Uwe Bracht

Uwe Bracht
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-07-10)10 July 1953
Place of birth Bremen, Germany
Date of death 11 November 2016(2016-11-11) (aged 63)
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
-1969 ATS Buntentor
1969-1971 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1984 Werder Bremen 309 (26)
1986–1988 VfB Oldenburg
1988–1989 Bremer SV
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Uwe Bracht (10 July 1953 – 11 November 2016) was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent eleven seasons in the Bundesliga with SV Werder Bremen.[1]

Born in Bremen, Bracht began playing professional football with Werder. He flourished under manager Otto Rehhagel, helping the club to a runner's-up finish during the 1982–83 season.[2][3] Bracht suffered a serious achilles tendon injury in late 1983, and would be unable to play football for a year.[4]

Bracht died in 2016 at the age of 63.[5]

Honours

Werder Bremen

References

  1. ^ "Uwe Bracht". kicker (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Trauer um ehemaligen VfB-Spielmacher Uwe Bracht" (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. 14 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Uwe Bracht - Internationales Sportarchiv 34/1982" (in German). Munzinger-Archiv. 16 August 1982.
  4. ^ "Verletzung stoppte Uwe Brachts Karriere" (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. 14 March 2009.
  5. ^ "Werder Bremen trauert um Uwe Bracht". kicker Online (in German). 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.


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