Jürgen Pahl

Jürgen Pahl

Personal information
Full name	Jürgen Pahl
Date of birth	17 March 1956
Place of birth	Teuchern, East Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1973–1976	Chemie Halle
1976–1987	Eintracht Frankfurt	152	(0)
1987–1989	Çaykur Rizespor	60	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jürgen Pahl (born 17 March 1956 in Teuchern, East Germany) is a former football goalkeeper. He fled together with Norbert Nachtweih from a match of the East Germany under-21 team to West Germany^[2] and was subsequently banned for a year. He played from 1978 to 1987 in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt^[3] and won the 1979–80 UEFA Cup with them. He was also a 1980–81 DFB-Pokal winner.

Jürgen Pahl now lives in Paraguay as a kebab restaurant owner.

See also

• List of Eastern Bloc defectors

References

1. "Jürgen Pahl". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
2. "Ich bin ein optimistischer Apokalyptiker" (in German). Spiegel Online. 2 May 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
3. "Jürgen Pahl" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 26 October 2012.