Manfred Kaltz

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Manfred Kaltz

| image = 5860Manfred Kaltz.JPG

| caption = Kaltz in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|1|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ludwigshafen, West Germany

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1960–1968

| youthclubs1 = VfL Neuhofen

| youthyears2 = 1968–1970

| youthclubs2 = TuS Altrip

| youthyears3 = 1970–1971

| youthclubs3 = Hamburger SV

| years1 = 1971–1989

| clubs1 = Hamburger SV

| caps1 = 568

| goals1 = 76

| years2 = 1989

| clubs2 = Girondins Bordeaux

| caps2 = 1

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1989–1990

| clubs3 = Mulhouse

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1990–1991

| clubs4 = Hamburger SV

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 594 | totalgoals = 77

| nationalyears1 = 1972

| nationalteam1 = West Germany Amateur

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1972–1973

| nationalteam2 = West Germany U-23

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1974–1975

| nationalteam3 = West Germany B

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1975–1983

| nationalteam4 = West Germany

| nationalcaps4 = 69

| nationalgoals4 = 8

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|FRG}}}}

}}

Manfred Kaltz (born 6 January 1953) is a German former football player and manager, who played as a right-back.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080809052514/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=44249/index.html Manfred Kaltz Statistics] FIFA. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

Kaltz played in the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV and 13 times (one goal) for FC Mulhouse in Ligue 1 after initially joining Mulhouse league rivals Girondins de Bordeaux 1989. He returned to Hamburg the season after, the consequence of the relegation of FC Mulhouse from Ligue 1 at the end of 1989–90. Previously, Kaltz was forced to leave Hamburg, the club for which he had been a professional since the 1971–72 season, after the authorities (i.e. Erich Ribbeck) had decided not to go on with the contract of the long-serving full-back. Their successors lured him back from France in September 1990 to give him the chance to serve his final year as a player at his old club.

In total he played in 581 Bundesliga games for Hamburger SV (HSV),{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/kaltzmanfred/ | title = Manfred Kaltz | publisher = fussballdaten.de | language = de | access-date = 23 January 2010}} to this day remaining the second greatest total of an individual in Bundesliga history. An expert in penalties, the Hamburg fan-favourite scored 53 of his 76 goals from the spot, a record in the Bundesliga. Internationally he was part of the squad that won the 1980 UEFA European title.

Kaltz was famous for his right-footed crosses, which he hit with so much spin that they curved like a banana. They were affectionately called "Bananenflanken" ("banana crosses").{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/doyouremember/news/newsid=1062487.html#bending+like+kaltz | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090612230427/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/stories/doyouremember/news/newsid=1062487.html#bending+like+kaltz | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 June 2009 | title = Manfred KALTZ | publisher = FIFA | access-date = 23 January 2010}} He often used this technique to set up hulking striker Horst Hrubesch, whose 96 goals with HSV included many from Kaltz crosses that Hrubesch headed into the opposing goal. Hrubesch once described their partnership when he explained one of his goals with the often quoted words "Manni banana, I head, goal".

Honours

Hamburger SV

West Germany

UEFA European Championship: 1980
UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1976
FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1982

Individual

kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197677/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212258/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197677/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1976/77|language=de|publisher=kicker}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197879/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212307/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197879/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1978/79|language=de|publisher=kicker}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197980/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019114414/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197980/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1979/80|language=de|publisher=kicker}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198081/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019114419/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198081/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1980/81|language=de|publisher=kicker}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198182/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212315/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198182/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1981/82|language=de|publisher=kicker}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198586/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212334/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/198586/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1985/86|language=de|publisher=kicker}}
Sport Ideal European XI: 1977,{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1977/12/31/pagina-3/1402284/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1977|access-date=4 June 2024 }} 1979,{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1980/01/05/pagina-13/1043229/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1979|access-date=4 June 2024 }} 1980{{cite web|url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/unofficial-european-ideal-teams-1971-1980.1985633/ |website=BigSoccer |title=Sport 1980|access-date=4 June 2024 }}
Onze Mondial: 1980, 1981{{Cite web|title="Onze Mondial" Awards|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|access-date=2021-12-17|website=RSSSF|archive-date=4 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704020132/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|url-status=live}}