Emotional farewell: Dortmund honors goalkeeper legend Wolfgang de Beer

Emotional farewell: Dortmund honors goalkeeper legend Wolfgang de Beer

Cloppenburg, Deutschland - Borussia Dortmund celebrated an emotional farewell to Wolfgang de Beer on January 10, 2025, who died on December 30, 2024 at the age of 60. The former goalkeeper of the BVB was honored with moving words and an impressive choreography before the game against Bayer Leverkusen.

Stadium spokesman Norbert Dickel spoke about the life and performance of De Beer and fought with a fragile voice. In the arena, a large banner with the inscription "Quiet in Peace, Teddy" was presented in front of the legendary south grandstand, while the fans raised a huge flag that depicted Wolfgang de Beer.

Wolfgang de Beers Legacy

Wolfgang de Beer, also known as "Teddy", is considered one of the most successful players in the history of Borussia Dortmund. During his time as a goalkeeper and later as a goalkeeper coach, he won nine of 16 important titles of the club. De Beer moved from MSV Duisburg to Dortmund on July 1, 1986 for DM 70,000, which corresponds to around 35,000 euros.

The goalkeeper made his debut on August 9, 1986 in a game against Bayern Munich, which ended 2-2. From 1986 to 1991 he was number one in the goal of Borussia Dortmund and played a total of 217 games for BVB. After his active career, he worked as a goalkeeper coach from 2002 to 2018 and worked in the fan care of the club from 2018.

de Beer stayed with the club in his hometown Dinslaken during his 38 years. He was described as a team player and "glue", which was of great importance for the team's sporting success. Among his successes, the Bundesliga Championships in 1995 and 1996 and the winning of the Champions League and the Club World Cup in 1997.

his open and honest manner made him very popular with the fans, and his inheritance will live on in the club and in the hearts of supporters. href = "https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overView/news.html/2025/1/bvb-mourn-the-loss-de-beer.html" Class = "Source_2"> also the BVB intended in an official message to its deceased player .

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien