National player, goal of the year 1974, top scorer in France and Belgium, almost 100 goals in the Bundesliga - these are the these are the sporting successes of Erwin Kostedde. Experiences with racism, the futile search for his own father father, a stint in prison for a crime he did not commit, and he did not commit, a suicide attempt, alcohol problems, financial bankruptcies - that too is the life of of Germany's first black national player.
Erwin Kostedde looks back on an exciting and tragic life. and tragic life. Racism accompanies him, who grew up in Münster shortly after the Second World his whole life, and time and again he tried to break out of it. he tried to break out. He only felt truly happy only felt happy on the pitch, playing soccer. There he could forget everything, be himself. That's how Kostedde made it from from Preußen Münster via Liège into the Bundesliga, where he Kickers Offenbach, where he became a legend and a national player. national player. He then went on to play for with Hertha BSC, in France, with Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen.
But his career was followed by bankruptcy, a stint in jail, missed opportunities as a soccer coach as a soccer coach and in other jobs. Alexander Heflik, sports director of the Westfälische Nachrichten in Münster, accompanied him for many years and presents a sensitive and presents with this biography a sensitive and touching and touching portrait.
- Book Erwin Kostedde - Germany's first black national player by Alexander Heflik
- hardcover & 208 pages
