Full name Harald Karger Years Team Name Harald Karger | Playing position Role Footballer 0000–1979 FC Burgsolms Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1956-10-14) 14 October 1956 (age 59) | ||
Place of birth Weilburg, West Germany | ||
Harald Karger (born 14 October 1956 in Weilburg) is a former German footballer.
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Player career
Karger moved from amateur club FC Burgsolms to the Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in 1979. The qualified mail man scored nine goals in 23 appearances in his first season. In the UEFA cup Karger netted as well for his club and he scored in the first leg of the 1980 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The rising star suffered a collateral ligament damage in this match that forced him to end his Bundesliga career after 28 Bundesliga fixtures.
Because of his heading strength, Karger was awarded the nickname Schädel-Harry (Skull Harry) by journalists.
Manager career
After initial tenures at some local amateur clubs, Karger is one of twenty youth coaches in the football academy of Eintracht Frankfurt and works together with former Eintracht players like Charly Körbel, Ralf Weber and Norbert Nachtweih.