Norbert Nachtweih is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 former professional football defender.

He played from 1978 until 1992 as defender and midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

 and Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

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. Afterwards he went to French Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

 side AS Cannes

AS Cannes

Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...

 (1989–1991), where he played together with Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...

 and appeared in 43 games. Subsequently he returned to Eintracht Frankfurt and retired in 1996 in 2. Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

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 at Waldhof Mannheim.

In the GDR he played in the youth academy of Motor Sangerhausen, Traktor Polleben and MK Eisleben. In the DDR-Oberliga

DDR-Oberliga

The DDR-Oberliga was, prior to German reunification in 1990, the elite level of football competition in the DDR , being roughly equivalent to the Oberliga or Bundesliga in West Germany.-Overview:Following World...

 he played for Chemie Halle

Hallescher FC

Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900...

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With Eintracht he won the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 in 1980 and in 1981 the DFB cup

DFB-Pokal

The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...

. With Bayern he won the German Championship in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1989 and the DFB cup in 1984 and 1986.

Nachtweih began his footballing career in the German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...

, flew in October 1976 at a U21-Länderspiel together with Jürgen Pahl

Jürgen Pahl

Jürgen Pahl is a former goalkeeper in football. He fled together with Norbert Nachtweih from a match of the East Germany under-21 team to West Germany and was subsequently banned for a year. He played from 1978 to 1987 in the Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt and won the 1980 UEFA Cup with them...

 from Turkey

Turkey

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 to West Germany and got suspended for one year by the FIFA

FIFA

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. Although being one of the best German footballers in the 1980s, FIFA formalities forbade a career in the West German national team due to selections for the GDR. Like many other Frankfurt players, he was taken in by Bauherrenmodell, to reputedly help save on taxes. To pay off his debts, he had to sign a higher paid contract at Bayern Munich.

After his active career he became manager of SV Bernbach and FK Pirmasens

FK Pirmasens

FK Pirmasens is a German association football club in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate. The team was formed as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club TV Pirminia Pirmasens in 1903 and became independent in 1914. They took on their current name in 1925...

 (first as youth manager, then senior manager).
From 1998 until December 1999 he played for the FC Sportfreunde 1920 Schwalbach in the Landesliga Hessen Mitte.
At present he works in the football academy of Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

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