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Jürgen Kurbjuhn

1940 – 2014

German footballer

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Lived 1940 – 2014 (aged 73). Jürgen Kurbjuhn was a German association football player.

Jürgen Kurbjuhn (26 July 1940 – 15 March 2014) was a German football player. Kurbjuhn had excelled as a youth-international for West Germany during his time with amateur club Buxtehuder SV and joined Hamburg's biggest, Hamburger SV, in 1960 when the club had just been crowned German football champion. In 1961 he was part of the Hamburg side reaching the semi-final of the European Cup against Barcelona and part of the 1963 German Cup winning side of the club. He retired, because of injury, after ten goals in 242 Bundesliga matches in 1972, mostly as a left back.

His West Germany career lasted five matches, between April 1962 and May 1966. He was unused by Sepp Herberger at the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He played his last international on 4 May 1966, when the West Germans beat Ireland 4–0 in a friendly. He was not selected for Helmut Schön's squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

From 1988 he owned an insurance company in Buxtehude.

Honours UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1967–68 DFB-Pokal winner: 1963–63; finalist 1966–67

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Who was Jürgen Kurbjuhn?

German footballer (1940-2014)

When was Jürgen Kurbjuhn born?

Jürgen Kurbjuhn was born on 26 July 1940 in Sovetsk.

When did Jürgen Kurbjuhn die?

Jürgen Kurbjuhn died on 15 March 2014 in Buxtehude.

What was Jürgen Kurbjuhn's occupation?

Jürgen Kurbjuhn was an association football player.

What nationality was Jürgen Kurbjuhn?

Jürgen Kurbjuhn was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jürgen Kurbjuhn

· Wikidata: Q567022

· DBpedia: Jürgen Kurbjuhn

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