Torsten Kracht

Torsten Kracht

Kracht in 1986
Personal information
Full name	Torsten Kracht
Date of birth	(1967-10-04) 4 October 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Grimma, East Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1979	BSG Lokomotive Naunhof
1979–1984	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1991	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	109	(6)
1991–1993	VfB Leipzig	74	(6)
1993–1994	VfB Stuttgart	13	(0)
1994–1995	VfB Leipzig	39	(3)
1995–1999	VfL Bochum	116	(8)
1999–2001	Eintracht Frankfurt	64	(2)
2001–2003	Karlsruher SC	60	(2)
2003–2004	VfB Leipzig	16	(0)
Total		491	(28)
International career
1988–1990	East Germany	2	(0)
Medal record Lokomotive Leipzig DDR-Oberliga 1984–85 Runner-up DDR-Oberliga 1985–86 Winner FDGB-Pokal 1985–86 DDR-Oberliga 1986–87 Winner FDGB-Pokal 1986–87 Runner-up UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1986–87 Runner-up DDR-Oberliga 1987–88 VfB Leipzig 2. Bundesliga 1992–93 VfL Bochum Winner 2. Bundesliga 1995–96
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Torsten Kracht (born 4 October 1967) is a retired East German and German football player.^[1]

Career

The defender made in total over 275 appearances East German and German top-flights.^[2] Kracht has collected two caps for East Germany.^[3] With 12 red and yellow/red cards, he is the most sent-off player in Bundesliga history.^[4]

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
East Germany			League		FDGB-Pokal		League Cup		Europe		Total
1984–85	Lokomotive Leipzig	DDR-Oberliga	2	0			—		0	0
1985–86			18	1			—		1	0
1986–87			4	0			—		0	0
1987–88			24	2			—		2	0
1988–89			19	1			—		4	0
1989–90			16	1			—		—
1990–91		NOFV-Oberliga	26	1			—		—
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		DFB-Ligapokal		Europe		Total
1991–92	VfB Leipzig	2. Bundesliga	31	3	3	0	—		—		34	3
1992–93			43	3	2	0	—		—		45	3
1993–94	VfB Stuttgart	Bundesliga	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
1993–94	VfB Leipzig		7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
1994–95		2. Bundesliga	32	3	1	1	—		—		33	4
1995–96	VfL Bochum		33	5	0	0	—		—		33	5
1996–97		Bundesliga	29	2	4	1	—		—		33	3
1997–98			28	0	2	1	1	0	6	0	37	1
1998–99			26	1	2	0	—		—		28	1
1999–00	Eintracht Frankfurt		32	1	2	1	—		—		34	2
2000–01			32	1	1	0	—		—		33	1
2001–02	Karlsruher SC	2. Bundesliga	31	2	1	0	—		—		32	2
2002–03			29	0	0	0	—		—		29	0
2003–04	VfB Leipzig	NOFV-Oberliga	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
Total	East Germany		109	6			0	0	7	0
	Germany		382	22	19	4	1	0	6	0	408	26
Career total			491	28			1	0	13	0

References

1. "Kracht, Torsten" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
2. Arnhold, Matthias (14 September 2017). "Torsten Kracht – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
3. Arnhold, Matthias (14 September 2017). "Torsten Kracht – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
4. "Maik Franz verhält sich 105-prozentig korrekt" (in German). sport1.de. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008.

External links

• Torsten Kracht at WorldFootball.net
• Torsten Kracht at fussballdaten.de (in German)
• Torsten Kracht at National-Football-Teams.com