Norbert Trieloff

{{short description|German footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| image = Norbert Trieloff.jpg

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| caption = Norbert Trieloff with the East German Olympic team at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in 1980.

| fullname = Norbert Trieloff

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|8|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rostock, East Germany

| position = Defender

| height = {{Height|m=1.79}}

|currentclub =

|clubnumber = 3

| youthyears1 = 1967-1972

| youthclubs1 = SG Dynamo Rostock-Mitte (de)

| youthyears2 = 1972-1974

| youthclubs2 = BFC Dynamo

| years1 = 1974-1987

| clubs1 = BFC Dynamo

| caps1 = 246

| goals1 = 13

| years2 = 1987–1989

| clubs2 = 1. FC Union Berlin

| caps2 = 35

| goals2 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1974–1976

| nationalteam1 = East Germany U18

| nationalcaps1 = 24

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1976–1980

| nationalteam2 = East Germany U21

| nationalcaps2 = 23

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1976-1976

| nationalteam3 = East Germany B

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1980–1984

| nationalteam4 = East Germany Olympic

| nationalcaps4 = 16

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 1980–1984

| nationalteam5 = East Germany

| nationalcaps5 = 18

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalCountry | {{Flag|East Germany}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1980 Moscow | Team}}

}}

Norbert Trieloff (born 24 August 1957 in Rostock) is a German former football player.

Trieloff began playing football for the youth teams of SG Dynamo Rostock-Mitte in 1967. He first played as a goalkeeper, before he switched to defence.{{cite magazine |date=22 July 1975 |title=Kinder der Spartakiade - Jahrgang 1972: Norbert Trieloff |url=https://www.fcc--supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201975/FUWO%201975%2029.pdf |journal=Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) |language=de |location=Berlin |publisher=DFV der DDR |volume=1975 |issue=29 |page=5 |issn=0323-8407 |access-date=3 April 2022 }} Trieloff proved to be a talented player. He was transferred to the youth academy of football club BFC Dynamo at the age of 14 and enrolled in the elite Children and Youth Sports School (KJS) "Werner Seelenbinder" in Alt-Hohenschönhausen.{{cite news |last=Osiewacz |first=Frank |date=1 August 2020 |title=Olympia-Silber mit der DDR-Auswahl: Der Hammer Norbert Trieloff erinnert sich |url=https://www.wa.de/sport/hamm/olympia-silber-ddr-auswahl-hammer-norbert-trieloff-erinnert-sich-13849222.html |language=German |newspaper=Westfälischer Anzeiger |location=Hamm |publisher=Westfälischer Anzeiger Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG |access-date=27 September 2020 }}

Trieloff made his debut for the first team of BFC Dynamo at barely 17-years-old against BSG Wismut Aue in the 11th matchday of the 1974-75 DDR-Oberliga on 29 November 1974.{{cite book |last=Karas |first=Steffen |date=2022 |title=66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus |location=Berlin |edition=2nd |publisher=CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger |page=201 |isbn=978-3-944068-95-4}} He was a regular player for BFC Dynamo from the 1977-78 season. Trieloff scored the winning goal for BFC Dynamo in the match against SG Dynamo Dresden in the last matchday of the 1979-80 DDR-Oberliga. BFC Dynamo was one point behind leading SG Dynamo Dresden before the match. The match was played in front of 30,000 spectators at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark on 10 May 1980.{{cite news |last=Klein |first=Daniel |date=11 April 2018 |title=Der Rivale aus Berlin |url=https://www.saechsische.de/der-rivale-aus-berlin-3915035.html |language=de |newspaper=Sächsische.de |location=Dresden |publisher=DDV Mediengruppe GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=16 May 2022}} The score was 0-0 in the second half. Trieloff then made it 1-0 to BFC Dyamo on a pass from Hartmut Pelka in 77th minute. BFC Dynamo eventually won the match 1-0 and thus captured the league title.{{cite magazine |last=Schlegel |first=Klaus |date=13 May 1980 |title=Als Trieloff sich ein Herz faßte... |url=https://home.snafu.de/erich.mielke/HTMLLiga/197980ST26.html |journal=Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) |language=de |location=Berlin |publisher=DFV der DDR |volume=1980 |issue=20 |page=5 |issn=0323-8407 |access-date=16 May 2022 }}{{cite news |last=Leimer |first=Jochen |date=26 January 2022 |title=Von Görlitz über Dynamo in die Welt: Wie "Dixie" und die SGD dem BFC das Double vermasselten |url=https://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/von-gorlitz-uber-dynamo-in-die-welt-dixie-und-sgd-vermasseln-bfc-das-double/ |language=German |newspaper=Sportbuzzer |location=Hannover |publisher=Sportbuzzer GmbH|access-date=16 May 2022 }} Trieloff became East German football champion nine times in a row with BFC Dynamo, under coach Jürgen Bogs.

Trieloff played in 4 matches in the UEFA Cup and 31 matches in the European Cup for BFC Dynamo. He scored the decisive goal for BFC Dynamo, after two saves by the goalkeeper of BFC Dynamo Bodo Rudwaleit, in the penalty shootout between BFC Dynamo and Aberdeen F.C. in front of 26,000 spectators at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in the first round of the 1984-85 European Cup on 3 October 1984.{{cite news |last=Görke |first=André |date=13 November 2001 |title=Der Spind von Jürgen Bogs ist leer |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/der-spind-von-juergen-bogs-ist-leer/270446.html |language=German |work=Der Tagesspiegel |location=Berlin |publisher=Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH |access-date=19 September 2021 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/datencenter/champions-league/1984-1985/1-runde/bfc-dynamo-fc-aberdeen-648323 |title=BFC Dynamo - FC Aberdeen, 5:4 i.E., Europapokal der Landesmeister, 1984/1985, 1. Runde |author= |date=n.d. |website=dfb.de |location=Frankfurt am Main |publisher=Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. |language=German |access-date=19 September 2021 }}

Trieloff was transferred to 1. FC Union Berlin in November 1987. He played his first match for 1. FC Union Berlin in the 11th matchday of the 1987-88 DDR-Oberliga against SG Dynamo Dresden at the Stadion an der Alten Försterei on 21 November 1987. Trieloff played 35 matches for 1. FC Union Berlin in the DDR-Oberliga until the end of the 1988-89 season.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/trieloffdata.html | title = Norbert Trieloff – Matches and Goals in Oberliga | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 20 March 2014 | accessdate = 11 April 2014 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

Trieloff represented East Germany 18 times between 1980 and 1984.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/trieloff-intl.html | title = Norbert Trieloff – International Appearances | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 9 October 2004 | accessdate = 11 April 2014 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} He won the silver medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics with the East German Olympic team. Trieloff was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze the same year, together with his teammates.

Trieloff completed three and a half years of training as a physiotherapist after German reunification and started his own business in Hamm in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1996.

Fans of BFC Dynamo once named a fan club after Norbert Trieloff. He is an institution among football fans and still receives requests for autographs.