Ehrenfried Patzel

{{Short description|Czech footballer (1914–2004)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ehrenfried Patzel

| image = Čestmír Patzel (1914-2004).jpg

| fullname = Ehrenfried Patzel

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|12|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chabařovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|3|8|1914|12|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Büdingen, Germany

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1932–1939

| years2 = 1939–1942

| years3 = 1942–1948

| clubs1 = Teplitzer FK

| clubs2 = 1. SV Jena

| clubs3 = Offenbacher Kickers

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1934–1935

| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{TCH}}}}

{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|Runnerup|1934 Italy|}}

}}

Ehrenfried Patzel (Czech: Čestmír Patzel; 2 December 1914 – 8 March 2004 in Büdingen) was an Ethnic German football player from Czechoslovakia.

Patzel was born in Chabařovice. His mother Františka was Czech, his father Ferdinand was German.{{cite web |title=Čestmír Patzel: vicemistr světa 1934, který hrál nedobrovolně v Německu |url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal/221416/cestmir-patzel-vicemistr-sveta-1934-ktery-hral-nedobrovolne-v-nemecku.html |website=iSport.cz |access-date=27 October 2023 |language=cs}}

He played for Teplitzer FK from 1932 to 1939. In 1939 Teplitzer team was dissolved by the Nazis and Patzel went to play for 1. SV Jena from 1939 to 1942 and for Offenbacher Kickers from 1942 to 1948.{{cite book |last1=Král |first1=Lubomír |title=Historie německé kopané v Čechách |date=2006 |location=Prague |page=138 |language=cs|url=http://www.nemeckyfotbal.cz/kniha/138.pdf |access-date=27 October 2023}}

He also played four matches for the Czechoslovak national team and was a participant at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.{{cite web |title=Čestmír Patzel - ČMFS |url=http://fotbal.cz/c/nat/players/viewstat.asp?name=PatzelCestmir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004224/http://fotbal.cz/c/nat/players/viewstat.asp?name=PatzelCestmir|archive-date=27 September 2007|website=fotbal.cz}}