leverkusen. In 1986, he returned to Rot-Weiss Essen in the 2. Bundesliga where he played until his retirement in 1989.

Bast played in the Under-23 national team in 1973, and in the National second team between 1976–77. Even though he played Bundesliga football for fifteen steady years, he failed to win a trophy for any team in which he played.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rot-Weiss Essen 1970–71 Bundesliga 22 3 0 0 — — 22 3
1971–72 Regionalliga West 32 8 — — 5[a] 0 37 8
1972–73 32 22 2 1 8[a] 3
1973–74 Bundesliga 34 10 1 1 — — 35 10
1974–75 32 5 5 0 — — 37 5
1975–76 33 6 1 0 — — 34 6
1976–77 28 4 5 1 — — 33 5
VfL Bochum 1977–78 Bundesliga 28 9 4 3 — — 32 12
1978–79 33 6 5 2 — — 38 8
1979–80 29 1 4 1 — — 33 2
1980–81 34 5 3 1 — — 37 6
1981–82 34 2 7 0 — — 41 2
1982–83 34 1 5 1 — — 39 2
Bayer Leverkusen 1983–84 Bundesliga 33 1 1 0 — — 34 1
1984–85 31 1 4 0 — — 35 1
1985–86 7 0 3 0 — — 10 0
Rot-Weiss Essen 1986–87 2. Bundesliga 33 1 — — — 33 1
1987–88 37 1 1 0 — — 38 1
1988–89 32 0 3 0 — — 35 0
Career total 578 86 54 11 13 3
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Regionalliga promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ "Dieter Bast". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (22 November 2012). "Dieter Bast - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 December 2012.