Wolfgang Benkert

German footballer

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Wolfgang Benkert
Personal information
Wolfgang Benkert (middle row, fourth from right) with Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 1983
Date of birth	(1951-07-01) 1 July 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth	Weimar, East Germany
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Motor Weimar
0000–1970	Carl Zeiss Jena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1986	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	256	(0)
1986	Sachsenring Zwickau	13	(0)
	Robotron Sömmerda
	Motor Weimar
	Borussia Wuppertal
International career
1984	East Germany	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wolfgang Benkert (born 1 July 1951) is a German former footballer.

The goalkeeper played 269 East German top-flight matches.^[1]

In 1984 Benkert won his only cap for the East Germany national team in a friendly match against Greece.^[2]

References

^ Arnhold, Matthias (5 July 2018). "Wolfgang Benkert - Matches and Goals in Oberliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ Arnhold, Matthias (5 July 2018). "Wolfgang Benkert - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 July 2018.