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Edgar Schmitt
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-04-29) 29 April 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Rittersdorf, West Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1987 FSV Salmrohr 31 (4)
1987–1988 1. FC Saarbrücken 22 (0)
1988–1991 Eintracht Trier ? (?)
1991–1993 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 (10)
1993–1997 Karlsruher SC 72 (21)
1997–1998 Fortuna Köln 25 (8)
Total 180 (43)
Managerial career
2007–2008 VfR Aalen
2008–2009 Stuttgarter Kickers
2010 Uerdingen 05
2011–2012 TSV Essingen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edgar Schmitt (born 29 April 1963) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker. He notably scored four goals in Karlsruher SC's 7–0 win against Valencia CF in the second round of the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, a win which came to be known as the "Wunder vom Wildpark".[1][2] That season he also became the competition's top scorer with 8 goals, alongside Dennis Bergkamp.[3] Following his retirement as a player, he went into coaching and was most recently manager of TSV Essingen.[4]

References

  1. ^ "25 Jahre nach dem "Wunder vom Wildpark"". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Uefa-Cup-Historie: Die Geburt des Euro-Eddy". Der Spiegel (in German). 28 December 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ Feichtner, Andreas (2 November 2018). "Vier Loopings, vier Tore, eine Legende". Volksfreund (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Edgar Schmitt". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 August 2014.


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