Manfred Zapf

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Manfred Zapf

Manfred Zapf in 1973
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-08-24) 24 August 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	Stapelburg, Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1964	SG Dynamo Stapelburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1979	1. FC Magdeburg	327	(29)
International career
1969–1975	East Germany	16	(0)
Managerial career
1988–1989	East Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record
Representing  East Germany
Men's Football
	1972 Munich	Team Competition

Manfred Zapf (born 24 August 1946^[1] in Stapelburg) is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes – three DDR championships, four cups, and the Cup Winners' Cup of 1974. In his time with the club he appeared in 327 league matches in the DDR-Oberliga and played 30 matches in the second-tier DDR-Liga.^[1]

He won sixteen (respectively 12^[2]) caps for East Germany between 1969 and 1975,^[3] and was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics.^[4]

Following his retirement from footballing, Zapf joined the backroom staff at FC Magdeburg, and also had a three-month spell as manager of the East Germany national team in 1988–89.