Klaus Fichtel is a former German international footballer who played as a defender

Defender (association football)

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He began his career with FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

 and after four years with SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen

SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...

 he returned to Schalke. In total he played 552 games (14 goals) in the Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

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. In addition, he played 42 times in the 2nd Bundesliga

2. Fußball-Bundesliga

- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

 in one of his four years with SV Werder Bremen.

Fichtel won 23 caps in four years with West Germany in between 1967 and 1971, scoring one goal against Scotland

Scotland national football team

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 in 1969. He was part of the West German squad at the 1970 FIFA World Cup

1970 FIFA World Cup

The 1970 FIFA World Cup, the ninth staging of the World Cup, was held in Mexico, from 31 May to 21 June. The 1970 tournament was the first World Cup hosted in North America, and the first held outside South America and Europe. In a match-up of two-time World Cup champions, the final was won by...

, playing in five matches during the tournament.