Hans-Jürgen Kreische

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

Kreische prior to the 1974 World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-07-19) July 19, 1947
Place of birth	Dresden, GDR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	RB Leipzig (Scout)
Youth career
1957–1964	Dynamo Dresden
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1978	Dynamo Dresden	256	(143)
National team
1968–1975	East Germany	50	(25)
Teams managed
1995–1996	Dynamo Dresden
2000–2001	Dresdner SC
Honours Representing  East Germany Men's football 1972 Munich Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Hans-Jürgen "Hansi" Kreische (born July 19, 1947 in Dresden) is a former East German footballer.

Career

Club career

Kreische spent his entire career with his hometown club, Dynamo Dresden, scoring 127 goals in 234 DDR-Oberliga games between 1964 and 1978. He was East Germany's top scorer in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1976, and was player of the year in 1973.

International career

Kreische was an East German international, scoring 25 goals in 50 appearances. He was part of the 1974 World Cup squad, and was also in the 1972 Olympic bronze medal winning team. He and Heino Kleiminger were the only players to score four goals in one match for East Germany.

After football

Following his retirement from football, Kreische worked as a coach with Dynamo's youth system and had a brief spell as first-team manager, during the 1995-96 season. As of April 2010, he is working as a successful scout for RB Leipzig.^[1]

Honours

• DDR-Oberliga (5): 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978
• FDGB Pokal (2): 1971, 1977
• Olympic Bronze Medal: 1972

References

External links

• Career statistics
• International career

East Germany squad – 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalists
1 Croy 2 Kurbjuweit 3 Zapf 4 Weise 5 Bransch 6 Irmscher 7 Pommerenke 8 Schulenberg 9 Sparwasser 10 Kreische 11 Streich 12 Häfner 13 Seguin 14 Ducke 15 Vogel 16 Tyll 17 Wätzlich 18 Ganzera 19 Schneider Coach: Buschner

East Germany squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup
1 Croy 2 Kurbjuweit 3 Bransch 4 Weise 5 Fritsche 6 Schnuphase 7 Pommerenke 8 Löwe 9 Ducke 10 Kreische 11 Streich (c) 12 Wätzlich 13 Lauck 14 Sparwasser 15 Vogel 16 Irmscher 17 Hamann 18 Kische 19 Seguin 20 Hoffmann 21 Blochwitz 22 Friese Coach: Buschner

East German Footballer of the Year
1963: Kaiser 1964: Urbanczyk 1965: Weigang 1966: Nöldner 1967: Erler 1968: Bransch 1969: Vogel 1970: R. Ducke 1971: P. Ducke 1972: Croy 1973: Kreische 1974: Bransch 1975: Pommerenke 1976: Croy 1977: Dörner 1978: Croy 1979: Streich 1980: Grapenthin 1981: Grapenthin 1982: Schnuphase 1983: Streich 1984: Dörner 1985: Dörner 1986: Müller 1987: Müller 1988: Thom 1989: Trautmann 1990: Kirsten 1991: Gütschow

DDR-Oberliga Top Scorer
1949–50: Satrapa 1950–51: Schöne 1951–52: Krause 1952–53: Arlt 1953–54: Satrapa 1954–55: Tröger 1955: Seligow 1956: Lindner 1957: Kaulmann 1958: Müller 1959: Bauchspieß 1960: Bauchspieß 1961–62: Bialas 1962–63: Ducke 1963–64: Backhaus 1964–65: Bauchspieß 1965–66: Frenzel 1966–67: Rentzsch 1967–68: Kostmann 1968–69: Kostmann 1969–70: Skrowny 1970–71: Kreische 1971–72: Kreische 1972–73: Kreische 1973–74: Matoul 1974–75: Vogel 1975–76: Kreische 1976–77: Streich 1977–78: Havenstein 1978–79: Streich 1979–80: Kühn 1980–81: Streich 1981–82: Schnuphase 1982–83: Streich 1983–84: Ernst 1984–85: Ernst 1985–86: Sträßer 1986–87: Pastor 1987–88: Thom 1988–89: Gütschow 1989–90: Gütschow 1990–91: Gütschow