Ralf Falkenmayer

{{short description|German former professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ralf Falkenmayer

| image =

| fullname = Ralf Falkenmayer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1963|2|11}}

| birth_place = Frankfurt, West Germany

| height = 1.75 m

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1968–1979

| youthclubs1 = SV Niederursel

| youthyears2 = 1979–1980

| youthclubs2 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| years1 = 1980–1987

| clubs1 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| caps1 = 173

| goals1 = 18

| years2 = 1987–1989

| clubs2 = Bayer Leverkusen

| caps2 = 48

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 1989–1996

| clubs3 = Eintracht Frankfurt

| caps3 = 164

| goals3 = 12

| years4 = 1996–1998

| clubs4 = Eintracht Trier

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 1982–1986

| nationalteam1 = West Germany U-21

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1984

| nationalteam2 = West Germany Olympic

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1984–1986

| nationalteam3 = West Germany

| nationalcaps3 = 4

| nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

Ralf Falkenmayer (born 11 February 1963) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/1983-84/10706/vereinsspieler_ralf-falkenmayer.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121010110928/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/1983-84/10706/vereinsspieler_ralf-falkenmayer.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 October 2012 | title = Falkenmayer, Ralf | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 6 February 2010}}

Career

Falkenmayer made 385 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/falkenmayerdata.html | title = Ralf Falkenmayer - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 November 2018 | accessdate = 4 December 2018 | publisher = RSSSF}} With Eintracht he won the DFB-Pokal in 1981 and with Bayer Leverkusen the UEFA Cup in 1988,{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/falkenmayerralf/ | title = Ralf Falkenmayer | language = German | publisher = fussballdaten.de | accessdate = 6 February 2010}} despite missing his penalty in the shootout in the final.

For the West Germany national team he was capped four times between 1984 and 1986.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/falkenmayer-intl.html | title = Ralf Falkenmayer - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 November 2018 | accessdate = 4 December 2018 | publisher = RSSSF}} He took part with West Germany at the Euro 1984 in France.