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Karl-Heinz Schnellinger is a West German footballer who played as a libero. He played 19 matches for the West Germany National Football Team, winning silver at the 1966 World Cup and bronze at the 1970 World Cup.

Schnellinger is a pupil of the Düren club and also played for this semi-amateur team and the West German youth team, was taken to the 1958 World Championships in Sweden. At the World Cup, Schnellinger played two games against France and Czechoslovakia. After the World Cup, Schnellinger moved to F.C. Köln, where he played for three years, scoring eight goals in 131 games and becoming the champion and best player of the West German team in 1962. In 1963, Schnellinger moved to the Italian club Mantova 1911, becoming one of the first truly successful German footballers abroad. After Mantova, Schnellinger played for Roma, but achieved his greatest success with A.C. Milan, with whom he won the Italian championship and cup, the European Cup, becoming the first German to win this trophy.

Schnellinger played 47 matches for the West German national team and scored one goal, which equalized the score in the 1970 World Cup semi-final against Italy in the 90th minute of the match, this goal took the game into extra time.

Famous West German soccer player. Clubs:. SG Düren 09, 1. FC Cologne, AC Mantova, AS Roma, AC Milan, Tennis Borussia (West) Berlin.

Played 19 times for Tennis Borussia Berlin in West German Bundesliga (1974-1975).

Played 3 times for 1. FC Köln in DFB Pokal (1961-1962) and scored 1 goal.

Played 222 times for AC Milan in Serie A (1965 to 1974) &amp; scored 0 goals.

Scored 1:1 for West Germany in the legendary semifinal against Italy (World Cup 1970 in Mexico) - his only goal for West German national team.

47 appearances with West German national team (1957 to 1971), scored 1 goal.

Took part in 4 world championships (1958 in Sweden, 1962 in Chile, 1966 in England and 1970 in Mexico).

He played twice for the European team in the farewell matches of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2105763/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Stanley Matthews</a> and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0781551/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Uwe Seeler</a>.

During the 1966 World Cup, in a match against Uruguay, Schnellinger kicked the ball out of the goal with his hand, but the referee did not notice the violation.

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Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

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