Lothar Kurbjuweit

Lothar Kurbjuweit
	Kurbjuweit in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	6 November 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth	Riesa, East Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1959–1965	BSG Traktor Seerhausen
1965–1968	Stahl Riesa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968–1970	Stahl Riesa
1970–1983	Carl Zeiss Jena
1983–1984	Hallescher FC Chemie
Total
International career
1970–1981	East Germany
Managerial career
1984	Carl Zeiss Jena II (Assistant coach)
1984–1989	Carl Zeiss Jena
1989–1992	Rot-Weiß Erfurt
1992–1996	Carl Zeiss Jena U19
1996–1999	Carl Zeiss Jena (chairman)
2003–2004	VfB Pößneck
2005	VfB Pößneck
2006–2009	1. FC Nürnberg (scout)
2010–2011	Carl Zeiss Jena (Director of Sport)
2011	Carl Zeiss Jena (interim)
2014	Carl Zeiss Jena
show Medal record
Representing East Germany
Men's football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lothar Kurbjuweit (born 6 November 1950 in Riesa) is a former German footballer and football manager.

Club Career

Kurbjuweit played for Stahl Riesa (1965–1970) and Carl Zeiss Jena (1970–1983).^[1]

International career

On the national level Kurbjuweit played for the East Germany national team (66 matches/four goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

Coaching career

Kurbjuweit later began coaching and led several teams, including Carl Zeiss Jena, Rot-Weiß Erfurt and VfB Pößneck. Kurbjuweit was from 1996 between 1999 the club chairman of Carl Zeiss Jena.^[3] On 22 April 2010, he signed a contract as Director of Sport with his former club Carl Zeiss Jena.^[4]

Personal life

Kurbjuweit is married with the former long jumper Birgit Grimm and has a son with her Tobias who is a professional footballer.^[5] In the year 1992 he was named new business executive of Honda Präsent in Jena-Göschwitz and worked for the Carcenter between 2006.^[6]

References

^ Lothar Kurbjuweit – www.riesa.de :: Willkommen in der Sportstadt Riesa
^ "Jenas neuer Sportchef Lothar Kurbjuweit im OTZ-Gespräch." Thüringer Allgemeine. 23 April 2010.
^ Kurbjuweit übernimmt in Jena Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Lothar Kurbjuweit neuer Sportlicher Leiter des FCC
^ Tobias Kurbjuweit – Immer Unioner Archived 10 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Jena-Legende Kurbjuweit "Halbes Leben im Stadion verbracht"

[1] Lothar Kurbjuweit – www.riesa.de :: Willkommen in der Sportstadt Riesa

[2] "Jenas neuer Sportchef Lothar Kurbjuweit im OTZ-Gespräch." Thüringer Allgemeine. 23 April 2010.

[3] Kurbjuweit übernimmt in Jena Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Lothar Kurbjuweit neuer Sportlicher Leiter des FCC

[5] Tobias Kurbjuweit – Immer Unioner Archived 10 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Jena-Legende Kurbjuweit "Halbes Leben im Stadion verbracht"

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