Norbert Nigbur

Norbert Nigbur

Nigbur in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-05-08) 8 May 1948
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	SV Gelsenkirchen 06
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1976	Schalke 04	289	(0)
1976–1979	Hertha BSC	101	(0)
1979–1983	Schalke 04	104	(0)
1983–1984	VfB Hüls		(0)
1984–1985	Rot-Weiss Essen	27	(0)
International career
1966–1973	West Germany U23	4	(0)
1975–1981	West Germany B	5	(0)
1974–1980	West Germany	6	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing West Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1974 West Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norbert Nigbur (born 8 May 1948) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most notably for Schalke 04. He made six appearances for the West Germany national team.

Career

Nigbur was born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He joined Gelsenkirchen's biggest club, Schalke 04, from SV Gelsenkirchen 06 in 1966, playing 456 matches in the Bundesliga for Schalke and Hertha BSC in between 1966 and 1983, being the first first-team player from Schalke joining the club from Berlin after the Bundesligaskandal in 1970–71. His biggest success on club level was the DFB-Pokal trophy with hometown side Schalke 04 in 1972. In the 1980s and after the end of his last Schalke contract, Nigbur played for teams as VfB Hüls, Rot-Weiss Essen and FC Luthenberg outside the top two German divisions.

He was capped on six occasions by West Germany, and was a member of the West German squad at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			DFB-Pokal		Europe		DFL-Ligapokal		Total
		League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Schalke 04	1966–67	Bundesliga	28	0	3	0	—		—		31	0
	1967–68		18	0	1	0	—		—		19	0
	1968–69		31	0	5	0	—		—		36	0
	1969–70		23	0	3	0	6	0	—		32	0
	1970–71		31	0	2	0	—		—		33	0
	1971–72		34	0	9	0	—		—		43	0
	1972–73		34	0	3	0	6	0	9	0	52	0
	1973–74		24	0	1	0	—		—		25	0
	1974–75		33	0	3	0	—		—		36	0
	1975–76		33	0	2	0	—		—		35	0
	Total		289	0	32	0	12	0	9	0	342	0
Hertha BSC	1976–77	Bundesliga	33	0	7	0	—		—		40	0
	1977–78		34	0	6	0	—		—		40	0
	1978–79		34	0	8	0	10	0	—		52	0
	Total		101	0	21	0	10	0	—		132	0
Schalke 04	1979–80	Bundesliga	28	0	5	0	—		—		33	0
	1980–81		27	0	1	0	—		—		28	0
	1981–82	2. Bundesliga	38	0	1	0	—		—		39	0
	1982–83	Bundesliga	11	0	2	0	—		—		13	0
	Total		104	0	9	0	—		—		113	0
Career total			494	0	62	0	22	0	9	0	587	0

Honours

• FIFA World Cup: 1974
• DFB-Pokal: 1972

External links

• Norbert Nigbur at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Norbert Nigbur at WorldFootball.net
• Norbert Nigbur at National-Football-Teams.com