Manfred Zapf

Manfred Zapf

File:Manfred Zapf (1973).jpg Manfred Zapf in 1973
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-08-24) 24 August 1946
Place of birth	Stapelburg, Germany
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1964	SG Dynamo Stapelburg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1979	1. FC Magdeburg	327	(29)
International career
1969–1975	East Germany	16	(0)
Managerial career
1988–1989	East Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record
Representing East Germany
Men’s Football
	Munich 1972	Team Competition

Manfred Zapf (born 24 August 1946 in Stapelburg) is a German former footballer, later a coach. A defender, Zapf spent his entire senior career with 1. FC Magdeburg, and captained the club to its greatest successes – three DDR championships, four cups, and the Cup Winners' Cup of 1974. In his time with the club he appeared in 327 league matches in the DDR-Oberliga and played 30 matches in the second-tier DDR-Liga.

He won sixteen (respectively 12) caps for East Germany between 1969 and 1975, and was part of the team that won the Bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics.

Following his retirement from footballing, Zapf joined the backroom staff at FC Magdeburg, and also had a three-month spell as manager of the East German national team in 1988–89.