Horst Blankenburg

Horst Blankenburg

Blankenburg as player of Ajax in 1972
Personal information
Date of birth	(1947-07-10) 10 July 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth	Heidenheim, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender, sweeper
Youth career
	VfL Heidenheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1968	1. FC Nürnberg	0	(0)
1968–1969	Wiener Sportclub	27	(0)
1969–1970	1860 Munich	31	(1)
1970–1975	Ajax	188	(5)
1975–1977	Hamburger SV	44	(0)
1977–1978	Neuchâtel Xamax	19	(0)
1978–1980	Chicago Sting	38	(0)
1979–1980	→ KSC Hasselt (loan)	10	(0)
1980–1982	Preußen Münster	22	(0)
1982–1983	Hummelsbütteler SV
1985	Lüneburger SK	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Horst Blankenburg (born 10 July 1947) is a German former professional footballer, who played as a sweeper.^[1] He is best known for the early 1970s period, during which he played for Ajax and won the European Cup three times (1971, 1972, 1973), the European Super Cup twice (1972, 1973), the Intercontinental Cup once (1972) and the Dutch championship and the KNVB Cup twice. In 1976, he won the German Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1977 with Hamburger SV. He was never selected for the West Germany national team.