Uwe Bein

Uwe Bein

Bein in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-09-26) 26 September 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Heringen, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1968–1975	TSV Lengers
1975–1978	VfB Heringen[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1984	Kickers Offenbach	153	(72)
1984–1987	1. FC Köln	64	(17)
1987–1989	Hamburger SV	52	(22)
1989–1994	Eintracht Frankfurt	150	(38)
1994–1997	Urawa Red Diamonds	68	(25)
1997–1998	VfB Gießen	22	(12)
Total		509	(186)
International career
1983	West Germany Olympic	2	(0)
1989–1993	Germany	17	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Uwe Bein (born 26 September 1960) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[2]

Although, due to his reserved nature, he was never able to gain large public fame, Bein's fans and experts call him one of the most technically gifted German midfielders of his time. In his heyday Bein was regarded as the best German player to play the deadly pass.

Bein's professional career began in 1978 with Kickers Offenbach, before he moved to 1. FC Köln, Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt. He played 300 Bundesliga games and scored 91 goals in total.^[3] He also helped Köln to the 1986 UEFA Cup Final where his goal could not prevent them losing to Real Madrid. In 1994, he moved to Japan and started playing for Urawa Red Diamonds in 1996. In 1997, he made appearances for VfB Gießen.

The biggest success in Bein's career occurred during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he played four of seven games before suffering from an injury. He scored one goal in the 5–1 win over the United Arab Emirates. He started all three group matches plus the quarter-final against Czechoslovakia but did not play in the final.

He did not take part in the Euro 92. Lacking support from the German head coach Berti Vogts, Bein finally retired from the national team in 1993, and thus did not take part in the World Cup 1994.

In total, he played 17 international matches, with three goals to his credit.^[4]

After his playing career ended he managed for half a year Kickers Offenbach in 2005.^[5]

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bein goal.

List of international goals scored by Uwe Bein

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 May 1990	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany	Czechoslovakia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
2	15 June 1990	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy	United Arab Emirates	4–1	5–1	1990 FIFA World Cup Group D
3	31 October 1990	Josy Barthel Stadium, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–0	3–2	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 1990

Individual

• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93^{[7][8][9][10]}
• Bundesliga top assist provider: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93^[11][12][13]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uwe Bein.

• Uwe Bein at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Uwe Bein at WorldFootball.net
• Uwe Bein at National-Football-Teams.com
• Uwe Bein at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)