Bernd Schuster, footballer: biography, sports career

"Barcelona", "Real Madrid", "Atletico Madrid" - when mentioning these clubs in football fans in the head there are pictures of real battles, because all three are irreconcilable rivals to each other. Grandees constantly challenge the title of the best team in Spain. And once the "Real" and "Atletico" from one city, then the football tradition, they are fighting in the Madrid derby for the title of the best team in Madrid.

To be a player of one of these clubs is the dream of any footballer. Go to the camp of another team - betrayal. The cases of transition from "Barcelona" to "Real" or vice versa though rare, but were, for example: the transfer of Luis Enrique in 1996 from "Real" to "Barcelona" or the transfer of Luis Figo in 2000 from Barcelona to Real Madrid, . Where are the most frequent cases of transition from one Madrid team to another. By the standards of Spain, betraying a club is a crime. But was there such a player who spit on all moral principles and managed to play in all three warring clubs? Meet - Bernd Schuster, a football player who made the transition from "Barcelona" to "Real" and from "Real" in "Atletico".

Carier start

Bernd Schuster was born on December 22, 1959 in Augsburg. In 1971, he began his football career in his hometown in the children's team of the Hammerschmidt club. In 1976 he moved to the youth club of the football club Augsburg.

In 1978 Bernd Schuster started his professional career after his transition to the football club "Cologne" from the city of the same name. Successful performances for the "Cologne", he paved his way to the national team of West Germany to 18 years (U-18).

"Barcelona"

In 1980, with his brilliant play, Bernd Schuster drew the attention of such a grandiose football as "Barcelona", after which he made the transition to the Catholic club. In the "Barcelona" saw the makings of Schuster in the vision of the field and from the position of the defender - the cleaner was transferred to the middle line, where he firmly took the position of the central midfielder. Here, in the "Barcelona", he won the present status of a legend. Under Bernd Schuster, the club won the championship in the 1984/1985 season, twice won the Copa del Rey in the 1980/1981 season, 1982/1983, reached the final of the 1985/1986 championships.

After the 1985/1986 season, complications began between President Josep Luis Nunez and representatives of Barcelona's coaching staff, and over the next two years Bernd Schuster increasingly began to appear on the field, which left a great sense of resentment in the heart of the player, and after the expiry of the term Contract in 1988, the Brand is being decided on its first ever soccer crime ...

"RealMadrid"

In 1988, the evil of his former club, he goes to the camp of sworn enemies - in Madrid "Real". Bernd Schuster immediately became a key player in "cream" and helped win the Madrid team championship in the 1988/1989 season and 1989/1990, as well as the Spanish Cup in the 1988/1989 season.

In June 1990, Madrid "Real" went on a tour of North America, but this idea did not like Shuster, which was the reason for a quarrel with the club's president. And, like in Barcelona, his resentment led to the fact that the player broke up with the team.

The second crime, or the transition to "Atlético" (Madrid)

After Bernd Schuster left Real, he, realizing his plight, made an attempt to return to Barcelona. But the club never forgave its former leader. Then in 1990, Schuster commits his second football offense and moves to Atletico Madrid, which is the city's enemy of Madrid's Real Madrid.

In Madrid, "Atletico" Bernd spent 3 seasons and won two Spanish Cup seasons 1990/1991 and 1991/1992. And after the 1992/1993 season, Schuster decides to return to his homeland.

Return to the homeland and the subsequent departure to Mexico

In 1993, Schuster crosses the Leverkusen "Bayer 04", where he spends almost 3 full seasons, going on the field 59 times and scoring 8 goals. In the middle of the 1996/1997 season, Schuster decides for one more insane action and leaves to play for Mexico for the Unam Pumas club, where, at the end of the season, the player completes his career.

Bernd Schuster: Statistics

Shuster, like any high-level player, has amazing statistics. It can track the entire career of a football player, his ups and downs.

Being originally a defender, and later - a player in the center line, Bernd Schuster can not boast of hundreds of goals scored, as Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi.

For his first club "Cologne" Schuster went on the field 61 times and scored 10 goals. For "Barcelona" he scored 63 times in 170 games. As part of the worst enemy of the "blue-garnet" - in the Madrid "Real" - Bernd scored 13 times in 61 games. For the enemies of the "Real" - Madrid "Atletico" - Schuster distinguished himself 11 times in 85 games. After returning to his homeland, Shuster entered the field 59 times in the "Bayer 04" and scored 8 goals. Goalkeepers of the Mexican championship have never suffered from the goals of Shuster: 0 goals in 9 games for "UNAM Pumas".

Total career - 445 games, 105 goals, which indicates that he scored almost every 4 matches. A tremendous result for the central midfielder. That was Bernd Schuster. Biography is full of goals, victories and a bright game.

Career in the national team

For the team of West Germany, Schuster made his debut in 1979, being a player of the football club "Cologne". In 1980 he won the European Championship in the national team. The conquest of the title of European champion was the impetus for his transition to Barcelona. In 1982 he was a participant in the World Cup, but almost did not play because of the injury. Schuster played for the national team for almost two more years, until in 1983 he refused to join the national team in qualifying matches against Euro 1984 against Albania and Northern Ireland. Schuster motivated this by wanting to be at home at the time of his daughter's birth. Bernd Schuster played for the national team in friendly matches before Euro 1984, which caused dissatisfaction with the media and some players of the national team. And for this reason, coach Jupp Derval decided to remove Schuster from the games. Ironically, the best midfielder of the 80s spent 21 matches for the national team and scored 4 goals. After moving to Bayer 04, Schuster was close to returning to the national team, but the coaching staff did not dare to do it.