Lothar Kurbjuweit (born 6 November 1950 in Riesa

Riesa

Riesa is a town in the district of Meißen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located at the river Elbe, approx. 40 km northwest of Dresden.The world's first 110 kV power line was inaugurated between Riesa and Lauchhammer in 1912....

) is a former German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player, who works as Director of Sport for FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...

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International career

On the national level he played for East Germany national team

East Germany national football team

The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany....

 (66 matches/four goals), and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup

1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...

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Coaching career

He later began coaching and led several teams, including FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...

, Rot-Weiss Erfurt and VfB Pößneck

VfB Pößneck

VfB Pößneck is a German association football club from the city of Pößneck, Thuringia with a membership of roughly 400.-History:Vereins für Bewegungsspiele Pößneck was founded 2 August 1909 and established its own ground at Sportpark an der Warte in May 1925...

. Kurbjuweit was from 1996 between 1999 the club Chairman of FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...

. On 22 April 2010 he signed a contract as Director of Sport with his former club FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena

FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...

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Personal life

Kurbjuweit is married with the former long jumper Birgit Grimm and has a son with her Tobias

Tobias Kurbjuweit

Tobias Kurbjuweit is a German footballer who plays for BFC Dynamo.- Career :Kurbjuweit made his professional debut in the German 3rd Liga against 1. FC Heidenheim on 24 July 2010.- Personal life :...

who is a professional footballer. In the year 1992 he was named new business executive of Honda Präsent in Jena-Göschwitz and worked for the Carcenter between 2006.