Lutz Lindemann


Lutz Lindemann is a German professional football coach and former player.

Club career

Lutz Lindemann played in his youth at Aufbau/Empor Halberstadt and the 1. FC Magdeburg. In 1970, he moved to Motor Nordhausen and finally came to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt in 1971. There he played until 1977, until he moved to the Thuringian rival FC Carl Zeiss Jena, where he played until his career in 1981 and celebrated his greatest successes.
In the DDR Oberliga, Lindemann played 205 games, scoring 42 goals. With Carl Zeiss, he reached the 1981 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where the Thuringian team lost in the Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf with 1-2 against Dinamo Tbilisi.

International career

On 7 September 1977, he made his debut in the football national team of the GDR at the 1–0 defeat against Scotland in Berlin. Three years later he finished his last international match against Spain with draw. In total, he won 21 for East Germany and scored two goals.