Willi Giesemann
{{Short description|German footballer (1937–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Willi Giesemann
| full_name = Wilhelm Giesemann
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|9|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rühme, Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick, Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|10|4|1937|9|2|df=y}}
| death_place =
| height =
| position = Half-back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = TSV Sülfeld
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = VfL Wolfsburg
| years1 = 1956–1959
| clubs1 = VfL Wolfsburg OL Nord
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1959–1963
| clubs2 = Bayern Munich OL Süd
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1963–1968
| clubs3 = Hamburger SV
| caps3 = 104
| goals3 = 13
| years4 = 1968–1972
| clubs4 = HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 1960–1965
| nationalteam1 = West Germany
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Wilhelm Giesemann (2 September 1937 – 4 October 2024) was a German footballer who played as a half-back.
Club career
After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963, Giesemann appeared in 104 top-flight matches for Hamburger SV.
International career
Giesemann was part of the West Germany squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup and played in two West German matches there.{{Cite web| url = https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=49943/index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081018003904/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=49943/index.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 October 2008 | title = Willy Giesemann | accessdate = 23 January 2010}}
He did miss out on participation at the then forthcoming World Cup because of injury, an injury that had an effect on the duration of his ability to play top-level football in the latter stages of his career, but sustained his toughest injury just on the day of his fourteenth and last West Germany appearance. On 6 June 1965, the West Germans played Brazil in Rio and battled hard to withstand the likes of Garrincha, Ademir and Pelé. Brazil was still in the lead, shortly before the end of the match when a tackle of Pelé saw marker Giesemann go off with a broken shinbone. And, it happened to be the famous Brazilian striker who netted the decisive second goal shortly thereafter.{{cite book | last = Bitter | first = Jürgen | title = Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler | publisher = Sportverlag | year = 1997 | page = 146 | language = German}} Overall he won 14 caps.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/giesemann-intl.html | title = Willi Giesemann – International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 25 March 2021 | accessdate = 29 March 2021 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}
Death
Giesemann died on 4 October 2024, at the age of 87. {{cite web |title=Der HSV Trauert um Willi Giesemann |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/der-hsv-trauert-um-willi-giesemann |website=HSV |access-date=5 October 2024}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|willi-giesemann}}
- {{kicker|willi-giesemann}}
- {{Fussballdaten|willi-giesemann}}
- {{NFT|16890}}
{{West Germany squad 1962 FIFA World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giesemann, Willi}}
Category:German men's footballers
Category:West German men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Braunschweig
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Germany men's international footballers
Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players
Category:VfL Wolfsburg players
Category:FC Bayern Munich footballers
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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